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ACQ2 by Acquired

ACQ2 by Acquired

Ben Gilbert · Business · EN

ACQ2 features conversations with experts and company leaders, often the protagonists of past Acquired episodes, to explore deeper lessons from the stories of great companies. This podcast delves into specific business strategies, technological trends, and leadership insights, appealing to those...

112
Episodes
14
Guests

Notable Guests

CP
Chetan Puttagunta 2x
DH
Dan Hill 1x
EC
Emily Chang 1x
EW
Emily White 1x
GT
Garry Tan 1x
HH
Hamilton Helmer 1x
JH
Jaclyn Hester 1x
JS
Jake Saper 1x
JC
Jesse Cole 1x
LK
Lotte Bjerre Knudsen 1x
RJ
Ramesh Johari 1x
SC
Samooha Co 1x
ST
Sarah Tavel 1x
VM
Vlad Magdalin 1x

Recent Episodes

Dec 8, 2025 · 1h 16m
Andrew Ross Sorkin manages five major roles simultaneously: DealBook newsletter founder, CNBC Squawk Box host, DealBook Summit organizer, Billions co-creator, and author of financial history books ...
1h 16m
Sep 18, 2025 · 1h 48m
Tobi Lütke credits two core practices: discarding outdated beliefs when faced with new data and closely observing emerging technologies that shift what's possible, allowing him to grow as a leader
1h 48m
Aug 18, 2025 · 1h 14m
Bret Taylor and Clay Bavor argue AI represents a fundamentally different paradigm than previous technology waves, not merely better software, requiring new approaches to product building
1h 14m
Jun 16, 2025 · 1h 15m
Jesse Cole transformed a failing college summer league team into the Savannah Bananas by creating 'Banana Ball'
Jesse Cole
1h 15m
May 27, 2025 · 1h 1m
Zach Perret navigated Plaid's near-$5 billion Visa acquisition falling through, then pivoted during COVID's volatile market conditions to build a diversified, durable standalone business
1h 1m
Mar 10, 2025 · 57m
Bill McDermott, one of history's greatest enterprise salespeople, began as a bag-carrying Xerox salesman alongside Howard Schultz in 1983 and rose to youngest corporate officer at 36
57m
Feb 18, 2025 · 57m
Vercel has become the infrastructure platform powering modern web development with 6 million users, 80,000 active teams, and 200% year-over-year growth, recently valued at $3.25B
57m
Dec 2, 2024 · 1h 14m
ARM's unlikely journey from 1990 Cambridge startup designed for low-power devices evolved into the dominant chip architecture across all computing
1h 14m
Nov 11, 2024 · 1h 3m
Luis von Ahn built Duolingo into a $9B public company in a space everyone thought couldn't produce large exciting businesses by pioneering gamification and mobile-first language learning
1h 3m
Oct 14, 2024 · 1h 8m
Clem Delangue presents a contrarian thesis: rather than few dominant foundation model companies, thousands of businesses will build specialized in-house AI models for their specific use cases
1h 8m
Aug 20, 2024 · 47m
Joe Montana transitioned from legendary 49ers quarterback to venture investor at Liquid 2 Ventures, applying Super Bowl-winning lessons to seed and pre-seed stage investing in unicorn startups
47m
Jun 24, 2024 · 1h 19m
Sebastian Siemiatkowski built Klarna over 19 years despite multiple headwinds, growing to serve 150 million consumers globally and processing 2 million payments daily through buy-now-pay-later domi...
1h 19m
May 24, 2024 · 1h 19m
Austin Link's Starfish Space addresses the space industry's proliferation of satellites by building spacecraft that dock with and reposition satellites, extending their usable lifetime by tens of m...
1h 19m
May 6, 2024 · 1h 15m
Synopsys and its EDA (electronic design automation) software powers the entire silicon value chain
1h 15m
Mar 6, 2024 · 1h 0m
Lotte Bjerre Knudsen, Novo Nordisk's Chief Scientific Advisor, led research in the early 1990s that first invented semaglutide, explaining the molecular mechanism behind Ozempic's weight loss effects
Lotte Bjerre Knudsen
1h 0m
Dec 3, 2023 · 1h 35m
Gaurav Ahuja provides deeper analysis of the modern payments ecosystem and Visa's current competitive position, examining whether the duopoly is genuinely threatened by disruption
1h 35m
Nov 6, 2023 · 1h 38m
Morgan Housel discusses his new book 'Same as Ever,' which explores what won't change across vastly different macro financial environments, complementing his previous bestseller 'The Psychology of ...
1h 38m
Sep 18, 2023 · 1h 27m
Doug DeMuro explains 2023 car industry supply chain dynamics, EV transition challenges, dealership business model problems, and how consumer car purchase decisions actually get made
1h 27m
Aug 30, 2023 · 57m
Cristobal Valenzuela's Runway provides generative AI video and film tools used by creators including those behind A24's Best Picture-winning 'Everything Everywhere All at Once'
57m
Aug 14, 2023 · 1h 26m
Crusoe Energy builds AI cloud infrastructure powered by stranded energy sources like oil flares, turning methane waste into GPU compute while reducing global greenhouse gas emissions by multiple pe...
1h 26m

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