Acquired

Today we bring you two absolutely incredible stories. The first is Lockheed’s legendary Skunk Works division — the elite team of aviation...

We sit down with Spotify CEO Daniel Ek live in Stockholm at Spotify’s amazing HQ studio (check out the video version of this episode —...

We sit down Benchmark’s legendary gaming investors Mitch Lasky and Blake Robbins (now also of the excellent Gamecraft podcast fame) to...

Sega and the Genesis was THE underdog story of the early 90’s. In a single console generation, Sega went from ~zero to 50% US market share...

In the 1980’s Nintendo was on top of the world, with the NES achieving over 90% market share of home video games globally. So how did they...

7 Powers author Hamilton Helmer and his Strategy Capital colleague Chenyi Shi join us again to discuss their latest research on a topic...

ACQ Sessions returns with David Senra of the Founders Podcast. David is one of our very favorite people in the world — it’s impossible to...

You may think you know the Nintendo story: a plumber named Mario, a princess named Zelda… and didn’t they buy the Seattle Mariners at some...

We tell the full history of LVMH, and how Bernard Arnault turned a $15m investment in a bankrupt French textile company into the world’s...

Cozy up to the fire and join Acquired as we do our annual strategic review of the show and our business “in public”. We recap our...

Ben Thompson joins Acquired to discuss the business of Stratechery itself and celebrate 10 years (!) of the internet’s best strategy...

The FTX fraud has dominated headlines now for weeks, during which we’ve debated if and how Acquired could uniquely add to the conversation....

Qualcomm, or “Quality Communications” — despite being one of the largest technology companies in the world, few people know the absolutely...

We sit down with all five current Benchmark GPs for one of their legendary weekly dinners, during which we ask all of the unresolved...

We kick off ACQ Sessions with the-behind-the-scenes story of All-in, from the world’s greatest moderator himself Jason Calacanis. ACQ...

Benchmark Capital. We tell the tale of the legendary equal partnership that accomplished something no other venture firm can claim: twice...

So, how DID an online book retailer end up building the infrastructure layer that powers the entire internet? (Or at least 39% of it, per...

We sit down with legendary investor Howard Marks of Oaktree Capital and his son Andrew who, while less-well-known, is also an incredibly...

Amazon. No company has impacted the internet — and all of modern life — more than this one. We’ve waited seven years to do this episode,...

This episode is a first for Acquired: we’re joined by a sitting US Congressman (from Ben’s home state of Ohio!), Republican House...