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ACQ2 is Ben and David's conversations with expert founders and investors. Acquired the stories of gr

Episodes

Total: 104

Masterclass: Superhuman's Fundraising Playbook (with CEO Rahul Vohra)
2020/11/12
9 chapters Transcript

Superhuman CEO Rahul Vohra joins us for an absolute masterclass on startup fundraising that shatters

Book Club Discussion: Brotopia with Emily Chang
2020/10/23
8 chapters Transcript

Hello ACQ2! Posting the audio recording of our Book Club Zoom session with Emily Chang in digestible

How YC Rewrote the Seed Playbook with Garry Tan
2020/9/29
1 chapters Transcript

We're joined by Posterous co-founder, former YC partner and current Managing Partner of Initialized

VC Fundamentals Part 3: Company Building
2020/9/15
14 chapters Transcript

We continue our VC Fundamentals series with Company Building — everything that happens after you wri

The Outsiders Book Club Discussion with author Will Thorndike
2020/9/3
8 chapters Transcript

Hello ACQ2! Posting the audio recording of our Book Club Zoom session with Will Thorndike from The O

Primer on SPACs with Kevin Hartz and Troy Steckenrider of A* and AONE
2020/8/25
12 chapters Transcript

We dive into everything you need to know about SPACs — what they are, why they're a compelling alter

Recording -- 7 Powers Book Club Discussion with Hamilton Helmer
2020/8/19
10 chapters Transcript

Hello ACQ2! We heard from several of you that Book Club recordings were hard to digest as Zoom recor

VC Fundamentals Part 2: Investment Decision Making
2020/8/6
7 chapters Transcript

Despite many advances in industry transparency over the past ~10 years, much about the actual "jobs

Arming the Restaurant Rebels with Tock CEO Nick Kokonas
2020/7/27
10 chapters Transcript

We’re joined by Tock CEO Nick Kokonas to discuss how they’re “arming the restaurateur rebels” versus

VC Fundamentals: Consumer Investing Master Class with Sarah Tavel, General Partner at Benchmark
2020/7/7
13 chapters Transcript

Benchmark General Partner Sarah Tavel joins us for a master class on consumer investing. We start wi

VC Fundamentals Part 1: Sourcing
2020/6/10
6 chapters Transcript

Despite many advances in industry transparency over the past ~10 years, much about the actual "jobs

Pricing: everything you always wanted to know but were afraid to ask, with ProfitWell CEO Patrick Campbell
2020/5/21
7 chapters Transcript

We're joined by Patrick Campbell, founder & CEO of the world's leading SaaS profit-optimization

High-performance Hiring & Interviewing with former Amazon Worldwide GM of Prime Membership, Anna Collins
2020/5/5
8 chapters Transcript

We're joined by former Amazon, Microsoft and Bulletproof executive Anna Collins to discuss how high-

The Jason Calacanis Special (cont.)
2020/4/29
11 chapters Transcript

In Part 2 of our conversation, Jason reveals his "secret master plan" behind the Calacanis empire, a

Adapting: Mystery - How to Grow When Your Original Business Goes to Zero (with cofounders Shane Kovalsky & Vince Coppola)
2020/4/7
7 chapters Transcript

We're joined for an Adapeting episode by the cofounders of Mystery, a Seattle seed-stage startup tha

Everything you need to know about Pre-Seed (with Charles Hudson of Precursor Ventures)
2020/3/24
12 chapters Transcript

Charles Hudson of Precursor Ventures joins us to illuminate everything Pre-Seed -- not just what it

Remote Work, No-Code, and Products that Sell Themselves (w/ Zapier CEO Wade Foster)
2020/2/24
8 chapters Transcript

We're joined by Wade Foster, co-founder & CEO of Zapier, a company that basically hasn’t raised

Reverse Interview: Acquired Strategy, with Nathan Baschez of Divinations (& former Gimlet Media + Substack)
2020/1/21
5 chapters Transcript

“There’s no real secret to making the stuff we make. It’s not something where you have to be crazy t

Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (with Chetan Puttagunta, General Partner at Benchmark)
2020/1/10
10 chapters Transcript

Let's face it, Acquired borders on Star Wars fan podcast anyway. So we dipped our toe in the water o

Cameo CEO Steven Galanis on building the first non-advertising driven social media company (at least in the US!)
2020/1/6
16 chapters Transcript

Steven Galanis, cofounder and CEO of the red-hot Chicago startup Cameo, joins us to discuss how they