ACQ2 is Ben and David's conversations with expert founders and investors. Acquired the stories of gr
We're joined by Webflow's Co-Founder and CEO, Vlad Magdalin, talking about how he started the compan
We are joined by Chetan Puttagunta, General Partner on Benchmark, talking his investment philosophie
"You can call it paranoia, or you can call it innovation. The language doesn’t matter if the feeling
We're joined by Stanford professor and senior advisor to Airbnb, Uber, Stitch Fix, and Wave Capital,
Ben and David discuss the newest development in the venture ecosystem, startup studios, through the
Ben and David couldn’t agree on a topic for this LP episode with the clock winding down to our recor
We dive into one of the most critical components of company building, recruiting product leaders (an
“If you look at the firms that were traditionally the early-stage ventures firms, the Series-A firms
Could I see myself or my wife working for/with this CEO? Would I quit my job and go work for this pe
“There’s often a desire to keep adding features because ‘Oh wouldn’t it be cool if we could do this
“Uber, pre-IPO, had raised more money than Lyft’s current market cap. And now, because they raised 9
[on Uber’s Early Organizational Structure] “Uber always thought about it as a twin-turbine plane: ma
Ben & David take their turn at the "power ballad" of VC blogging/podcasting, explaining how vent
We’re joined by Upfront Ventures partner Kevin Zhang to discuss the evolution of both Upfront as a v
“80% of the worlds workforce doesn’t sit at a desk, and 95% of the world’s software is built for peo
We continue the conversation with Emily White, covering topics including her career path, what it wa
As promised in our holiday special, we dive into the past, present and future of clean energy fundin
Ben and David talk about some of their current investment theses at PSL and Wave, as well as how VCs
Ever wondered what's really going on during the Monday Meetings of your friendly neighborhood VC fir
Ben and David continue the Acquired holiday tradition. Happy holidays to everyone! Note: we apologiz