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Episodes

Total: 199

Ben & David break down Jet.com’s meteoric rise, culminating in Walmart’s blockbuster $3B+ acquis

Ben & David are joined by special guest Taylor Barada, VP and Head of Corporate Development &amp

Topics covered include: Community Showcase: the Nexcast podcasting platform from listener Brian Sand

The meta show: Ben and David turn their gaze inward and examine the podcasting industry through E. W

Ben and David return to make their first foray into enterprise software, covering Salesforce’s $2.5B

Ben and David cover the 3-day-old acquisition of LinkedIn by Microsoft for $26.2 billion. They cover

Ben and David are joined by Todd Bishop, technology reporter and co-founder of GeekWire, to discuss

Ben and David tackle their first failed acquisition: Facebook's 2013 offer to buy Snapchat. They cov

Ben and David return to technology acquisitions by examining a classic: eBay's 2002 purchase of PayP

Ben and David deviate entirely from the stated purpose of the show, tackling this non-technology acq

Ben and David continue the cloud productivity saga with Google Docs. They examine the suite of acqui

Ben and David have special guest Kurt DelBene on to discuss Microsoft's acquisition of Acompli, Sunr

Ben and David test the widely-held belief that YouTube was one of the most successful tech acquisiti

Riding closely on the tails of Star Wars: The Force Awakens, Ben and David cover Disney's 2012 acqui

In the last episode of 2015, Ben and David discuss Apple's acquisition of Siri. Notable topics inclu

Ben and David are joined by Former Microsoft VP and Co-Founder of Xbox, Ed Fries, to discuss the Bun

Ben and David discuss Amazon's acquisition of Twitch in 2014. Unlike previous episodes, this recent

Ben and David discuss Facebook's acquisition of Instagram in 2012. Was it a success? If so, what are

Ben and David discuss Disney's acquisition of Pixar in 2006. Was it a success? If so, what are the c