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Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi dropped by the Acquired studio for an Eats delivery, so we broke out the

Today we bring you two absolutely incredible stories. The first is Lockheed’s legendary Skunk Works

We sit down with Spotify CEO Daniel Ek live in Stockholm at Spotify’s amazing HQ studio (check out t

We sit down Benchmark’s legendary gaming investors Mitch Lasky and Blake Robbins (now also of the ex

Sega and the Genesis was THE underdog story of the early 90’s. In a single console generation, Sega

In the 1980’s Nintendo was on top of the world, with the NES achieving over 90% market share of home

7 Powers author Hamilton Helmer and his Strategy Capital colleague Chenyi Shi join us again to discu

ACQ Sessions returns with David Senra of the Founders Podcast. David is one of our very favorite peo

You may think you know the Nintendo story: a plumber named Mario, a princess named Zelda… and didn’t

LVMH

2023/2/21

We tell the full history of LVMH, and how Bernard Arnault turned a $15m investment in a bankrupt Fre

The NFL — it’s almost synonymous with America today. And its history is a fascinating lens to explor

Cozy up to the fire and join Acquired as we do our annual strategic review of the show and our busin

Ben Thompson joins Acquired to discuss the business of Stratechery itself and celebrate 10 years (!)

Enron

2022/11/29

The FTX fraud has dominated headlines now for weeks, during which we’ve debated if and how Acquired

Qualcomm

2022/11/15

Qualcomm, or “Quality Communications” — despite being one of the largest technology companies in the

We sit down with all five current Benchmark GPs for one of their legendary weekly dinners, during wh

We kick off ACQ Sessions with the-behind-the-scenes story of All-in, from the world’s greatest moder

Benchmark Capital. We tell the tale of the legendary equal partnership that accomplished something n

So, how DID an online book retailer end up building the infrastructure layer that powers the entire

We sit down with legendary investor Howard Marks of Oaktree Capital and his son Andrew who, while le