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Consumer Investing in 2022 (with Brian O'Malley of Forerunner Ventures)
We sit down with Brian O’Malley of Forerunner Ventures to talk about where in the cycle we are right now for consumer investing. We touch on the macro environment (obviously!), but also how to navigate between and around the current generat
The Profitable B2B Growth Playbook and Mutiny’s Story
The CEO of Mutiny, Jaleh Rezaei, joins us to talk about the playbook to profitably grow a B2B company — something particularly useful for founders in 2022! Jaleh was Gusto’s first head of marketing (and before that worked at VMware and Sequ
Kindergarten Ventures’ Vanta investment, and building a new Strategy for Venture (with Thomas McGannon)
Kindergarten Ventures LP (and fellow podcast host over at Unlimited Partners (https://www.up-pod.com/)) Thomas McGannon interviews David about Kindergarten’s investment thesis for their recent large investment in Vanta. Along the way they d
Reinsurance, Climate + Kindergarten Ventures (with Nat Manning)
We sit down with Kettle cofounder — and David’s Kindergarten Ventures partner — Nat Manning to discuss the fascinating world of reinsurance, risk and climate. We couldn’t think of a better and more appropriate conversation to have on the LP
The 2022 State of Crypto + Web3 with Solana's Austin Federa
We sit down with long (long!) time-acquired community member Austin Federa to discuss the current state of crypto and Web3. By day Austin is the head of marketing & communications at the Solana Foundation, where he was one of the earliest e
Dissecting ProfitWell's Acquisition (with Patrick Campbell)
What does a $200 million+ acquisition look like up close? How much time, focus, and communication happens between the first conversation and closing the deal? And when do the CEOs of each company just need to use the "red phone" and have a
David Interviewed on "Unlimited Partners"
David is the first guest on a new podcast, Unlimited Partners! This is a wide-ranging interview where upon listening, even Ben learned some new things about David :) Unlimited Partners is hosted by long-time friend of the Acquired community
Travel for the Creator Economy
We sit down with TrovaTrip co-founders Nick Poggi and Lauren Schneider to talk about travel for the creator economy. This one is very close to home since Ben is on their board! TrovaTrip is a marketplace that enables creators to easily plan
Reverse Interview: Ben and David at Vanta
We dropped by Vanta's all-hands in SF a few weeks ago for Christina to interview us for a change! We decided to turn the mics on and record it as an ACQ2 episode. We discussed lessons learned from building Acquired, the shape of the show's
Composer (with CEO Benjamin Rollert)
We sit down with Composer (https://www.composer.trade) CEO Benjamin Rollert to talk about bringing serious financial firepower to the people, wallstreetbets-style. Composer opens up to anyone the same level (or better) of tools that top qua
TradFi vs. Crypto, Explaining BNPL, and What's Next in Fintech (with Bain Capital Ventures' Christina Melas-Kyriazi)
We sit down with Bain Capital Ventures' newest fintech Partner Christina Melas-Kyriazi to talk about everything happening right now in fintech, and the experience of helping build Affirm and the BNPL space from crazy idea to massive consume
Ben and David on "Capital Allocators"
In late 2021, Ben and David were guests on Ted Seides' podcast, "Capital Allocators". The episode kicked off Ted's "Venture is Eating the Investment World" mini-series. From Ted: David Rosenthal and Ben Gilbert are venture capitalists and h
10-K Diver: Building a Top Fintwit Account and Teaching Finance Principles to Everyone (Pseudonymously!)
Get a cup of coffee. We sit down with the voice of one of our favorite Twitter accounts, 10-K Diver, to talk about his journey building one of the most widely followed (and respected!) fintwit accounts out there. We had a blast and — of cou
NZS Capital Part II: What’s Going on in Today’s Markets? (Plus more Semiconductors!)
Back by popular “Acquired demand” (plus we really wanted to have this conversation for our own edification!!), friends of the pod NZS Capital return to talk about what’s going with the current market gyrations, and for a much-needed refresh
Race Capital, Crypto Investing, and FTX + Solana’s Early Days
It has been dubbed "one of the best venture investments of all time (https://www.notboring.co/p/solana-summer)" by Packy McCormick, generating over a 4000X return in 3-and-a-half years. Today, we are talking with Chris McCann and Edith Yeun
Italic & a New Era of Online Retail
We sit down with Jeremy Cai, the CEO of new retail pioneer Italic (https://acquired.us12.list-manage.com/track/click?u=8dce5ad548e1284fff46d2658&id=a3382bcd92&e=8c019d3871), for a fascinating discussion of how they're upending the tradition
2021 Recap: Acquired x Not Boring x The Generalist
Originally broadcast live on New Years Eve: we raise a glass (of coffee haha) and recap 2021 with our besties Mario Gabriele from the Generalist and Packy McCormick from Not Boring. Thank you for making 2021 an incredible year for all of us
Mission-Driven Founders, Global Investing, and Canva (with Wesley Chan)
Last month, Ben sat down with Wesley Chan (https://www.linkedin.com/in/weschan/) at Web Summit for a quick, 18-minute interview. The conversation was supposed to be about global investing in 2021 as an early-stage VC, but the conversation t
Blue Origin and the 2021 Space Landscape (with Rob Meyerson)
Today we're excited to have a longtime friend of the Acquired family on ACQ2, Rob Meyerson. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/robmeyerson/) Rob was the President of Blue Origin for 15 years, and today is an investor and advisor to space industry
Ben and David on "This Week in Startups" Holiday Special
Ben and David go on "This Week in Startups" with Jason Calacanis for a holiday special! Discussion includes: - Talking TWIST and All-In this year with everything from politics to weight loss to private jets - Acquired's year and some of Ben
Joseph Gordon-Levitt: A Fireside Chat
We are very excited to bring you a special ACQ2 interview with Joseph Gordon-Levitt. Aside from Joe's well-known work as a Golden Globe-nominated, Emmy-award-winning actor in films like 500 Days of Summer, Inception, and Looper, Joe is also
Update on Dad Life, MacBook Pros, and Acquired Video
The title says it all. This feels weird to release by Acquired standards -- an hour of audio with zero research! -- but we wanted to check in with y'all and say hi from parental leave. Topics covered: - Update on Dad Life - Ben's new MacBoo
Web3 Marketplaces (with Braintrust CEO Adam Jackson)
We sit down with Adam Jackson, the cofounder and CEO of Freelance Labs, which builds the incredible Web3 project Braintrust. (Disclosure David is an investor via Kindergarten Ventures.) We talk all about what a marketplace looks like in Web
Audius (with CEO Roneil Rumberg)
We sit down with Roneil Rumberg, the co-founder and CEO of Audius — the decentralized music platform which currently is likely the widest-adopted Web3 project in existence with over 6m active users. This conversation was AWESOME and covers
Special drop: David on Levels' Podcast!
Earlier this week David went on Levels' podcast, A Whole New Level (https://www.levelshealth.com/podcasts), hosted by Acquired "Super LP" and Levels' head of growth, Ben Grynol. We had such a blast that we wanted to share here with the comm
Explaining Macroeconomics, The Fed, Interest Rates and Valuations (with Matt McBrady)
Confused about everything going on with The Fed, inflation and how it affects tech and startup valuations? Or why it seems like every Jerome Powell comment brings out an army of finance's equivalent of fortune tellers and tarot card readers
Kim-Mai Cutler -- From Journalist to VC
We sit down with Initialized Capital's Kim-Mai Cutler to talk about her opposite journey from us at Acquired, going from journalist to VC. We riff on how the landscape has evolved from Kim-Mai's parents' "Hewlett Packard generation" in the
Managing a Crypto Fund (with Kyle Samani from Multicoin Capital)
How on earth do you professionally manage a crypto investment firm? That was the question we wanted to find out, so we dialed up one of the best in the business: Multicoin Capital co-founder and managing partner Kyle Samani. Appropriately f
Owning Your Own Media Stream (from Collison Conf with Garry Tan)
Ben interviewed Initialized Capital founder and friend of the show, Garry Tan at Collision Conf last month. Garry is of course also a YouTuber, Clubhouse'r, and master of content creation. The good people at Collision Conf gave us the thumb
Making your customers your secret weapon (with Highspot's Oliver Sharp)
We're joined by Oliver Sharp of Highspot (https://www.highspot.com/), Seattle's most recent unicorn company (at least at the time of recording!), to talk about how and why to architect everything a software company does around its customers
