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Ben Gilbert
FollowCo-host of the Acquired podcast on company histories
The latest interviews, podcast appearances, and blog posts from Ben Gilbert, updated daily.
17 days ago
Oct 19
Seinfeld - Full Episode (Audio)
As you know, most of the time, Acquired episodes are audio-only. But this episode, there's a full video version! And it was only fitting to release it on Netflix, the streaming home of 'Seinfeld'.
Acquired
7 weeks ago
Sep 14
The Home Depot: The best-performing stock in the S&P 500 since IPO (Audio)
Home Depot's founding story is like an Avengers movie… if the Avengers got fired, went broke, and stacked empty paint cans ten feet high to look legitimate.
Acquired
3 months ago
Aug 10
Disney: The Renaissance and the Empire
In 1984, the Walt Disney Company was worth more dead than alive.
Acquired
5 months ago
Jun 2
What Acquired's hosts learned from studying the greatest companies in history — WorkOS
What do Hermes, Ferrari, Apple, and Google have in common? They leaned into what made them weird.
WorkOS
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