David Rosenthal

David Rosenthal

Acquired Podcast

Principal, Madrona Venture Group

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9yr ago

Acquired - Snapchat (?!) - Ben and David tackle Facebook's 2013 offer to buy Snapchat

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9yr ago

Acquired - PayPal - Ben and David examine eBay's 2002 purchase of PayPal

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9yr ago

Acquired - PayPal - Ben and David examine eBay's 2002 purchase of PayPal

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9yr ago

Acquired Episode 17: Waze - Ben and David navigate Waze’s $1B+ acquisition by Google

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9yr ago

Acquired - #18 - Taylor Barada, head of Corp Dev at Adobe - Insights for entrepreneurs navigating the M&A process

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9yr ago

Acquired Episode 19: Jet - Ben & David break down Jet.com’s $3B+ acquisition by Walmart

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9yr ago

Acquired - Episode 15: ExactTarget - Salesforce's $2.5B buy of ExactTarget w/ CEO Scott Dorsey

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9yr ago

Acquired - Episode 16 - Midroll + Stitcher (acquired by Scripps) - Podcast-meta! Covering Scripps' buy of Midroll+Stitcher.

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9yr ago

Acquired #21 - Inside the M&A Press with Bloomberg's Alex Sherman - Ben & David go behind the scenes w Bloomberg’s Alex Sherman.

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9yr ago

Acquired #22 - Zillow + Trulia with Zillow Group CFO Kathleen Philips - Ben & David cover the show's first "merger"!

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9yr ago

Acquired #23 - NeXT (Live show at the GeekWire Summit) - Ben & David cover Apple’s 1996 acquisition of NeXT

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9yr ago

Acquired #24 - Skype - An deal so wild & crazy, they had to do it again. And again.

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9yr ago

Acquired #25 - The Facebook IPO - If we're experimenting with IPOs, we gotta start big.

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Acquired #20 - Android - Ben & David discuss Google's $50M buy of Android - G.O.A.T.?

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Acquired #26 - Marvel - Ben & David complete the Disney acquisition trilogy!

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Acquired #27 - M&A & Investing @Microsoft with Brian Schultz - Ben, David and Brian discuss MSFT's approach to M&A

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Acquired #28 - The Amazon IPO with original Amazon Board Member Tom Alberg - Ben & David cover the Amazon IPO!

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Acquired #29 - Special: 2016 Review and 2017 Predictions - Acquired’s 2016 year in review. Better late than never! :)

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9yr ago

Acquired #30 - P.A. Semi + AuthenTec - Ben & David venture into semis with two hallmark Apple deals

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9yr ago

Babel Word Game - A very challenging word game for iOS!