David Rosenthal

David Rosenthal

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Principal, Madrona Venture Group
28 points
Acquired #32 - The Snap Inc. IPO
Acquired #32 - The Snap Inc. IPO SNAP! We discuss the future for this plucky “camera company”
Acquired #31 - The Uber - Didi Chuxing Merger with Upstarts author Brad Stone
Acquired #30 - P.A. Semi + AuthenTec
Acquired #30 - P.A. Semi + AuthenTec Ben & David venture into semis with two hallmark Apple deals
Acquired #29 - Special: 2016 Review and 2017 Predictions
Acquired #29 - Special: 2016 Review and 2017 Predictions Acquired’s 2016 year in review. Better late than never! :)
Acquired #28 - The Amazon IPO with original Amazon Board Member Tom Alberg
Babel Word Game
Babel Word Game A very challenging word game for iOS!
Acquired #27 - M&A & Investing @Microsoft with Brian Schultz
Acquired #27 - M&A & Investing @Microsoft with Brian Schultz Ben, David and Brian discuss MSFT's approach to M&A
Acquired #26 - Marvel
Acquired #26 - Marvel Ben & David complete the Disney acquisition trilogy!
Acquired #25 - The Facebook IPO
Acquired #25 - The Facebook IPO If we're experimenting with IPOs, we gotta start big.
Acquired #24 - Skype
Acquired #24 - Skype An deal so wild & crazy, they had to do it again. And again.
Acquired #23 - NeXT (Live show at the GeekWire Summit)
Acquired #23 - NeXT (Live show at the GeekWire Summit) Ben & David cover Apple’s 1996 acquisition of NeXT
Acquired #22 - Zillow + Trulia with Zillow Group CFO Kathleen Philips
Acquired #21 - Inside the M&A Press with Bloomberg's Alex Sherman
Acquired #21 - Inside the M&A Press with Bloomberg's Alex Sherman Ben & David go behind the scenes w Bloomberg’s Alex Sherman.
Acquired #20 - Android
Acquired #20 - Android Ben & David discuss Google's $50M buy of Android - G.O.A.T.?
Acquired Episode 19: Jet
Acquired Episode 19: Jet Ben & David break down Jet.com’s $3B+ acquisition by Walmart
Acquired - #18 - Taylor Barada, head of Corp Dev at Adobe
Acquired - #18 - Taylor Barada, head of Corp Dev at Adobe Insights for entrepreneurs navigating the M&A process
Acquired Episode 17: Waze
Acquired Episode 17: Waze Ben and David navigate Waze’s $1B+ acquisition by Google
Acquired - Episode 16 - Midroll + Stitcher (acquired by Scripps)
Acquired - Episode 16 - Midroll + Stitcher (acquired by Scripps) Podcast-meta! Covering Scripps' buy of Midroll+Stitcher.
Acquired - Episode 15: ExactTarget
Acquired - Episode 15: ExactTarget Salesforce's $2.5B buy of ExactTarget w/ CEO Scott Dorsey
Acquired - Snapchat (?!)
Acquired - Snapchat (?!) Ben and David tackle Facebook's 2013 offer to buy Snapchat