David Rosenthal

David Rosenthal

Acquired PodcastAcquired Podcast
Principal, Madrona Venture Group
28 points
Acquired #32 - The Snap Inc. IPO
Acquired #32 - The Snap Inc. IPOSNAP! We discuss the future for this plucky “camera company”

Hunted on March 6th, 2017

Acquired #31 - The Uber - Didi Chuxing Merger with Upstarts author Brad Stone
Acquired #31 - The Uber - Didi Chuxing Merger with Upstarts author Brad StoneUber goes for one wild ride in China...

Hunted on March 1st, 2017

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

Hunted on January 24th, 2017

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

Hunted on January 13th, 2017

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

Hunted on January 3rd, 2017

Babel Word Game
Babel Word GameA very challenging word game for iOS!

Hunted on December 21st, 2016

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

Hunted on December 19th, 2016

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

Hunted on December 6th, 2016

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

Hunted on November 15th, 2016

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

Hunted on November 2nd, 2016

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

Hunted on October 24th, 2016

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

Hunted on October 14th, 2016

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

Hunted on September 28th, 2016

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

Hunted on September 16th, 2016

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

Hunted on August 29th, 2016

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

Hunted on August 22nd, 2016

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

Hunted on August 4th, 2016

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

Hunted on July 13th, 2016

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

Hunted on July 6th, 2016

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

Hunted on May 23rd, 2016