Acquired Episode 10: Virgin America

Acquired

Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal

Venturecapital, Ma, Investing, Acquisitions, Startups, Vc, Investment, Business, Technology

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 27 April 2016

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

Ben and David deviate entirely from the stated purpose of the show, tackling this non-technology acquisition that is so recent, we have no idea if it went well yet. But, the April 2016 acquisition of Virgin America by Alaska Airlines was so fascinating, we had to do it!

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0:00.0	I should see what episode is going to be.
0:02.0	10.
0:04.0	Easy.
0:06.0	Who got the truth?
0:08.0	Is it you, is it you, is it you, is it you, who got the truth now? Is it you, is it you?
0:15.6	Sit me down, say it straight, another story on the way.
0:20.6	Who got the truth?
0:22.0	Welcome to episode 10 of acquired the podcast where we talk about technology acquisitions that actually went well.
0:29.0	I am Ben Gilbert.
0:30.0	I'm David Rosenthal and we are your hosts.
0:34.0	Today we come to you with an acquisition that is actually not a technology acquisition
0:40.0	but something that David and I were inclined to talk about anyway because we both sort of have a little romantic fascination with anything involving
0:55.0	a virgin america right here in our own backyard in seattle
1:01.0	in seattle before we get into the acquisition history and facts, I wanted to remind you that you can sign up
1:06.2	now at acquired FM to get our episodes delivered via email.
1:11.2	We also would really, really appreciate it if you could read us on iTunes.
1:15.7	It'll help us grow the show and expand what we can do with it from productions to new topics
1:19.7	and guests.
1:20.7	All right, listeners, our sponsor is one of our favorite companies, Vanta, and we have something very new from them
1:27.6	to share.
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