Episode 12: Snapchat

Acquired

Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal

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

4.8 • 2.9K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2016

⏱️ 62 minutes

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Summary

Ben and David tackle their first failed acquisition: Facebook's 2013 offer to buy Snapchat. They cover the fascinating story of Snapchat's creation and growth, their blossoming business model, how it would be different inside of Facebook, and what the future holds.

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0:00.0	I've noticed our episodes have been getting a little longer. Yeah, they have. Do you think that's a problem?
0:07.2	Maybe a little.
0:08.2	Who got the truth?
0:11.2	Is it you, is it you, is it you, is it you, who got the truth now? Is it you, is it you who got the truth now?
0:15.0	Is it you, is it you, is it you, is it you?
0:18.0	Sit me down, say it straight, another story on the way
0:24.0	story.
0:25.0	Welcome to episode 12 of acquired, the podcast where we talk about technology
0:29.6	acquisitions that actually went well.
0:31.9	I'm Ben Gilbert. I'm David Rosenthal and we are your
0:35.2	hosts. This episode we're going to try and do something a little bit different.
0:38.8	Today we're going to talk about one that didn't happen at all.
0:42.0	Dun-dun-dun. talk about one that didn't happen at all.
0:42.8	Dun, done, done.
0:45.8	This week we're going to cover Facebook's
0:48.8	attempted acquisition of Snapchat
0:51.9	for $3 billion a while back in November of 2013.
0:57.0	Yes and it'll be cool because we have not only the deal didn't go through but we have the benefit of history to help us
1:05.2	grade what would have happened if that offer actually went through.
1:09.2	Well we know what would we know for a fact what would have happened otherwise if Facebook didn't acquire Snapchat.
1:15.0	That's actually easy.
1:17.0	All right, a few things before we get into it.
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