Holiday Special 2022
Acquired
Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal
4.7 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 19 December 2022
⏱️ 140 minutes
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Summary
Cozy up to the fire and join Acquired as we do our annual strategic review of the show and our business “in public”. We recap our perspectives on Acquired’s big moments from the past year, a bit of commentary on the current state of the tech ecosystem, and what lies ahead for us in 2023. Plus as always at the holidays, we do an extended carve out session on our favorite things from the past year. Huge thank you to all of you for making 2022 an amazing year here in Acquired-land, and here’s to even bigger and better things to come in 2023!
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Carveouts!:
- Jerry Seinfeld on The Tim Ferriss Show
- Project Hail Mary
- The Psychology of Money
- The Power Law
- Made in America
- Made in Japan
- The Godfather (book)
- Masters of Doom
- Stevie Case vs. the World
- How All this Happened
- Resonant Arc
- All-In
- Founders Podcast
- MKBHD’s Waveform Podcast
- The Verge
- Huberman Lab - What Alcohol Does to your Body
- Smartless
- T-Swift’s Midnights
- Olivia Rodrigo
- Andor
- Black Panther
- Top Gun Maverick
- Everything Everywhere All At Once
- The White Lotus
- The Vow
- Flighty
- Roborock S7 Max
- Apple Keyboard with TouchID
- Elgato AV gear, especially sound panels and the Cam Link 4K
- Capri
Note: Acquired hosts and guests may hold assets discussed in this episode. This podcast is not investment advice, and is intended for informational and entertainment purposes only. You should do your own research and make your own independent decisions when considering any financial transactions.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | How do I open again welcome what is the show what are we doing welcome to how I built this welcome now |
| 0:08.1 | No, nothing you're good. So I put this but that's not a start |
| 0:30.5 | Welcome to this special episode of acquired the podcast about great technology companies and the stories and playbooks behind them |
| 0:37.3 | I'm Ben Gilbert, and I am the co-founder and managing director of Seattle based Pioneer Square Labs and our venture fund |
| 0:43.2 | PSL ventures and I'm David Rosenthal and I'm an angel investor based in San Francisco |
| 0:48.4 | But today then you are hosting me at your lovely home here in Seattle. Welcome to the studio |
| 0:54.5 | It's great to be here and we are your hosts |
| 0:57.9 | Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, happy holidays. Happy holidays |
| 1:02.0 | Man, I don't know about you, but ready to put a bow on 2022 |
| 1:07.6 | Well, we have much to talk about. Yeah |
| 1:10.7 | Well, listen is normally I have like a script like a thing that I'm looking at in front of me to know what to say now |
| 1:15.3 | But I don't really on this one other than to say join the slack. There are great people there including yes |
| 1:20.8 | Probably you if you're listening to this episode. We don't think this is an entry point for a lot of people into acquired |
| 1:26.8 | We think this is probably if you're a fan |
| 1:30.1 | You're gonna listen to this, but I don't think this is gonna be anyone sort of first show |
| 1:33.9 | So we're gonna try and go a little a little deeper and nerdy or than normal. We've got a little agenda |
| 1:39.5 | We're gonna recap 2022 for the show for tech for us talk a little bit about what's ahead in 2023 |
| 1:46.2 | We've got some extra extra fun carveouts indeed |
| 1:50.0 | Now is a great time to thank our new friend of the show one password and I am super pumped that we're working with them |
| 1:57.4 | I have been a customer and power user of one password for over 10 years now |
| 2:02.0 | And we are here to talk about their new product called passage one password as many of you know is the world's most loved |
| 2:09.3 | Password manager for both businesses and consumers |
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