I am loving that you also busted out the holiday sweater.

Feels very appropriate.

Yes, I purchased this holiday sweater at the Seattle Nordstrom

for our 2019 live show at the University of Washington.

It's like two months before the pandemic hit.

That's right.

And I think I wore it last year too.

I feel like you did. Yeah, we were right behind me. I wish you were doing it again this year but seems prudent to not have a father of a toddler,

hop on an airplane and then sit in a confined space with me for five hours right now.

A lot of germs in my life right now. Thank you for your precautions.

Who got the truth?

Is it you, is it you, is it you, is it you, who got the truth now? Is it you, is it you, is it you, is it you?

Sit me down, say it straight, another story on the way, who got the truth.

Welcome to Season 13, Episode 5, the season finale and holiday special of Acquired, the podcast about great companies and the stories and playbooks behind them. I'm Ben Gilbert.

I'm David Rezinthall and we are your hosts. Do you see what I did there David? I did. No technology. No technology. Yes, I motion to

you know the whole board of directors here that we drop technology from our intro since I crunch the numbers and

four of the 14 episodes we did this year were technology companies.

Ah, all right, well it's a good thing that there are no other board members acquired besides you and me because I'm in full agreement.

Unanimous. And otherwise we would have had a deadlocked vote there one to one.

That's true. And I don't think our charter really actually ever accounts for what to do in that circumstance.

So yes, listeners, if you count Lockheed Martin, it's five, if you count Visa, it's six, but the

minority of the episodes that we did in 2023 were tech companies which is a very fascinating

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