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Acquired
Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal
205 episodes
2 weeks ago
Every company has a story. Learn the playbooks that built the world’s greatest companies — and how you can apply them.
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Every company has a story. Learn the playbooks that built the world’s greatest companies — and how you can apply them.
Show more...
Technology
Business,
Investing
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Meta
Acquired
6 hours 22 minutes
6 months ago
Meta

Meta is a company everyone knows (literally, everyone). But, somehow, it’s also a company that few people feel they actually understand. Their products are used by more humans than any other’s in history — almost half of the entire world’s population daily. But… what is Meta? Why do they do what they do? How do they do what they do? Ask ten people and you’ll likely get ten very different sets of answers.

Today, we dive deeper than we’ve ever gone trying to find Acquired’s answers to those questions. And after months of research and 6+ hours of incredible stories about how they (and really “they” being Mark himself) bet it all and win time and time again in the face of overwhelming odds, we arrive at our answers. Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Threads, AI, Oculus, Orion, it’s all here. Tune in for one of the greatest corporate stories of all time: Meta, a Mark Zuckerberg Production.

Sponsors:

Many thanks to our fantastic Fall ‘24 Season partners:

  • J.P. Morgan Payments
  • Statsig
  • Crusoe
  • Huntress

Links:

  • Please take our 2024 Acquired Survey if you have a minute. It'd mean the world to us! https://acquired.fm/survey
  • Our past episodes on Instagram, WhatsApp, Oculus, Snapchat, the Snap IPO, TikTok, NVIDIA, Microsoft, and the Mark Zuckerberg Interview
  • Worldly Partners: Meta multi-decade study
  • Episode sources

Carve Outs:

  • Ben Cohen’s piece on NotebookLM
  • Mr. McMahon
  • The Dwarkesh Podcast

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‍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.

Acquired
Every company has a story. Learn the playbooks that built the world’s greatest companies — and how you can apply them.