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24 alternatives to Acquired #23 - NeXT (Live show at the GeekWire Summit)

Ben & David cover Apple’s 1996 acquisition of NeXT

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Acquired #23 - NeXT (Live show at the GeekWire Summit) launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Ben and David cover the 3-day-old acquisition of LinkedIn by
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Acquired #20 - Android▲61
Ben & David discuss Google's $50M buy of Android - G.O.A.T.?
2016 · acquired.fm · its alternatives →
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Ben and David tackle Facebook's 2013 offer to buy Snapchat
2016 · acquired.fm · its alternatives →
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Acquired #24 - Skype▲61
An deal so wild & crazy, they had to do it again. And again.
2016 · acquired.fm · its alternatives →
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Ben & David complete the Disney acquisition trilogy!
2016 · acquired.fm · its alternatives →
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Acquired #21 - Inside the M&A Press with Bloomberg's Alex Sherman▲57
Ben & David go behind the scenes w Bloomberg’s Alex Sherman.
2016 · acquired.fm · its alternatives →
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Acquired - PayPal▲71
Ben and David examine eBay's 2002 purchase of PayPal
2016 · acquired.fm · its alternatives →
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Acquired #28 - The Amazon IPO with original Amazon Board Member Tom Alberg▲61
Ben & David cover the Amazon IPO!
2017 · acquired.fm · its alternatives →
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Acquired #27 - M&A & Investing @Microsoft with Brian Schultz▲58
Ben, David and Brian discuss MSFT's approach to M&A
2016 · acquired.fm · its alternatives →
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The Twenty Minute VC: Brit Morin, Founder & CEO @ Brit & Co▲68
Evolution Of Digital Media Presents Multi $Bn Opportunity
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Acquired Episode 19: Jet▲57
Ben & David break down Jet.com’s $3B+ acquisition by Walmart
2016 · acquired.fm · its alternatives →
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Acquired Episode 17: Waze▲63
Ben and David navigate Waze’s $1B+ acquisition by Google
2016 · acquired.fm · its alternatives →
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Ben and James discuss Facebook F8
2016 · soundcloud.com · its alternatives →
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Mergerize▲179
Crowdsourced predictions of startup mergers & acquisitions
2014 · mergerize.com · its alternatives →
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Analyse Asia 95: The TSMC Group with Tim Culpan▲65
The TSMC Group, Apple & Foxconn's acquisition of Sharp
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If we're experimenting with IPOs, we gotta start big.
2016 · acquired.fm · its alternatives →
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VC Club▲130
The Venture Capital community on Slack
2015 · thevc.club · its alternatives →
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Acquired #22 - Zillow + Trulia with Zillow Group CFO Kathleen Philips▲60
Ben & David cover the show's first "merger"!
2016 · acquired.fm · its alternatives →
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Acquired #29 - Special: 2016 Review and 2017 Predictions▲60
Acquired’s 2016 year in review. Better late than never! :)
2017 · acquired.fm · its alternatives →
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The Twenty Minute VC: Sarah Guo, Investor @ Greylock▲70
Why conversational will be the next big thing?
2017 · content.libsyn.com · its alternatives →
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The big two Apple execs
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