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24 alternatives to Acquired Episode 17: Waze

Ben and David navigate Waze’s $1B+ acquisition by Google

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Acquired Episode 17: Waze launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Acquired #20 - Android▲61

   Ben & David discuss Google's $50M buy of Android - G.O.A.T.?

   2016 · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Acquired Episode 19: Jet▲57

   Ben & David break down Jet.com’s $3B+ acquisition by Walmart

   2016 · its alternatives →

3. 3
   Bytes - From BufferBox to Google (Jay Shah, Co-Founder) Part 2▲55

   The story behind Google's acquisition of BufferBox

   2016 · its alternatives →

4. 4
   Acquired #23 - NeXT (Live show at the GeekWire Summit)▲57

   Ben & David cover Apple’s 1996 acquisition of NeXT

   2016 · its alternatives →

5. 5
   Acquired - 14: LinkedIn▲67

   Ben and David cover the 3-day-old acquisition of LinkedIn by

   2016 · its alternatives →

6. 6
   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 · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Bytes - The BufferBox Story (Jay Shah, Co-Founder) Part 1▲57

   Behind the scenes of BufferBox prior to Google acquisition

   2016 · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Product People ▲239

   Podcast focused on great products and their makers

   2014 · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Building Nexcast Part 1: Schooled by Silicon Valley▲74

   Part 1 of the journey building the podcast app and platform

   2016 · its alternatives →

10. 10
    The Unofficial Shopify Podcast - #97 - Ben Krueger▲54

    Podcasting for Business: The Tremendous Growth Engine

    2017 · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Hack To Start - EP 103: Ruby Lee, Product Partner, KPCB Edge▲56

    Being an PM at Google & now being at KPCB Edge

    2016 · its alternatives →

12. 12
    The Startup Tapes #023 — Enterprise is Eating the Software World▲55

    with Ed Anuff (Apigee / Google)

    2016 · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Acquired #22 - Zillow + Trulia with Zillow Group CFO Kathleen Philips▲60

    Ben & David cover the show's first "merger"!

    2016 · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Full Stack Radio▲128

    A podcast for devs interested in building great products.

    2015 · its alternatives →

15. 15
    Planet Money▲153

    A podcast covering the global economy

    2014 · its alternatives →

16. 16
    a16z Podcast: The Business of Creativity▲71

    Pixar CFO, IPO, and Beyond!

    2016 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Authority Hacker: Ep 47▲56

    The practical implication of Google's new algorithm updates

    2016 · its alternatives →

18. 18
    Acquired - Episode 15: ExactTarget ▲58

    Salesforce's $2.5B buy of ExactTarget w/ CEO Scott Dorsey

    2016 · its alternatives →

19. 19
    Hit Reply – Episode 0: Yet Another Startup Podcast?▲80

    How we went from 0 launches in 5 years to 9 in the last 2

    2016 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    This Week In Startups - #672 - Noah Kagan▲79

    Lessons learned showed Noah what he truly he excels at...

    2016 · its alternatives →

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    Acquired #24 - Skype▲61

    An deal so wild & crazy, they had to do it again. And again.

    2016 · its alternatives →

22. 22
    App Guy Podcast : The Story Of Skype▲64

    Starting Skype as a side project to $8.5 Billion

    2016 · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Frontcourt: Moz's Accidental Journey to $40m with Rand Fishkin▲62

    Rand Fishkin on his entrepreneurial adventure

    2016 · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Crunchbase 2.0▲116

    The Business Graph

    2014 · its alternatives →

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