We sit down with Steve Ballmer, the legendary former Microsoft CEO and owner of the LA Clippers, for an epic conversation covering his 34 years at Microsoft. Steve listened to our Microsoft episodes and had some thoughts to share — and boy, did he deliver. Steve takes us point-by-point through the original IBM DOS deal

David Rosenthal is a podcaster and host of Acquired – a podcast that details the stories of the world's most successful companies. 0:00 Intro 1:24 Ed Zschau’s High Impact Entrepreneurship 7:20 Tim Ferriss Guest Lecturer 9:50 David’s Senior Thesis 12:41 The Skill Of Recall 16:00 What Has David Learned From Parents? 20:0

Nobody’s perfect — including Porsche. Despite that phrase appearing in their famous 1983 magazine advertisement, they managed to get damn-close to the perfect luxury business (even Bernard Arnault would be jealous!). Porsche is both quality AND quantity, owning the most prestigious brand in its market, while at the sam

ACQ Sessions returns with David Senra of the Founders Podcast. David is one of our very favorite people in the world — it’s impossible to spend an hour (or 3!) with him and not come away inspired to go take over the world. This conversation is an “extended, IRL version” of monthly calls that we do together where we sha

Today is a special episode of UP with our first returning guest David Rosenthal from the Acquired Podcast (Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal)! This is a cross-episode for their Pod's LP Feed. We highly recommend subscribing to the feed. It's has more in depth industry knowledge and has a great community (Join their Slack

We sit down with a16z General Partner Katherine Boyle to discuss investing in “American Dynamism”, why it’s so important and why now is the right time to pursue it. Katherine has a fascinating background, beginning her career as a reporter at The Washington Post before entering the VC world first at Founders Fund, then