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Published · transcript-backedBen Gilbert: commitment
18 Dec 2023 Acquired Holiday Special 2023
“Of course, we will keep doing deep episodes on tech companies since we are nerds, and that's where we've spent our whole careers so far.”
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Everything needed to verify it.
- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- commitment
- Recorded
- 18 Dec 2023
- Publisher
- Acquired
- Episode
- Holiday Special 2023
Transcript context
…Otherwise, we would have had a deadlocked vote there one to one. That's true. I don't think our charter really actually ever accounts for what to do in that circumstance. 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 evolution to me based on where Acquired started analyzing technology acquisitions that actually went well. Of course, we will keep doing deep episodes on tech companies since we are nerds, and that's where we've spent our whole careers so far. If you liked the programming and assembly language on air from NVIDIA, I guess assembly language pseudocode, or our Qualcomm episode where we tried to describe how the CDMA protocol works, we're still here for you. We're just going to do a lot of LVMH, NFL, Visa, Costco, Nike mixed in there. What are we doing here today? David and I are going to bring you good tidings, good cheer (hopefully), and keep you company. Yes, happy holidays. Cheers.…
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