Evidence receipt / belief
Published · transcript-backedBen Gilbert: belief
15 Dec 2025 Acquired 10 Years of Acquired (with Michael Lewis)
“We were currently researching Bell Labs, and I think I felt like we were chasing this esotericness.”
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- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Attribution
- Verified speaker
- Claim type
- belief
- Recorded
- 15 Dec 2025
- Publisher
- Acquired
Transcript context
…What triggered this? Are we being wussies? We were currently researching Bell Labs, and I think I felt like we were chasing this esotericness. We sought some advice. We went to one of the best investors ever, who we've gotten to know he is a fan of the show, somebody everybody would know. We asked him to dinner and we just like, hey, we've got this. We could do all these things. We're not like Hollywood, et cetera.…
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