service / likes
Vanguard
“Ben and David love their index funds. You know, we love Vanguard here. If you had bought the S&P 500 with that same $1,000, instead of $17 million today, you would have $170,000.”
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Ben Gilbert
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Books, apps, and tools
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other / recommends
Defunctland
“There's a great one on the Florida Project, so I highly recommend Defunctland.”
other / recommends
Animagraffs
“I highly recommend the channel, Animagraffs.”
hardware / likes
Disneyland
“The sightlines, man. The, the—I, I like going to Disneyland just to walk around.”
other / recommends
Tifosi
“I highly recommend Tifosi. They're also pretty cheap. I bought three pairs. They're goofy in different colors and they're fun.”
book / uses
Last Man Standing
“One great book I read for research was Last Man Standing to prep for the Jamie Dimon interview.”
other / uses
Invest Like the Best
“I listened to an episode of Invest Like the Best about a year ago, which was a really, really long interview with Graham Duncan.”
app / uses
Gemini
“I find switching costs to be relatively low. I use Gemini for some stuff, then it’s really easy to switch away.”
other / uses
Glass
“I watched the Google IO keynote with Glass and I watched a bunch of Glass content.”
paper / uses
Worldly Partners research
“In fact, in particular, for each of these episodes now, I read the Worldly Partners research on the company we’re covering from front of the show, Arvind.”
app / uses
Netflix
“Think about how I watch Netflix. I will watch Netflix tonight after we record on my Apple TV upstairs.”
other / recommends
Visa
“I highly recommend the Visa one as discussed earlier in the Network of Networks idea, if you haven't heard that”
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What Ben said.
16 transcript-backed records
01 / preference
Ben and David love their index funds. You know, we love Vanguard here. If you had bought the S&P 500 with that same $1,000, instead of $17 million today, you would have $170,000.
“Ben and David love their index funds. You know, we love Vanguard here. If you had bought the S&P 500 with that same $1,000, instead of $17 million today, you would have $170,000.”
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- Ben Gilbert
- Episode
- The Home Depot
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- Acquired
02 / preference
To Bill Block, who formerly led Miramax, to Ben Thompson for his exceptional analysis of Disney over the last decade that inspired a lot of my thinking. I think I read every Strategery piece on the company to prepare for this.
“To Bill Block, who formerly led Miramax, to Ben Thompson for his exceptional analysis of Disney over the last decade that inspired a lot of my thinking. I think I read every Strategery piece on the company to prepare for this.”
- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Publisher
- Acquired
03 / preference
Like normally in a company, when I buy a share of Apple, it's because I think Apple is gonna compound their profits, their cash flows in the future at a higher rate than anything else that I could invest in.
“Like normally in a company, when I buy a share of Apple, it's because I think Apple is gonna compound their profits, their cash flows in the future at a higher rate than anything else that I could invest in.”
- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Episode
- Vanguard
- Publisher
- Acquired
04 / preference
Sometimes I get tricked by Instagram, as my wife says, where I'm scrolling through and then I find like the perfect ad hitting me at the perfect moment for some product I didn't even know I needed. This pair of scissors, the ad is great because it says, how come your scissors are like some flimsy sheet metal?
“Sometimes I get tricked by Instagram, as my wife says, where I'm scrolling through and then I find like the perfect ad hitting me at the perfect moment for some product I didn't even know I needed. This pair of scissors, the ad is great because it says, how come your scissors are like some flimsy sheet metal?”
- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Episode
- Ferrari
- Publisher
- Acquired
05 / preference
I think my favorite thing about Ferrari is the manufacturing process, and it's both because of how cool it is from a nerdy perspective, but also the business model that enables for them.
“I think my favorite thing about Ferrari is the manufacturing process, and it's both because of how cool it is from a nerdy perspective, but also the business model that enables for them.”
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- Ben Gilbert
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- Ferrari
- Publisher
- Acquired
06 / preference
Very often, I will buy something that's a little bit more expensive on Amazon because I'm like, well, it's going to be easy to return.
“Very often, I will buy something that's a little bit more expensive on Amazon because I'm like, well, it's going to be easy to return.”
- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
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- Costco
- Publisher
- Acquired
07 / preference
The cars have three to 600 sensors on them. And shockingly to me as an American, David, I don't know if you knew this before we started researching, it's actually the world's most popular annual sporting series with over 827 million viewers.
“The cars have three to 600 sensors on them. And shockingly to me as an American, David, I don't know if you knew this before we started researching, it's actually the world's most popular annual sporting series with over 827 million viewers.”
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- Ben Gilbert
- Episode
- Formula 1
- Publisher
- Acquired
08 / preference
I’ve accidentally started doing that anyway because whenever I travel now, I use those PATH Water bottles that they sell in airports and you can just refill them.
“I’ve accidentally started doing that anyway because whenever I travel now, I use those PATH Water bottles that they sell in airports and you can just refill them.”
- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Episode
- Coca-Cola
- Publisher
- Acquired
09 / preference
People insist that I prefer to swing by McDonald’s to get a Coke versus getting it somewhere else.
“People insist that I prefer to swing by McDonald’s to get a Coke versus getting it somewhere else.”
- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Episode
- Coca-Cola
- Publisher
- Acquired
10 / preference
There are days I listen to so many audiobooks and podcasts that I don't notice it as much, because I feel like anytime I'm listening to something, it's words, not music.
“There are days I listen to so many audiobooks and podcasts that I don't notice it as much, because I feel like anytime I'm listening to something, it's words, not music.”
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- Ben Gilbert
- Episode
- Trader Joe’s
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- Acquired
11 / preference
I love it. Obviously, I love it because this is how you and I think about Acquired.
“I love it. Obviously, I love it because this is how you and I think about Acquired.”
- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Episode
- Trader Joe’s
- Publisher
- Acquired
12 / preference
Camp one is, hey, the way to make people most engaged is by getting them to follow creators and they curate the information sources they want.
“Camp one is, hey, the way to make people most engaged is by getting them to follow creators and they curate the information sources they want.”
- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Episode
- Google Part II: Alphabet
- Publisher
- Acquired
13 / preference
I don’t know, I just love it. It’s a 2019 camera and they really need to come out with one that has USB-C because it’s annoying to charge.
“I don’t know, I just love it. It’s a 2019 camera and they really need to come out with one that has USB-C because it’s annoying to charge.”
- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Episode
- Google Part II: Alphabet
- Publisher
- Acquired
14 / preference
What explains this? Because usually, behavior follows incentives.
“What explains this? Because usually, behavior follows incentives.”
- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Episode
- The Jamie Dimon Interview
- Publisher
- Acquired
15 / preference
We don’t seek to have an organization full of teamwork. It’s teamwork because we want some output.
“We don’t seek to have an organization full of teamwork. It’s teamwork because we want some output.”
- Speaker
- Ben Gilbert
- Episode
- The Steve Ballmer Interview
- Publisher
- Acquired
16 / preference
I might not even be able to finish a whole Snickers bar just because it’s so sugary, but, oh, my God, is that first bite good.
“I might not even be able to finish a whole Snickers bar just because it’s so sugary, but, oh, my God, is that first bite good.”
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- Ben Gilbert
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- Mars Inc. (the chocolate story)
- Publisher
- Acquired