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David Rosenthal

Host · Acquired

Claims
500
Episodes
21
Shows
1
Named items
38

Books, apps, and tools

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hardware / owns

Rimowa suitcase

“It's similar, but I bought a Rimowa suitcase this year and I love it. It's just a suitcase, but I love it.”

Acquired · 15 Dec 2025

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app / uses

Waymo

“Yeah. Scoping just to ride share now that we have Waymo in San Francisco, I use Waymo in scenarios where I would never use an Uber or a Lyft.”

Acquired · 6 Oct 2025

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service / uses

Waymo

“Scoping just to ride share now that we have Waymo in San Francisco, I use Waymo in scenarios where I would never use an Uber or a Lyft.”

Acquired · 6 Oct 2025

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app / likes

Google Earth

“Yes, Keyhole and Google Earth (I think) is my favorite part of our first Google episode earlier this year.”

Acquired · 26 Aug 2025

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app / likes

Craigslist

“I think I talked before on the Meta episode about how much I love Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist before that.”

Acquired · 18 Nov 2024

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app / likes

Facebook Marketplace

“I think I talked before on the Meta episode about how much I love Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist before that.”

Acquired · 18 Nov 2024

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app / uses

Winamp

“I listen to so much music all the time on Winamp, it should just know what I like and automatically pick the next song.”

Acquired · 28 Oct 2024

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hardware / uses

AirPods

“I used AirPods for years and years and they’re great, but if you sleep on your side or do anything you know you got the AirPod jamming into your ears.”

Acquired · 22 Jul 2024

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app / avoids

ChatGPT

“Honestly, this is why I don't use ChatGPT for acquired work, I feel like we need to be a hundred percent all the time.”

Acquired · 20 Feb 2024

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other / uses

Blackberry movie

“Two on some holiday travel flights, I think recommended by an Acquired listener, actually, I watched the Blackberry movie.”

Acquired · 22 Jan 2024

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book / uses

Wool

“I have to give you a big thank you, because over the last couple of weeks since your recommendation, I have read the book Wool, which is the first in the series that is the Silo series on Apple TV+, because I'm more of a book guy than a TV guy.”

Acquired · 22 Jan 2024

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other / likes

Nike

“That's why Nike is my favorite episode, because I feel like this way of thinking about what we do finally clicked for me.”

Acquired · 18 Dec 2023

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Claim ledger

What David said.

48 transcript-backed records

02 / evaluation

Honestly, for Roy and for Stanley and their Save Disney Campaign, it was the best thing that could have happened because to many people, they look at this and they're like, how low has The Walt Disney Company fallen?

“Honestly, for Roy and for Stanley and their Save Disney Campaign, it was the best thing that could have happened because to many people, they look at this and they're like, how low has The Walt Disney Company fallen?”
Speaker
David Rosenthal
Publisher
Acquired

04 / evaluation

There were no sound movie soundtrack albums before then, and it is a huge hit both because, you know, it's a great soundtrack, but like before this album, there was never anything that audiences could take home actually of the picture that they saw in theaters.

“There were no sound movie soundtrack albums before then, and it is a huge hit both because, you know, it's a great soundtrack, but like before this album, there was never anything that audiences could take home actually of the picture that they saw in theaters.”
Speaker
David Rosenthal
Publisher
Acquired

07 / evaluation

So yeah, I think, uh, I, I agree with Warren, and millions and millions and millions of people have had their financial lives changed because of him and would not have happened without him.

“So yeah, I think, uh, I, I agree with Warren, and millions and millions and millions of people have had their financial lives changed because of him and would not have happened without him.”
Speaker
David Rosenthal
Episode
Vanguard
Publisher
Acquired

18 / evaluation

Obviously, there is this incredible counter example out there with the NFL of a similar dynamic, arguably a much more complicated dynamic because there were a lot more teams in the NFL that needed to be wrangled.

“Obviously, there is this incredible counter example out there with the NFL of a similar dynamic, arguably a much more complicated dynamic because there were a lot more teams in the NFL that needed to be wrangled.”
Speaker
David Rosenthal
Episode
Formula 1
Publisher
Acquired

19 / evaluation

We should also note here too, we being a little glib in this episode, in 2023, Bernie ultimately pleaded guilty to tax fraud as a result of all the machinations] we're about to talk about and had to pay a 653 million pound payment to the crown in back taxes and fines. And he also received a, I think 17 month jail sentence, which was then suspended, probably in large part to his advanced age.

“We should also note here too, we being a little glib in this episode, in 2023, Bernie ultimately pleaded guilty to tax fraud as a result of all the machinations] we're about to talk about and had to pay a 653 million pound payment to the crown in back taxes and fines. And he also received a, I think 17 month jail sentence, which was then suspended, probably in large part to his advanced age.”
Speaker
David Rosenthal
Episode
Formula 1
Publisher
Acquired

20 / evaluation

I can't imagine any other sport that is anywhere near as complex as this. And so you've had this crazy history as a result, but it's still been durable because nobody else could pull all of these disparate parties together in the way that Formula 1 has managed to.

“I can't imagine any other sport that is anywhere near as complex as this. And so you've had this crazy history as a result, but it's still been durable because nobody else could pull all of these disparate parties together in the way that Formula 1 has managed to.”
Speaker
David Rosenthal
Episode
Formula 1
Publisher
Acquired

21 / evaluation

He actually renews the European Broadcasting Union deal for another three year term to sort of keep growing the sport and not value maximize just yet because he doesn't want a lot of money to start going to the other organizations.

“He actually renews the European Broadcasting Union deal for another three year term to sort of keep growing the sport and not value maximize just yet because he doesn't want a lot of money to start going to the other organizations.”
Speaker
David Rosenthal
Episode
Formula 1
Publisher
Acquired

23 / evaluation

What Braun realized, maybe not first, but I think better than anybody, was the dynamic we talked about earlier, that after the FAA started clamping down so much on the rules, the way to win was to exploit loopholes.

“What Braun realized, maybe not first, but I think better than anybody, was the dynamic we talked about earlier, that after the FAA started clamping down so much on the rules, the way to win was to exploit loopholes.”
Speaker
David Rosenthal
Episode
Formula 1
Publisher
Acquired

26 / evaluation

NFL is a league, great, they're fine. But the players, I think other league players and especially the NBA have been able to build wealth and businesses and revenue streams much better than NFL players because they're the platform and the audience value accrues to them so much more.

“NFL is a league, great, they're fine. But the players, I think other league players and especially the NBA have been able to build wealth and businesses and revenue streams much better than NFL players because they're the platform and the audience value accrues to them so much more.”
Speaker
David Rosenthal
Episode
The NFL
Publisher
Acquired

27 / evaluation

On any given Sunday, any team in the league should be able to beat any other team. And he pushes this through with the owners and gets them all to agree to this, like, hey, the only way we're going to survive and prosper is if we agree that none of our teams can get so dominant that we end up with a Cleveland Browns situation.

“On any given Sunday, any team in the league should be able to beat any other team. And he pushes this through with the owners and gets them all to agree to this, like, hey, the only way we're going to survive and prosper is if we agree that none of our teams can get so dominant that we end up with a Cleveland Browns situation.”
Speaker
David Rosenthal
Episode
The NFL
Publisher
Acquired

29 / evaluation

Because in 1931, Lee, Woodruff and the Coca-Cola crew create what I think is unquestionably the greatest lifestyle advertising success in human history, where they manage to associate Santa Claus with Coca-Cola.

“Because in 1931, Lee, Woodruff and the Coca-Cola crew create what I think is unquestionably the greatest lifestyle advertising success in human history, where they manage to associate Santa Claus with Coca-Cola.”
Speaker
David Rosenthal
Episode
Coca-Cola
Publisher
Acquired

31 / evaluation

Lee had already created a hit slogan for Coca-Cola in Christmas of 1922 with his ‘thirst knows no season’ campaign, which is a great phrase with a great ring to it, but was particularly good because Coke had a legacy of primarily being enjoyed in the summer.

“Lee had already created a hit slogan for Coca-Cola in Christmas of 1922 with his ‘thirst knows no season’ campaign, which is a great phrase with a great ring to it, but was particularly good because Coke had a legacy of primarily being enjoyed in the summer.”
Speaker
David Rosenthal
Episode
Coca-Cola
Publisher
Acquired

32 / evaluation

This is a small little passage in Stephen Levy’s great book that’s been a source for all of our Google episodes, In the Plex. This is a small little throwaway passage in here about this because this book came out before ChatGPT and AI and all that.

“This is a small little passage in Stephen Levy’s great book that’s been a source for all of our Google episodes, In the Plex. This is a small little throwaway passage in here about this because this book came out before ChatGPT and AI and all that.”
Speaker
David Rosenthal
Publisher
Acquired

33 / evaluation

Plus all this has turn by turn navigation is, but even to put aside whether it was better or not, it just was a real smartphone on Verizon, Time Magazine named the Droid its product of the year for 2009.

“Plus all this has turn by turn navigation is, but even to put aside whether it was better or not, it just was a real smartphone on Verizon, Time Magazine named the Droid its product of the year for 2009.”
Speaker
David Rosenthal
Publisher
Acquired

34 / evaluation

Finally after months of this, they come back and they tell Kleiner and Sequoia, there’s one person that we met in this whole process who we think meets our bar, who we would be willing to come in and hire as our CEO here at Google.

“Finally after months of this, they come back and they tell Kleiner and Sequoia, there’s one person that we met in this whole process who we think meets our bar, who we would be willing to come in and hire as our CEO here at Google.”
Speaker
David Rosenthal
Publisher
Acquired

35 / evaluation

Part of the reason I say all this, and I want to include Sergey too in what I’m about to say, even though we haven’t introduced him yet in the story, I think there’s this perception today that Larry and Sergey were these bumbling academic guys, who weren’t really business minded, and Google was a research project, and this all happened by accident that they built the best business of all time.

“Part of the reason I say all this, and I want to include Sergey too in what I’m about to say, even though we haven’t introduced him yet in the story, I think there’s this perception today that Larry and Sergey were these bumbling academic guys, who weren’t really business minded, and Google was a research project, and this all happened by accident that they built the best business of all time.”
Speaker
David Rosenthal
Publisher
Acquired

40 / evaluation

Which I think really should just tell you how important the stability and continuity of the system across inpatient, outpatient, and billing is, because Epic is the only one that can offer that.

“Which I think really should just tell you how important the stability and continuity of the system across inpatient, outpatient, and billing is, because Epic is the only one that can offer that.”
Speaker
David Rosenthal
Publisher
Acquired

43 / evaluation

I foreshadowed a little bit ago in the TV rights deal with World Sports Group and Sony that Lalit had given him his word as a gentleman that if this whole thing doesn’t work, I’ll rip up the deal and I’ll won’t carry IPL forward.

“I foreshadowed a little bit ago in the TV rights deal with World Sports Group and Sony that Lalit had given him his word as a gentleman that if this whole thing doesn’t work, I’ll rip up the deal and I’ll won’t carry IPL forward.”
Speaker
David Rosenthal
Publisher
Acquired

44 / evaluation

In many respects, the current structure where we have Redbird or CVC, big institutional investors in the IPL,” which we will get to in just a sec, “that wouldn’t have been possible without the new governance structures that were put in place circa 2015 by the Supreme Court.

“In many respects, the current structure where we have Redbird or CVC, big institutional investors in the IPL,” which we will get to in just a sec, “that wouldn’t have been possible without the new governance structures that were put in place circa 2015 by the Supreme Court.”
Speaker
David Rosenthal
Publisher
Acquired

46 / evaluation

All these auctions that I keep running for all these media rights and sponsorships and everything, work really, really, really well because they collapse everything down to a super clear, one time, in the moment transaction, and I can set the guardrails for minimum, maximum.

“All these auctions that I keep running for all these media rights and sponsorships and everything, work really, really, really well because they collapse everything down to a super clear, one time, in the moment transaction, and I can set the guardrails for minimum, maximum.”
Speaker
David Rosenthal
Publisher
Acquired

47 / evaluation

Then that happened and then the knives came out. It’s interesting, quite interesting, all these very serious allegations that get brought up against Modi, and then ultimately the BCCI decides that he did do them and bans him for life in 2013, because the chairperson of the BCCI at this point in time and Lalit’s great rival who’s one of the forces behind ousting him is N Srinivasan, the owner of the Chennai Super Kings via his family’s business, India Cements.

“Then that happened and then the knives came out. It’s interesting, quite interesting, all these very serious allegations that get brought up against Modi, and then ultimately the BCCI decides that he did do them and bans him for life in 2013, because the chairperson of the BCCI at this point in time and Lalit’s great rival who’s one of the forces behind ousting him is N Srinivasan, the owner of the Chennai Super Kings via his family’s business, India Cements.”
Speaker
David Rosenthal
Publisher
Acquired
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