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.”
Public evidence record
David Rosenthal
Host · Acquired
- Claims
- 500
- Episodes
- 21
- Shows
- 1
- Named items
- 38
Books, apps, and tools
The evidenced stack.
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.”
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.”
app / likes
Google Earth
“Yes, Keyhole and Google Earth (I think) is my favorite part of our first Google episode earlier this year.”
app / likes
Craigslist
“I think I talked before on the Meta episode about how much I love Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist before that.”
app / likes
Facebook Marketplace
“I think I talked before on the Meta episode about how much I love Facebook Marketplace and Craigslist before that.”
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.”
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.”
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.”
other / uses
Blackberry movie
“Two on some holiday travel flights, I think recommended by an Acquired listener, actually, I watched the Blackberry movie.”
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.”
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.”
Claim ledger
What David said.
32 transcript-backed records
01 / uncertainty
I guess in theory, like Nabisco was going to get some advertising synergies for their CPG products? I don't know.
“I guess in theory, like Nabisco was going to get some advertising synergies for their CPG products? I don't know.”
- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Publisher
- Acquired
02 / uncertainty
Again, I don't know that I actually could come up with a different, better strategy.
“Again, I don't know that I actually could come up with a different, better strategy.”
- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Publisher
- Acquired
03 / uncertainty
I don't know that, like, we can really trust that this isn't just a fad, that the future sound Mickeys are also gonna be a hit and that you can repeat the magic.
“I don't know that, like, we can really trust that this isn't just a fad, that the future sound Mickeys are also gonna be a hit and that you can repeat the magic.”
- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Episode
- The Walt Disney Company
- Publisher
- Acquired
04 / uncertainty
I mean, it sort of sounds like a— I don't know if it's a utopian or a dystopian film or both.
“I mean, it sort of sounds like a— I don't know if it's a utopian or a dystopian film or both.”
- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Episode
- The Walt Disney Company
- Publisher
- Acquired
05 / uncertainty
Remember, this is at the same time as Disney is making short cartoons for like, I don't know, $20,000, $30,000.
“Remember, this is at the same time as Disney is making short cartoons for like, I don't know, $20,000, $30,000.”
- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Episode
- The Walt Disney Company
- Publisher
- Acquired
06 / uncertainty
I don't know enough to say, but I would suspect it's probably about as healthy as you can be.
“I don't know enough to say, but I would suspect it's probably about as healthy as you can be.”
- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Episode
- Ferrari
- Publisher
- Acquired
07 / uncertainty
I don’t know if it’s worth $200 billion, but it’s worth $100-plus billion, zero doubt in my mind.
“I don’t know if it’s worth $200 billion, but it’s worth $100-plus billion, zero doubt in my mind.”
- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Episode
- Rolex
- Publisher
- Acquired
08 / uncertainty
Patek also, at least now, I don’t know if it was the case back then, they’re in a very different part of the market than Rolex.
“Patek also, at least now, I don’t know if it was the case back then, they’re in a very different part of the market than Rolex.”
- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Episode
- Rolex
- Publisher
- Acquired
09 / uncertainty
All over magazines across America. Maybe the world, too, I don’t know. It’s incredible.
“All over magazines across America. Maybe the world, too, I don’t know. It’s incredible.”
- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Episode
- Rolex
- Publisher
- Acquired
10 / uncertainty
Now, I don’t know exactly what the Swiss Franc to US Dollar exchange rate was at 1900, but today the Swiss Franc is stronger than the dollar.
“Now, I don’t know exactly what the Swiss Franc to US Dollar exchange rate was at 1900, but today the Swiss Franc is stronger than the dollar.”
- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Episode
- Rolex
- Publisher
- Acquired
11 / uncertainty
I don’t know that André and they were thinking about it necessarily as luxury yet—and it’s not really luxury yet, it’s much more lifestyle at this point in time; it would later become luxury—but this is his real, real genius.
“I don’t know that André and they were thinking about it necessarily as luxury yet—and it’s not really luxury yet, it’s much more lifestyle at this point in time; it would later become luxury—but this is his real, real genius.”
- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Episode
- Rolex
- Publisher
- Acquired
12 / uncertainty
Talk to me about terroir. I know exactly what you’re talking about, but établissage, I don’t know.
“Talk to me about terroir. I know exactly what you’re talking about, but établissage, I don’t know.”
- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Episode
- Rolex
- Publisher
- Acquired
13 / uncertainty
I don't know what percentage of that doubling is attributable to Drive to Survive, but it's not 10%, it's probably more like 80%.
“I don't know what percentage of that doubling is attributable to Drive to Survive, but it's not 10%, it's probably more like 80%.”
- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Episode
- Formula 1
- Publisher
- Acquired
14 / uncertainty
Acquired as part of the gloss and sheen. If you had told us that three years ago, I don't know what we would have said.
“Acquired as part of the gloss and sheen. If you had told us that three years ago, I don't know what we would have said.”
- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Episode
- The NFL
- Publisher
- Acquired
15 / uncertainty
I don't know mechanically and legally how this actually works, but in practice, this is exactly what it is.
“I don't know mechanically and legally how this actually works, but in practice, this is exactly what it is.”
- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Episode
- The NFL
- Publisher
- Acquired
16 / uncertainty
Yeah, and I don't know if this is directly related, but I think so much of the '70s and the '80s and the '90s were also about just like the continued growth trajectory of the incredible marriage of the NFL and television.
“Yeah, and I don't know if this is directly related, but I think so much of the '70s and the '80s and the '90s were also about just like the continued growth trajectory of the incredible marriage of the NFL and television.”
- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Episode
- The NFL
- Publisher
- Acquired
17 / uncertainty
I got the sense from The Undoing Project that Kahneman and Tversky's relationship was very intense. I don't know that I would describe our relationship as intense.
“I got the sense from The Undoing Project that Kahneman and Tversky's relationship was very intense. I don't know that I would describe our relationship as intense.”
- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Publisher
- Acquired
18 / uncertainty
The truth is, we are not that dumb and we are not that smart.” I don’t know. It all seems pretty dumb to me.
“The truth is, we are not that dumb and we are not that smart.” I don’t know. It all seems pretty dumb to me.”
- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Episode
- Coca-Cola
- Publisher
- Acquired
19 / uncertainty
We don't know anybody in the grocery industry. Help us out. Ravi was incredibly helpful, including connecting me with Chris Rogers, the current CEO of Instacart.
“We don't know anybody in the grocery industry. Help us out. Ravi was incredibly helpful, including connecting me with Chris Rogers, the current CEO of Instacart.”
- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Episode
- Trader Joe’s
- Publisher
- Acquired
20 / uncertainty
I didn't re-listen to it for this episode, so I don't know if it holds up or not, but we do have an episode on Whole Foods.
“I didn't re-listen to it for this episode, so I don't know if it holds up or not, but we do have an episode on Whole Foods.”
- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Episode
- Trader Joe’s
- Publisher
- Acquired
21 / uncertainty
I do know that a bunch of folks on the NotebookLM team are Acquired fans. I don’t know if they trained on us.
“I do know that a bunch of folks on the NotebookLM team are Acquired fans. I don’t know if they trained on us.”
- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Episode
- Google Part III: The AI Company
- Publisher
- Acquired
22 / uncertainty
I don’t know if it’s exactly the right analogy, but you might say in today’s Transformer-world–speak, you might say that their context window was pretty short.
“I don’t know if it’s exactly the right analogy, but you might say in today’s Transformer-world–speak, you might say that their context window was pretty short.”
- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Episode
- Google Part III: The AI Company
- Publisher
- Acquired
23 / uncertainty
The only icons and apps on the phone are the ones that Apple puts there. Two of the, I don’t know how many there were, 10, 12, 13 apps are Google apps.
“The only icons and apps on the phone are the ones that Apple puts there. Two of the, I don’t know how many there were, 10, 12, 13 apps are Google apps.”
- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Episode
- Google Part II: Alphabet
- Publisher
- Acquired
24 / uncertainty
YouTube as a small startup has the advantage of, oh, copyright, rules, laws. I don’t know.
“YouTube as a small startup has the advantage of, oh, copyright, rules, laws. I don’t know.”
- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Episode
- Google Part II: Alphabet
- Publisher
- Acquired
25 / uncertainty
The company started by Andy Rubin and Andy of course had been an engineer at Apple and then left Apple with a group of rebels. I don’t know, were they rebels that went to go start General Magic.
“The company started by Andy Rubin and Andy of course had been an engineer at Apple and then left Apple with a group of rebels. I don’t know, were they rebels that went to go start General Magic.”
- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Episode
- Google Part II: Alphabet
- Publisher
- Acquired
26 / uncertainty
I think the word cheerleader is actually in the PowerPoint deck.
“I think the word cheerleader is actually in the PowerPoint deck.”
- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Episode
- The Steve Ballmer Interview
- Publisher
- Acquired
27 / uncertainty
If they classify those eight people that they employ as “salespeople” as headcount, maybe they spend, I don’t know, not much.
“If they classify those eight people that they employ as “salespeople” as headcount, maybe they spend, I don’t know, not much.”
- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Episode
- Epic Systems (MyChart)
- Publisher
- Acquired
28 / uncertainty
I don’t know if it was just Northwest or they had maybe some other smaller regional operations at the time, but they had a Pacific Northwest, small region based in Portland, Oregon.
“I don’t know if it was just Northwest or they had maybe some other smaller regional operations at the time, but they had a Pacific Northwest, small region based in Portland, Oregon.”
- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Episode
- Epic Systems (MyChart)
- Publisher
- Acquired
29 / uncertainty
Maybe. I don’t know. They’re pretty close. You’re not going to do that anywhere else.
“Maybe. I don’t know. They’re pretty close. You’re not going to do that anywhere else.”
- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Episode
- Indian Premier League Cricket
- Publisher
- Acquired
30 / uncertainty
If you look at American football at the NFL in America, it’s like, I don’t know, 37% or something like that.
“If you look at American football at the NFL in America, it’s like, I don’t know, 37% or something like that.”
- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Episode
- Indian Premier League Cricket
- Publisher
- Acquired
31 / uncertainty
I don’t know what the likelihood of this is, but if true gambling were to become legal in India, given that $750 million of betting is already happening on foreign bookmaking markets per match, that’s a huge revenue unlock there.
“I don’t know what the likelihood of this is, but if true gambling were to become legal in India, given that $750 million of betting is already happening on foreign bookmaking markets per match, that’s a huge revenue unlock there.”
- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Episode
- Indian Premier League Cricket
- Publisher
- Acquired
32 / uncertainty
MLB, I don’t know that it’s a this commissioner problem, but they’re farther along the decline curve.
“MLB, I don’t know that it’s a this commissioner problem, but they’re farther along the decline curve.”
- Speaker
- David Rosenthal
- Episode
- Indian Premier League Cricket
- Publisher
- Acquired