A conversation with David and Ben from the Acquired podcast

**David Senra** (0:00)
want to tell you about a one time only limited event that I don't think you're going to want to miss. I am doing a live show with Patrick O'Shaughnessy from the Invest Like the Best podcast in New York City on October 19th.
Patrick has interviewed over 300 of the world's best investors and founders for his podcast.
I've read over 300 biographies of history's greatest entrepreneurs for my podcast. We'll be talking about what we learned from seven years of podcasting, sharing our favorite ideas and stories, and doing a live Q&A. There will also be special event-only swag. If you live in New York City, I think it's a no-brainer. But if not, I think it's a great excuse to fly in. I've already heard from a bunch of people that bought tickets. They're flying in from other cities. Some people are flying in from other countries. That's setting the bar really high, so I will have at least four shots of espresso or four energy drinks before or during the show so we can make it a night that you'll never forget. If you're interested in attending this unique live event, I will leave a link down below. I highly recommend you get your tickets today, and I hope I get to see you in New York on October 19th.
So I'm about to do something that I've never done before. I've been working on this podcast for over six years, read over 300 biographies of history's greatest entrepreneurs, well over 100,000 pages. And in that entire time, you have never heard another voice on this feed besides my own. But I wanna make sure you don't miss this conversation with David and Ben from the Acquired Podcast. So right after my dinner with Charlie Munger, I flew directly from Los Angeles to San Francisco because David and Ben very graciously invited me to be a guest on their world class podcast.
What you're about to hear is a three hour long conversation between three people that are so obsessed with studying the history of entrepreneurship that they're dedicating, it's their life's work. They're dedicating almost every waking hour to do so to finding great ideas from the past and then sharing those ideas on our podcasts. So future generations of entrepreneurs, founders and investors can benefit. And as you already know, I've been obsessed with David Ogilvy ever since I was reading Warren Buffett's shareholder letters and Warren Buffett said that David Ogilvy was a genius. I then went and found every single book that he ever wrote or was written about him and read it. And there's a line in one of the biographies of David Ogilvy that says, David Ogilvy was building his first class business in a first class way. Ben and David of Acquired are doing the exact same thing.
I believe that Acquired and Founders are perfect complements to one another. I focus on the founder, the actual individual and the person through biographies. They do these hours long, really in depth company histories that are just absolutely excellent. If you do not already follow Acquired in your favorite podcast player, please do so right now and start with their episode on the history of LVMH.
It is one of the best episodes that I've ever heard. And I've been obsessed with podcasts for over 13 years now.
I would listen to that episode first, but their episode on Walmart is excellent. Their three part series on Berkshire Hathaway, excellent. Their episode on the NFL, Sequoia Capital, Benchmark, Amazon, the list goes on and on and on. And regardless of what episode that you choose to listen to, what acquired and founders has in common is the fact that we both do an insane amount of research, and we do this so that when you press play, you're guaranteed a good return on the time invested listening to every episode. And one more thing I want to tell you about before we jump into this conversation is the presenting sponsor of this episode is Tiny. Tiny is the easiest way for you to sell your business. They provide straightforward cash exits for founders, and they can do deals of all sizes. In the past, they've bought businesses for as little as a million dollars, and some businesses for well over $100 million. And as we've learned over the last two episodes, Bernard Arnault is the buyer of choice for family luxury businesses. Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger are the buyer of choice for family businesses of all types. And Tiny is well on their way to being the buyer of choice for founders of businesses worth anywhere from a million to over $100 million who want a hassle-free cash exit. If you have a business that you want to sell now or in the future, make sure you email hi at tiny.com first. I hope you enjoy this conversation and I hope you follow acquired in your podcast player like I do.