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Ben Gilbert

@gilbert

Co-Host, @AcquiredFM

Seattle, WA Katılım Temmuz 2007
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Ben Gilbert
Ben Gilbert@gilbert·
@chrisfralic I just made the same jump and feel exactly the same way. The snappiness makes it feel like the whole product changed.
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Chris Fralic@chrisfralic·
The new MacBook Pro in many ways is the same as my old one, but going from M1 to M5 and the overall speed and power makes it feel like something very different.
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Ben Gilbert@gilbert·
There is something really heartwarming watching Kimi Antonelli win. Can't help but smile.
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kristina v. saint@kristinatastic·
I've been working on this important list for a couple of years now. What am I missing?
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Acquired Podcast@AcquiredFM·
One wild thing we didn't have time for on the episode is how teams (briefly) got around the EU tobacco advertising ban. In 2005, Marlboro bet that their logo was iconic enough that they could turn it into a barcode and STILL get recognition enough to be an effective ad.
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Acquired Podcast@AcquiredFM·
The "Drive to Survive" effect in the US, quantified.
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Acquired Podcast@AcquiredFM·
Formula 1 sponsor dollars over the last 5 years. Fascinating how sponsorship overwhelming flows to teams, and not to F1 itself.
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Arvind P. Navaratnam@APNavaratnam·
Had a blast nerding out with @gilbert & @djrosent to help create @AcquiredFM's new @F1 episode 🎙️🏎️ In 2001, Bernie Ecclestone bought F1's commercial rights for 100 years for $360M. That was... an incredible long-term investment: it's now worth ~$24B. 65x return. ~20% CAGR over 24 years. 🏆 One of the great compounding stories in sports and lots of track ahead. 📄 Our full breakdown of the business 👉🏾 worldlypartners.com/wp-content/upl…
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Acquired Podcast@AcquiredFM·
F1 had some real wacky designs back in the day. Here's the Lotus 49B (1969) before the regulations got... a little tighter about where you could mount wings on a car.
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Ben Gilbert@gilbert·
@JoePompliano @klace32 @AcquiredFM Thanks, Joe! Funny, I was just reading your write-up thinking, "I wish I had read this while we were still in our research process." :) It's great.
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Joe Pompliano@JoePompliano·
@klace32 @AcquiredFM Nope, I do it every year before the season starts but I will definitely be listening to their episode. Everything they do is such high quality.
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Joe Pompliano@JoePompliano·
My 2026 Formula 1 business breakdown is live! Topics: • F1's (record) 2025 financial performance • Why the Apple TV deal will change the sport • How Cadillac prepared for its first season • F1's real estate portfolio in Las Vegas READ: huddleup.substack.com/p/how-formula-…
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Ben Gilbert@gilbert·
@haris_chc Dude. The amount of stuff you *don't* ship is insane.
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haris@haris_chc·
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Quartr@Quartr_App·
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Ben Gilbert@gilbert·
@IsForAt @nickgraynews @bgurley Building websites in college made me a better CS student since I had practical applications. Developing evening iOS apps made me one of the most useful PMs to the devs on MS Office for iPad. Could speak their language and knew the API docs. Acquired made me a better VC, etc.
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Ben Gilbert@gilbert·
@IsForAt @nickgraynews @bgurley I totally see what you're saying. Since getting serious about Acquired, I've shed essentially everything else in the name of focus and going as deep as possible. Undoubtedly though, earlier in my career it helped to be parallel pathing and learning multiple things concurrently.
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Nick Gray@nickgraynews·
@gilbert I’m listening to @bgurley on stage with Matthew McConaughey at UT Austin Bill just told your story of working at Microsoft and how you always had a side hustle to have “two shots on goal” Used your story as inspiration to students and Acquired podcast got a nice shoutout too
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