Fight Companion - October 21, 2016
Joe is joined by Yves Edwards & Joe Schilling to watch the fights on October 21, 2016. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Joe is joined by Yves Edwards & Joe Schilling to watch the fights on October 21, 2016. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Long-term thinking, short-term savvy, and relentless focus on employees.
Duncan Trussell is a stand-up comedian, and host of his own podcast “The Duncan Trussell Family Hour” available on Spotify. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Trevor Valle is field paleontologist, scientist, and show host. Link to video with missing audio: https://youtu.be/knWCsonQVG4 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Once we sequenced the human genome, we'd know the cause of -- and therefore be able to help cure -- all diseases... Or so we thought. Turns out, 20,000 genes (and counting) didn't really explain why disease occurred. Sure, some could be explained by ...
There is a good chance that this week’s guests manage your money. This episode is a rare and fascinating look into the world’s largest asset manager. My first guest is Gerry O’Reilly, who is the portfolio manager for the largest mutual fund in the world, and oversees more than $800 billion for Vanguard. My second guest is Jim Rowley, a Senior Investments Analyst with deep knowledge of indexing and ETF’s. The two provide incredible insight into some of the particulars that make Vanguard and its funds tick. Please enjoy! For comprehensive show notes on this episode go to investorfieldguide.com/vanguard/ For more episodes go to InvestorFieldGuide.com/podcast. Sign up for the book club, where you’ll get a full investor curriculum and then 3-4 suggestions every month at InvestorFieldGuide.com/bookclub Follow Patrick on twitter at @patrick_oshag
Bryan Callen is an actor and stand-up comedian, and together with Brendan Schaub he also hosts "The Fighter & The Kid" podcast available on Spotify. http://tfatk.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
CFO of Zillow Group Kathleen Philips joins Ben and David to cover the show’s first true “merger” versus “acquisition" (only took 22 episodes!), Zillow’s 2015 combination with Trulia to form Zillow Group. Note: our audio glitches unfortunately continued on this episode, and quality is rough. We recommend listening on speakers vs headphones if you’re able. We apologize and will be back to normal quality next time! Sponsors:WorkOS: https://bit.ly/workos25Sierra: https://bit.ly/acquiredsierraSentry: https://bit.ly/acquiredsentryAnthropic: https://bit.ly/acquiredclaude25More Acquired!Get email updates with hints on next episode and follow-ups from recent episodesJoin the SlackSubscribe to ACQ2Merch Store!© Copyright 2015-2025 ACQ, LLCTopics covered include: Zillow and Trulia’s beginnings during the “Web 2.0” era in the mid-2000’s Zillow, Trulia and other online players’ place within the massive US real estate marketThe lengthy “dance" between Zillow and Trulia and earlier aborted merger talks between the twoThe difficulty of "true mergers” among private companies and why the path is easier for public companies Public company shareholders’ influence and role in M&A transactions Details of the blazingly fast negotiations (27 days start to finish!) per disclosures in the SEC filings (scroll down to "Background of the Mergers”)Structuring the deal and incentivizing Trulia and Zillow mangers to stay and continue growing as separate brandsTrulia cofounder Sami Inkinen’s whereabouts during the merger negotiations The experience going through a lengthy FTC review of the merger, and defining what the relevant “market” is the FTC should be consideringIntroducing our new acquisition category: a “timeline acquisition” ;) (h/t Kathleen)Zillow Group’s overall approach to acquisitions, folding into its broader HR strategy Zillow founder Rich Barton’s startup thesis of searching for "What piece of marketplace information do people crave and don’t have?" Followups: Snap Inc. Spectacles! Hot Takes: Twitter-Disney rumors, according to “people familiar with matter”! AppLovin’s journey from bootstrapped startup to $1.4B exit The Carve Out: Ben: The Marvel Symphonic UniverseDavid: Shoe Dog by Phil KnightKathleen: The Struts
Russell Peters is an actor and standup comedian, currently touring internationally all over the world. His latest stand-up comedy special "Almost Famous" is now on Netflix. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Authority changes us all. Berkeley's Dacher Keltner, author of the HBR article "Don't Let Power Corrupt You" and the book "The Power Paradox" explains how to avoid succumbing to power's negative effects.
Brian Redban is a comedian and the founder of the Deathsquad podcast network. Check out his newest podcast called "What Brian Redban Do" at http://deathsquad.tv & on Spotify under "Deathsquad" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jesse Ventura is a former Navy SEAL, professional wrestler, actor, political commentator, author, and politician who served as the 38th Governor of Minnesota from 1999 to 2003. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
From glittery reaction gifs modded by grandparents to rage faces on Reddit, stickers (gifs and other layered images) and emotive “biaoqing” have taken over messaging culture in China and beyond. Stickers are tied to filter culture, too — whether orig...
Dan Bilzerian is a social media personality and professional poker player. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In this episode Patrick talks to Christian Rudder, who is the co-founder of dating service OK Cupid, a NY Times best-selling author, data and math junky, and musician. Patrick and Christian discuss interesting trends in OK Cupids dating data, artificial intelligence, the NSA, great books on the Civil War, and more. Please enjoy! For comprehensive show notes on this episode go to investorfieldguide.com/rudder/ For more episodes go to InvestorFieldGuide.com/podcast. Sign up for the book club, where you’ll get a full investor curriculum and then 3-4 suggestions every month at InvestorFieldGuide.com/bookclub Follow Patrick on twitter at @patrick_oshag
The most recent Oculus Connect event (the third and largest yet) has been lauded as bringing us closer than ever to the future promised for virtual reality or VR. There have been many hardware moves by many players, both recently and over the past ye...
Joe is joined by Brendan Schaub, Cameron Hanes, and Eddie Bravo to watch the fights on October 8, 2016. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Cathy O'Neil, author of "Weapons of Math Destruction" on how data can lead us astray–from HR to Wall Street.
Joe sits down to do a late-night podcast from a hotel room in Ohio with Tony Hinchcliffe & Young Jamie. http://podcasts.joerogan.net You can listen to Tony's podcast "Kill Tony" on Spotify under "Deathsquad." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
In this week’s episode, Patrick and Morgan Housel explore the differences between private and public market investing, how to foster innovation and creativity, how businesses are structured and organized, and how Morgan finds interesting books and topics to write about. Morgan is a prolific writer and researcher, who recently left the Motley Fool and is now a partner at the Collaborative Fund, a venture capital fund in New York City. Enjoy! For comprehensive show notes on this episode go to investorfieldguide.com/housel/ For more episodes go to InvestorFieldGuide.com/podcast. Sign up for the book club, where you’ll get a full investor curriculum and then 3-4 suggestions every month at InvestorFieldGuide.com/bookclub Follow Patrick on twitter at @patrick_oshag
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