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Acquired
Season 3, Episode 4: Recode (with Kara Swisher)
Acquired

Season 3, Episode 4: Recode (with Kara Swisher)

Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal 1h 29m 92 months ago
Every company has a story. Learn the playbooks that built the world’s greatest companies — and how you can apply them.
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Show Notes

In this special episode Ben & David head to Recode’s SF office and sit down in the red chair with the one & only Kara Swisher! Kara tells the story of Recode, from the beginnings of her partnership with Walt Mossberg in the late 90’s at WSJ to the launch of the D Conference and the All Things D blog, to starting Recode and ultimately being acquired by Vox Media in 2015. Kara is someone we’ve long looked up to at Acquired, and it was really special to have her join us on the show. We hope you enjoy the conversation as much as we did!
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