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“This podcast provides plenty of interesting information about companies. Most of it comes from reading books written by others, so in some ways it’s kind of a digest or summary. The biggest drawback is the hosts. They both have severe West coast MBA-speak. They will *never* settle for a $1 word when a $10 word is available. Tons of jargon (often misapplied bc they don’t really understand what the signifier in their metaphor is actually signifying). Lot’s of upspeak and irritating West Coast tech speech tics (for example, saying “right?” at the end of a sentence when it makes no grammatical or syntactical sense). Ben Gilbert is definitely the worst offender of the two hosts. I think my biggest annoyance comes from the fact that they make the classic MBA error: assigning patterns and classifications (i.e. their “playbook” section at the end of episodes) that are only obvious in hindsight. The quantitative metaphor might be an explanatory regression without any predictive power. Entrepreneurs rarely talk about “scale economies” or “Hamilton’s 7 Powers” as they’re building. But then, MBAs and VC-types rarely make good entrepreneurs. 🤷♂️”
ikeesky via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/22/24
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“Recommended for tech and business enthusiasts. Fun hosts, great pace, good discussion around the acquisition of tech companies, and the technology, people, and products behind them.”
HamGamgee via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
09/24/16
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“Please keep these coming! I like how prepared David is for every podcast”
Rowland3377 via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/31/17
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“Great to have someone dive so deep into an undercovered topic that has proven the ability to create or destroy billions of dollars of value. As a Tech banker, I get a lot of professional value out of this podcast and would recommend to others.”
Gariffichanga via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
06/03/17
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