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Acquired’s Ben Gilbert & David Rosenthal on private markets, ZIRP impact, future of Amazon | E1706

This Week in Startups

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The Top 10 Acquisitions of All Time

LinkedIn is a $5 billion a year advertising business alone. Microsoft bought that for $26 billion. I got to think, which would you rather own? YouTube or LinkedIn? I go YouTube. Instagram is probably just so much bigger that you should take.

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