Acquired
Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal
Every company has a story.
Learn the playbooks that built the world’s greatest companies — and how you can apply them.
Learn the playbooks that built the world’s greatest companies — and how you can apply them.
Top mentioned books
Here are the most frequently recommended books on the Acquired podcast:
#1 Mentioned in 16 episodes
Seven powers
Alex Rovira
#2 Mentioned in 5 episodes
Made In America
John Huey
Sam Walton
#3 Mentioned in 5 episodes
The Everything Store
Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon
Brad Stone
#4 Mentioned in 4 episodes
The Innovator's Dilemma
When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail
Clayton M. Christensen
#5 Mentioned in 4 episodes
Poor Charlie's Almanack
The Essential Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger
Charles T. Munger
Peter D. Kaufman
#6 Mentioned in 4 episodes
The upstarts
How Uber, Airbnb, and the Killer Companies of the New Silicon Valley Are Changing the World
Brad Stone
#7 Mentioned in 4 episodes
Liar's poker
Michael Lewis
#8 Mentioned in 3 episodes
7 Powers: The Foundations of Business Strategy
The Foundations of Business Strategy
Hamilton Helmer
#9 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Amazon Unbound
Brad Stone
Pete Larkin
#10 Mentioned in 3 episodes
The luxury strategy
Jean-Noël Kapferer
#11 Mentioned in 3 episodes
The outsider
Colin Wilson
#12 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Titan
The Life of John D. Rockefeller, Sr.
Ron Chernow
#13 Mentioned in 3 episodes
The snowball
Warren Buffett and the Business of Life
Alice Schroeder
#14 Mentioned in 3 episodes
Who is Michael Ovitz?
Michael Ovitz
#15 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The Invisible Billionaire
Daniel Ludwig
Jerry Shields
#16 Mentioned in 2 episodes
The City and the Stars
Arthur C. Clarke
#17 Mentioned in 2 episodes
How to make a spaceship
Julian Guthrie
#18 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Game Over
Laurent Obertone
#19 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Console Wars
Blake J. Harris
#20 Mentioned in 2 episodes
Brotopia
Emily Chang
