We’re very excited to be hosting an AMA (Ask Me Anything) next week with Ben and David from the Acquired podcast!
Acquired is a top-rated tech podcast with over one million downloads. We’re big fans.
Each episode of the show goes behind the scenes of the biggest tech IPOs and acquisitions of all time – companies such as Netflix, Spotify, Tencent, Uber, Tesla, Slack and SoftBank.
David and Ben, special guests on the Freetrade community soon
Much like our very own Weekend Read, Acquired takes a look at the stories behind the companies and uncovers some gems you probably won’t find anywhere else.
Did you know that, when he was aged 15 back in the 80’s the founder of SoftBank, Masayoshi Son, insisted on meeting the Japanese McDonalds CEO, who in turn told him to study English and computers?
Or that Rahul Vohra, CEO of Superhuman, once spent four days on a single Medium post – but that it eventually led to around 5,000 sign-ups?
Many of the Freetrade team and the community are huge fans of Acquired, and we can’t wait to hear their thoughts on growth, technology and the markets, as well as IPOs and what bear and bull cases they foresee for various companies, many of them listed on your Freetrade app.
Please share your questions below ahead of Ben and David answering them on the Thursday 8th August, at 18:30 UK time!
Can you ever see these big tech companies failing? Or are they just now in the position to buy up any competition or threat to their position in their market with such large stock piles of cash.
Just started listening to your podcasts after finding you from this thread, enjoying them so far - thanks!
Listened to the Venmo episode, wondered what your thoughts are on Monzo entering the US market? (in case you don’t know they’re a super fast growing ‘challenger’ bank here in the UK).
Some of the tech companies such as Uber and Tesla is operating at a lost. What do you think are the important factors that determine whether investment in lossmaking companies are worth it? Is there a condition that make this investment a no-no?
