Special: Acquired x My First Million

And this is for our podcast, correct? Or this is going on your podcast or both? Good good question. Like we're open to whatever. Yeah. I think we should record it and see what fits, but like by default, I think it'll definitely work on our feed. If you guys feel good about it on your feet, I think great, just dual purpose it. Great. I love it. Okay. Uh are we rolling then? Welcome to this special Unnumbered crossover episode of Acquired, the podcast about great technology companies and the stories and playbooks behind them. I'm Ben Gilbert.

I'm David Rosenthal. And we are your hosts. This episode is a crossover between Acquired and the My First Million podcast, a podcast from the hustle for business builders, schemers, and dreamers. The show is hosted by Sean Puri and Sam Parr, and this crossover episode was just Sean and Us. Sean works on special projects at Twitch and was most recently the CEO of Bebo, a once massive part of the consumer internet in the early two thousands. Sean was also the CEO of Blab.im, which some of you may have used a few years ago. Our episode today has two parts. First, we had Sean take us through what it was like to buy Bebo out of bankruptcy many years after its heyday. and build something new with the assets, eventually selling it to Twitch.

This is the first time on our show that we'll be talking about a company that was sold and not bought. Which for those of you who have ever been through an exit know that that is the far more common scenario. The second part of the show is more of the My First Million format, where David and I spitball startup ideas and talk tech trends with Sean. Also, we should say that while Acquired is normally a family friendly show, at least for families who love analyzing business histories together, this episode has a bit of profanity.

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