Google Maps

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Google Maps. Welcome to season five, episode three of Acquired, the podcast about great technology companies and the stories behind them. I'm Ben Gilbert and I'm the co-founder of Pioneer Square Labs, a startup studio and early stage venture fund in Seattle. And I'm David Rosenthal, and I am a general partner at Wave Capital, a early stage venture firm focused on marketplaces based in San Francisco. And we Are your hosts.

Today we are talking about Google Maps and the acquisition of three companies starting with Where2 Technologies in 2004. That set the whole thing in motion. And David, I would not have guessed it when starting the research, but there's a chance this is as big of a success, but far less discussed than our shin example of an A plus. Instagram. And listeners, over the next hour or so, we, or at least I

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