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Season 2, Episode 8: T-Mobile / Sprint
If you thought the telecom business was boring, think again! Acquired brings you an episode packed with more drama than an entire season of Game of Thrones. Starting with a death in the family, we follow a tale of fortunes lost and rebuilt, bitter battles between rivals who once worked for each other, and at the center of it all, a lesson in the power of stable cashflow businesses. This is one call you don’t want to drop!
Sponsors:
- WorkOS: https://bit.ly/workos25
- Sierra: https://bit.ly/acquiredsierra
- Sentry: https://bit.ly/acquiredsentry
- Anthropic: https://bit.ly/acquiredclaude25
More Acquired!
- Get email updates with hints on next episode and follow-ups from recent episodes
- Join the Slack
- Subscribe to ACQ2
- Merch Store!
© Copyright 2015-2025 ACQ, LLC
Links:
- Seattle Times’ infographic on Bellevue’s wireless company history
- John Legere at CES 2013
Carve Outs:
- Ben: Andrew Chen on the Intercom podcast
- David: The 996 Podcast from Zara & Hans at GGV Capital
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By Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal
4.7
43244,324 ratings
If you thought the telecom business was boring, think again! Acquired brings you an episode packed with more drama than an entire season of Game of Thrones. Starting with a death in the family, we follow a tale of fortunes lost and rebuilt, bitter battles between rivals who once worked for each other, and at the center of it all, a lesson in the power of stable cashflow businesses. This is one call you don’t want to drop!
Sponsors:
- WorkOS: https://bit.ly/workos25
- Sierra: https://bit.ly/acquiredsierra
- Sentry: https://bit.ly/acquiredsentry
- Anthropic: https://bit.ly/acquiredclaude25
More Acquired!
- Get email updates with hints on next episode and follow-ups from recent episodes
- Join the Slack
- Subscribe to ACQ2
- Merch Store!
© Copyright 2015-2025 ACQ, LLC
Links:
- Seattle Times’ infographic on Bellevue’s wireless company history
- John Legere at CES 2013
Carve Outs:
- Ben: Andrew Chen on the Intercom podcast
- David: The 996 Podcast from Zara & Hans at GGV Capital
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