Season 2, Episode 8: T-Mobile / Sprint - a podcast by Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal

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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!

 

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

 

Sponsor:

• Thanks to Perkins Coie, Counsel to Great Companies, for sponsoring Acquired Season 2. You can get in touch with Gina Eiben, who you heard at the beginning of this podcast, here.

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