Season 3, Episode 10: Tencent - a podcast by Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal

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We close out Season 3 and our China mini-series with a monster episode on Tencent, the Shenzhen-based social networking and entertainment powerhouse. We dive deep into the story of Pony Ma and his cofounders’ incredible journey from making software for pagers(!) to QQ, WeChat, League of Legends, Fortnite, Snapchat and even Tesla. This is one finale you don’t want to miss!

 

Carve Outs:

• Ben: President Obama’s OG podcast! https://bit.ly/2BqXxHJ
• David: Kara Swisher’s interview with the Google Walkout organizers: https://bit.ly/2RwuskZ
• David (bonus!): Allen Iverson on the Players’ Tribune: https://bit.ly/2EkrRHQ

 

Sponsor:

• Thanks to our great partners Silicon Valley Bank for sponsoring all of Acquired Season 3! You can get in touch with SVB here: https://www.svb.com

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