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Apr 2022
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Reverse Interview: Ben and David at Vant...

Ben Gilbert And David Rosenthal
About this episode

We dropped by Vanta's all-hands in SF a few weeks ago for Christina to interview us for a change! We decided to turn the mics on and record it as an ACQ2 episode.

We discussed lessons learned from building Acquired, the shape of the show's growth trajectory, how we think about the business, and dive into our own origin story.

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