Stratechery (with Ben Thompson)

Ben Thompson joins Acquired to discuss the business of
Stratechery itself and celebrate 10 years (!) of the internet’s
best strategy analysis destination. Even beyond Stratechery’s
enormous impact itself on business and tech over the years, Ben’s
work inspired a whole generation of business content creators —
this show very much included — and it was super special for us to
give the Acquired treatment to one of our own heroes. We cover
the full history of Ben pioneering the subscription internet
media business model (indeed SubStack’s seed round pitch was
“Stratechery-in-a-box”), and how + why he’s evolved the business
since and is now doubling down both on podcasting and a broader
vision of the Stratechery Plus bundle… including for the first
time content not made by Ben himself! Tune in and enjoy. 


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