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Standard Oil Part II. Season 9 Episode 5. October 18, 2021. The Complete History & Strategy of Standard Oil (Part II). We bring the epic saga of Standard Oil and John D.…

Standard Oil Part I. Season 9, Episode 4. September 21, 2021. The Complete History & Strategy of Standard Oil (Part I). We dive into. original. American capitalist mega winner, Standard Oil, and its legendary founder John D. Rockefeller.…

We've had one that we've never released, we had an interview that we got halfway through, and bagged it and said, hey, can we come back another day, it's just not working, which was TSMC or Standard Oil. David: Standard Oil part.…

David: The other example that we have to mention on this one from the Acquired canon is literally the OG, OG , OG American capitalist business, which is Standard Oil ran this playbook to a tee. Ben: When you say OG, he’s actually a gangster? David: Yes.…

I think people are so used to watching the standard path that they sort of assume that if you're one of the greatest of all time, but you're super young, well you should do what other super young people do. Do the kids bop stuff.…

They started making instruments—Texas Instruments—for measuring seismic activity for oil exploration. Ben: That makes sense about Texas.…

If you go back to our episodes on Rockefeller and Standard Oil, the initial energy markets in the US were monopolies. It was Standard Oil, right?…

Just by having so much more scale, they are the default standard way to spend money for advertisers.…

Topics: 3:30: David’s time with Charlie Munger. 6:00: Henry Flagler after Standard Oil. 9:00: What makes a great biography, and how to capture all sides of complex characters?…

(except perhaps Jeff Bezos) Is Amazon the Standard Oil of our time, or maybe something much, much bigger? Tune in as we dive in! Topics covered: When and why Brad decided The Everything Store needed a sequel.…