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Ben and David cover the 3-day-old acquisition of LinkedIn by Microsoft for $26.2 billion. They cover LinkedIn\u2019s founding story by Reid Hoffman, break down their core businesses, analyze recent stock behavior, and speculate on the future of the company inside Microsoft. The big question - were they worth the price tag?

Sponsors:
ServiceNow: https://bit.ly/acquiredsn
Statsig: https://bit.ly/acquiredstatsig24
Vanta: https://bit.ly/acquiredvanta

Items Mentioned On The Show:

• \xa0Adweek: Snapchat Launches a Colossal Expansion of Its Advertising, Ushering in a New Era for the App
• The Facebook Effect - David Kirkpatrick
• LinkedIn\u2019s Series B pitch deck\xa0
• \xa0LinkedIn\u2019s S-1
• Microsoft and Apple Double Down - Stratechery
• \xa0NYT Dealbook on stock based compensation at LinkedIn
• \xa0Josh Elman - When people get confused about \u201cBS metrics\u201d
• Fred Wilson: The Dentist Office Software Story

The Carve Out:

• \xa0Jeff Bezos at Code 2016
• \xa0Elon Musk at Code 2016