Recently the “Art of Investing” podcast had the guys from the “Acquired” podcast on their show to discuss how Acquired has grown to be what it is (roughly 300,000 downloads per episode).
There were a lot of great moments in the show, but one that stood out was when Ben and David were talking about the early days of Acquired and how they knew they wanted to work together:
“I really am just vibing with this person because we’re speaking the language. We both feel like even though others in our industry act this way and say these things, we think that’s stupid.”
Over the years, they’ve been pressured to do things “like everyone else” such as publishing more often, or covering different types of companies. They’ve chosen to stay the path because they think some of those things are “stupid”.
Similar to Ali and my start at GreenMellen, these guys found themselves together and were fortunate to already be on the same page about a lot of things. We find things like putting our brand on client websites and forcing long-term contracts to be stupid. Specifically, to steal from Ben and David again, “we both feel like even though others in our industry act this way and say these things, we think that’s stupid.“
Podcasts can publish at different intervals and cover different industries, and none are necessarily wrong. However, finding what works for you and not just blindly following everyone else can leave you in a very powerful position.
I encourage you to listen to that full episode from them to learn more.
