San Francisco
6 statements across 6 episodes · 2 bullish · 1 bearish · 4 people on the record · first statement Jun 6, 2022 by Katherine Boyle · said 205 times in 64 episodes since 2021 · across every show →
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brought up most by David Rosenthal (132), Ben Gilbert (44), Katherine Boyle (6), Jason Calacanis (4), David Senra (4), Anu Hariharan (4), Mike Taylor (2), Joseph Gordon-Levitt (1)
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2026 14 mentions in 5 episodes 3 per episode
- Ferrari: What happens when you staple a luxury brand to a sports team? (Audio) · Acquired
- Disney: The Renaissance and the Empire · Acquired
- The NFL: How small-town teams became America's most valuable sports empire (Audio) · Acquired
- The Walt Disney Company: The most successful enterprise for monetizing human nostalgia (Audio) · Acquired
- Formula 1: Fast cars, celebrities, and B2B software (Audio) · Acquired
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2025 29 mentions in 7 episodes 4 per episode
- Google Part III: The AI Company. Google is amazingly well-positioned... will they win in AI? (Audio) · Acquired
- Trader Joe’s: Hawaiian shirts and counter positioning (Audio) · Acquired
- Epic Systems (MyChart) · Acquired
- 10 Years of Acquired (with Michael Lewis) · Acquired
- Google Part I: Origins of Search. How the Best Business in Human History Happened (Audio) · Acquired
- Indian Premier League Cricket (Audio) · Acquired
- TSMC founder Morris Chang · Acquired
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2024 43 mentions in 10 episodes 4 per episode
- Hermès (Audio) · Acquired
- IKEA (Audio) · Acquired
- Acquired LIVE from Chase Center (with Daniel Ek, Emily Chang, Jensen Huang and Mark Zuckerberg) · Acquired
- Mars Inc. - The Chocolate Story (Audio) · Acquired
- Chase Center + Summer Update (Audio) · Acquired
- Starbucks (with Howard Schultz) · Acquired
- Novo Nordisk (Ozempic) · Acquired
- Microsoft Volume II: The Complete History and Strategy of the Ballmer Years (Audio) · Acquired
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2023 34 mentions in 9 episodes 4 per episode
- Visa (Audio) · Acquired
- Doug Demuro on Analyzing the Car Industry, Creator-Led Businesses, and Porsche Follow Up (Raw Video) · Acquired
- Sessions: David Senra (Founders Podcast) · Acquired
- Costco (Audio) · Acquired
- Nike (Audio) · Acquired
- Holiday Special 2023 (Audio) · Acquired
- Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi · Acquired
- Nvidia Part III: The Dawn of the AI Era (2022-2023) (Audio) · Acquired
- 1 more episode that year, every mention in 2023 →
2022 74 mentions in 26 episodes 3 per episode
- American Dynamism (with Katherine Boyle) · Acquired
- Arena Show Part I: Idea Dinner + YC Continuity · Acquired
- ACQ Sessions: Jason Calacanis · Acquired
- Qualcomm · Acquired
- Benchmark Part I · Acquired
- Super Pumped (with Brian Koppelman and Joseph Gordon-Levitt) · Acquired
- Holiday Special 2022 · Acquired
- Benchmark Part II: The Dinner · Acquired
- 18 more episodes that year, every mention in 2022 →
2021 11 mentions in 7 episodes 2 per episode
- Standard Oil Part II (Extended Cut) · Acquired
- FTX with Sam Bankman-Fried & Mario Gabriele (Extended Cut) · Acquired
- Complexity Investing & Semiconductors with NZS Capital (Extended Cut) · Acquired
- CAA (with Michael Ovitz) · Acquired
- Not Boring (with Packy McCormick) - Extended Cut · Acquired
- Michael Mauboussin Master Class — Moats, Skill, Luck, Decision Making and a Whole Lot More · Acquired
- Standard Oil Part I · Acquired
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Everything said about San Francisco, oldest first
Jun 6, 2022 bullish
Boyle: Founders will build American Dynamism companies to solve local civic problems
“And so I'm incredibly bullish that American dynamism Will not only be companies that are built around the country, but it will also be just different types of problems because founders who wouldn't have gone to San Francisco are now building for their hometown…”
Oct 4, 2022 bearish
Mar 29, 2023 neutral
San Francisco's Wasteland Reputation Stems From Where Visitor Hotels Are Clustered
“This is the major misconception about San Francisco. Every meeting people who don't live here think that it's, you know, an absolute hell hole in wasteland. A specific part of it is. But like there are, and unfortunately that part is mostly where the hotels ar…”
Nov 27, 2023 neutral
Visa and Fed independently built automated clearinghouses concurrently in 1970s SF
“Visa builds an automated clearinghouse for themselves to do settlement electronically over the network. They end up calling this project base two after base one, which was the first thing doing authorizations. This happens at the exact same Time and place as w…”
Oct 6, 2025 positive