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AcquiredJun 18, 2018

Season 2, Episode 10: The Rover-DogVacay Merger (with Rover CEO Aaron Easterly)

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Guest: Aaron Easterly

Notable books mentioned: Zero to One by Peter Thiel

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Season 2, Episode 10: The Rover-DogVacay Merger (with Rover CEO Aaron Easterly) mentions Zero to One by Peter Thiel with timestamps, quotes, and episode context.

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Acquired wraps up Season 2 with our first “elusive” private-private merger: Rover.com and its 2017 combination with rival pet care marketplace DogVacay. We’re joined by Rover CEO Aaron Easterly to dive into the full history of how the crazy idea of “Airbnb for dogs” not only became a billion-dollar company, but also brought our heroes together for the first time and led to the founding of Acquired!
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“The adage, the two by two matrix of the way you make money investing or starting companies is not just by being correct in your hypothesis. But having a correct. Correct. Non-consensus bet.”

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Sentiment: Deep Dive
For: Entrepreneurs and business strategists
Key quote: “The way that you win and that you win really, really big is you do things that are correct and not obvious.”
The host mentioned 'Zero to One' by Peter Thiel to emphasize the importance of making non-obvious, correct bets in business, particularly in the context of evaluating the strategic value of acquisitions. This reference highlights how innovative thinking can lead to significant competitive advantages, as illustrated by the example of Rover.
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