Acquired wraps up Season 2 with our first “elusive” private-private merger: <a href="http://Rover.com">Rover.com</a> 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!Sponsors:<ul><li>WorkOS: <a href="https://bit.ly/workos25">https://bit.ly/workos25</a></li><li>Intapp: <a href="https://bit.ly/intappceleste">https://bit.ly/intappceleste</a></li><li>Sentry: <a href="https://bit.ly/acquiredsentry">https://bit.ly/acquiredsentry</a></li><li>Anthropic: <a href="https://bit.ly/acquiredclaude25">https://bit.ly/acquiredclaude25</a></li></ul> More Acquired!<ul><li><a href="https://www.acquired.fm/email">Get email updates</a> with hints on next episode and follow-ups from recent episodes</li><li><a href="http://acquired.fm/slack">Join the Slack</a></li><li><a href="https://pod.link/acquiredlp">Subscribe to ACQ2</a></li><li><a href="https://www.acquired.fm/store">Merch Store</a>!</li></ul>© Copyright 2015-2026 ACQ, LLC Links:<ul><li><a href="https://www.geekwire.com/2011/airbnb-pet-introducing-place-rover/"> The original Rover pitch from Startup Weekend</a></li></ul>

Season 3, Episode 1: Tesla

Every company has a story.

Learn the playbooks that built the world’s greatest companies — and how you can apply them.