Acquired Podcast Evaluates Scaling Strategy While Preserving Balance

Acquired founders Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal spent 2025 evaluating whether and how to scale their business podcast, the Harvard Business School case "The Acquired Podcast: Scaling the Mic" reports. Founded in 2015 and fully professionalized by 2023 with roughly one million listeners per episode and rapid year-over-year growth, they weigh growth options against preserving work-life balance and existing revenue-generating processes.