Qualcomm

<p>Qualcomm, or “Quality Communications” — despite being one of the largest technology companies in the world, few people know the absolutely amazing technological and business history behind it. Seriously, this story is on par with Nvidia, TSMC and all the great semiconductor giants. Without this single fabless company based in San Diego, there’s almost no chance you’d be consuming this episode on whatever device you’re currently listening on — a fact that enables them to earn an incredible estimated $20 for every new phone sold in the world. We dive into this story live at the perfect venue: our first-ever European live show at Solana’s Breakpoint conference in beautiful Lisbon, Portugal!<br /> <br /></p> <p>If you want more Acquired, you can <a href= "http://pod.link/acquiredlp">follow our public LP Show feed here</a> in the podcast player of your choice (including Spotify!).<br /> <br /></p> <p><strong>Links:</strong></p> <ul> <li><a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Qualcomm-Equation-Fledgling-Telecom-Company/dp/0814408184/"> The Qualcomm Equation</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Principles-Communication-Engineering-Jacobs-Wozencraft/dp/B075GX66QM/"> Principles of Communications Engineering by Irwin Jacobs and John Wozencraft</a></li> <li><a href= "https://docs.google.com/document/d/12Wb0sRhdwwdo1h4Ou7g9LEefZK1eGAADyL8V0eIfOGM/edit?usp=sharing"> Episode sources</a><br /> <br /></li> </ul> <p><strong>Sponsors:</strong></p> <ul> <li>Thank you to our presenting sponsor for all of Season 11, Fundrise! If you’re considering raising a growth round of capital in the next year, you should definitely explore raising some of it with the Fundrise Innovation Fund. Just email <a href= "mailto:notvc@fundrise.com">notvc@fundrise.com</a>, and tell them Ben & David sent you. And if you’re an individual looking for exposure to private growth-stage technology companies, you can <a href="https://bit.ly/acquiredfundriseinnovation">invest in the Innovation Fund here</a>.</li> <li>Thank you as well to <a href= "https://bi