Bob Brisco's Blog

I write to think...now thinking about product development, design, technology, leadership, economics and learning.

Tuesday, June 21, 2016

Welcome Aboard: Fodor's!

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I love travel secrets....insider knowledge, local flavor, underground places, and so forth. At IB, we own a few killer travel brands, su...
Tuesday, June 3, 2014

Internet Brands Welcomes KKR

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Today at Internet Brands we announced that KKR will be assuming Hellman & Friedman's role as our primary financial sponsor and...
Friday, April 20, 2012

From Passion to Mission

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Passion ignites and creates. But passion alone often flames out. Passion fights process, hates to be patient, and often tramples teamwork. ...
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Monday, January 30, 2012

Journalism's Emergent Renaissance

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Is professional journalism dying? I've always found this line of thinking to be nostalgic. I believe the contrary: journalism isn'...
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Monday, July 25, 2011

I chat with Ray Kurzweil about replicating Ray

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As I chat with Ray Kurzweil after a private screening of Transcendent Man , I'm equally awestruck by his genius and his certitude. As y...
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Monday, June 13, 2011

Is Twitter an Upper Division Facebook?

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Awareness of Twitter is > 90%. But usage is Why the huge gap? Because @Twitter is #funky for the #mainstream . But this could/should c...
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Saturday, June 11, 2011

Some of My Favorite Twitterians

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Here's what I look for in a great everyday twitter follow: -- High signal to noise ratio -- Insightful links -- Enlightened POV -- Humor...
Sunday, June 5, 2011

The Damn Bubble in Bubble Analogies

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Dear patient readers, apologies for this newest missive in the expanding "pet peeve" department. I'm calling for an internatio...
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Monday, May 2, 2011

Internet Brands Welcomes Nolo

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I am delighted to welcome Nolo to our Internet Brands family. Nolo is the leading legal publisher for consumers-- both in print and online...
Sunday, May 1, 2011

The Soul of Grit

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Why are some people more passionate , more determined, more gritty? Why are some better leaders? Why do some master the secret of success...
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Monday, April 25, 2011

Stay gritty, my friends

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Think of it as a magical state we could call "perpetual start-up mentality". As your company scales, enjoys escalating profits, a...
Tuesday, April 19, 2011

The "Secret"

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In basketball it's simply known as the "secret". You can't find it on stat sheets. You won't hear players or coaches...
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Sunday, April 3, 2011

Got Grit?

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Our company will hire considerably more than 100 new full-time employees this year. What do we look for? 1. Talent 2. Grit We hire only if...
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Friday, March 25, 2011

I knew you would read this post...

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...since my personal intelligent agent interacted with yours and calculated a 73% likelihood that you would visit this page. Your personal...
Monday, November 15, 2010

Agile Organization

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We try to grow agile leaders. We mostly follow agile project management . But we're still not fast enough. So, now what? We're now...
Sunday, November 14, 2010

My $0.02 of Career Advice

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When I'm asked to give career advice, I say four things: #1 Focus. You have to choose to be great at something very specific, probabl...
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Sunday, September 19, 2010

INET To Go Private

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We may have completed, in but 3 years, the roundtrip: Private--------->Public--------->Private Oh, what a trip it’s been. Today's ...
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Friday, May 7, 2010

6 Trends That Change Everything

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I've been speaking about the combinatorial power of 6 massive trends, rapidly becoming mainstream, which are reinforcing each other and ...
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