The Bacon Podcast with Brian Basilico | CURE Your Sales & Marketing with Ideas That Make It SIZZLE!

The Bacon Podcast with Brian Basilico | CURE Your Sales & Marketing with Ideas That Make It SIZZLE!


Latest Episodes

Episode 971 – The New Artificial Intelligence Internet Traffic Jam and WHY You Should Care?
June 19, 2024

One big difference between Chicago and Raleigh is traffic. Chicago has basic north-south east-west routes and a lake that stops you from going east at one point. Raleigh has roads that can go east-wes

Episode 970 – Man vs Machine – A Brief History of Algorithms and Artificial Intelligence
June 12, 2024

Back in 1997, Deep Blue (an IBM computer) defeated Garry Kasparov, the world chess champion at the time, in a six-game match with a final score of 3.5-2.5 in favor of Deep Blue. Almost 20 years later,

Episode 969 – Steve Jobs vs Artificial Intelligence
June 05, 2024

I have always been entertained and enamored by magic tricks. When people see one performed, they usually have one of two reactions: amazement or curiosity. The amazement is, How did they do that? an

Episode 968 – Data is a Gift… Share The Love!
May 29, 2024

Do you remember life before Beepers, CB Radios, and Fax Machines? All three gained momentum and popularity in the '70s and '80s and peaked in the '90s. However, all three fell victim to mobile phones.

Episode 967 – Organic Marketing – How Artificial Intelligence Can Sweeten Relationships
May 22, 2024

As Artificial Intelligence begins to overtake the marketing world, I think it's a good idea to get nostalgic about marketing and see how we can infuse it with a modern-day perspective. When you g

Episode 966 – Artificial Intelligence Decisions… Data Determines the Destination
May 16, 2024

In sports (and in business), two factors affect success. The physical and the mental are two parts of the whole, yet one is easier to evaluate to predict success especially in football. In business,

Episode 965 – BACON – Chapter 17- So Much Peopling
May 09, 2024

I was just in Chicago at the American Marketing Association's Leadership Conference, where 400 people from around North America, representing 50+ chapters, came to learn and grow with and from each ot

Episode 964 – BACON – Chapter 16- The “Known Knowns”, “Known Unknowns”, and “Unknown Unknowns” of Marketing
May 01, 2024

Growing up in New York, Yogi Bera was one of my favorite characters. He was a good player but even more of a philosopher (well, sort of). Some of his most famous "Deep Yogi Thoughts" include:

Episode 963 – BACON – Chapter 15: Unicorns are REAL… Business Leads are NOT
April 24, 2024

When you think of unicorns, I am sure the first thing that comes to mind is a mythical and colorful horse with a single horn. Although there are no living, breathing unicorns that I have ever seen, I

Episode 962 – BACON – Chapter 14: Embrace the Inbox (You’ve Got Mail)
April 17, 2024

One of the most recognized sounds computer lovers remember is the dial-up connection and AOL's announcement that says, You've Got Mail! It was like a sugar high whenever you heard that sound. Nowada

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