Rufus Griscom — SPARQNOW

At-a-Glance

Co-Founder and CEO of The Next Big Idea Club.
Co-founded Nerve.com in 1997, an early youth culture website acquired by IAC.
Co-founded Spring Street Networks, an online dating technology company acquired by Various, Inc.
Co-founded Babble.com, a website for parents acquired by Disney in 2011.
Serves as an advisor and investor in startups at the intersection of technology and media.

Biography

Rufus Griscom is the Co-Founder and CEO of The Next Big Idea Club, a platform dedicated to delivering groundbreaking ideas from new books. With curators including Adam Grant, Susan Cain, Daniel Pink, and Malcolm Gladwell, the club provides key insights in audio or text formats directly from authors, along with video masterclasses and direct interaction with leading thinkers. The mission of The Next Big Idea Club is to deliver important ideas in accessible formats.