Office Hours with Spencer Rascoff
Spencer Rascoff is a New York Times bestselling author who co-founded four tech companies, invested in over 50, and was CEO of Zillow for a decade. His first start-up, Hotwire, sold to Expedia for $685 million, and his second start-up, Zillow, is now a real estate colossus, worth around $10 billion dollars. Now, he’s cofounded dot.LA, a media company covering the cutting-edge LA tech scene. Hear Spencer speak with CEOs, start-up founders, venture capitalists, and prominent thought leaders about how to manage, how to lead, and how to win in business.
- Update frequency
- every 12 days
- Average duration
- 30 minutes
- Episodes
- 103
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2023
Syndio CEO Maria Colacurcio On How Persistence Pays Off When Pitching, and Why Pay Equity Is Valuable to Businesses
Spencer speaks with Maria Colacurcio, the CEO of Syndio Solutions on this episode of Office Hours. Syndio is a software startup helping companies around the world create an equitable workplace for al…
Thrive Market's Nick Green On Building Better Access to Low-Cost Health & Wellness Goods
Why the Angel Investor Space Needs to Focus on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, a Conversation with David Beatty, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Gaingels
On this episode of Office Hours, Spencer speaks with entrepreneur and venture investor David Beatty. David is a managing partner and co-founder of Gaingels, an LGBTQ investment syndicate. Started in …
In the Boardroom: A Fireside Chat with John Chambers of JC2 Ventures from The Montgomery Summit 2022
On this episode, Spencer speaks with iconic global business leader John Chambers in a live conversation that was recorded at the Montgomery Summit on May 24. Chambers, the former chairman and CEO of …
City Talk: Miami Mayor Francis Suarez on How Municipalities Can Grow Tech Hubs
Spencer speaks to Miami Mayor Francis Suarez on this episode of Office Hours. In this conversation he talks about his broad based views on the city’s tech economy, why he supports cryptocurrency, and…
Rep. Derek Kilmer On How To Fix Congress By Doing Things Different
ZipRecruiter CEO Ian Siegel on How Employers Are Facing in The Most Competitive Job Market in Years
Host Spencer Rascoff speaks with Ian Siegel, CEO and co-founder of ZipRecruiter on this episode of Office Hours. ZipRecruiter is an online employment marketplace that uses artificial intelligence to …
City Talk: A Conversation with Mayor Stephen Adler of Austin, TX
Spencer caught up with Mayor Stephen Adler at the Milken Institute Global Conference on May 2. Mayor Adler is the 58th mayor of Austin, Texas—a city that, along with L.A., has grown into a thriving h…
From Space Camp to CEO, Aero’s Uma Subramanian Speaks About How Her Career in the Aviation Industry Has Taken Flight
Aero CEO Uma Subramanian speaks to Spencer on this episode of Office Hours about her love of everything that flies. Her appreciation of flight was sparked by her visit to Space Camp as a child which …
Fascinated by the Future of Metaverse and Web 3.0? Philip Rosedale, One of the Original Leaders in Virtual Worlds and VR-Devices, Shares His Thoughts on What Our Online Collaborative Future Will Look Like
On this episode of Office Hours, Spencer speaks to Philip Rosedale, CEO and cofounder of High Fidelity and founder of Linden Lab, for a wide-ranging conversation about Web 3.0 and the future of the m…
Hello Sunshine's Liz Jenkins on Producing Stories with Women at the Center of the Narrative
Liz Jenkins, the COO of Hello Sunshine talks about how the media company looks to put women at the center of the narrative. The L.A.-based company was founded by actor Reese Witherspoon and dedicated…
From The Vault: Sallie Krawcheck, CEO of Ellevest
With her longstanding Wall Street career (Citigroup, Merrill Lynch) and unique perspective as a woman in a predominantly male industry, Sallie Krawcheck is tackling a question that has mystified inve…
How 'Million Dollar Listing N.Y.' Host Ryan Serhant Uses Content to Gain Leads and Boost Sales
How DEI Initiatives and Access to Capital Benefit L.A.’s Startup Ecosystem, with Calvin Selth of AnnenbergTech
JibJab CEO Paul Hanges On How His Entertainment Studio has Attained Longevity on the Internet
Paul Hanges, CEO of JibJab speaks with Office Hours host Spencer Rascoff about how the L.A.-based digital entertainment studio has attained success beyond its viral videos by moving into the eCards s…
This LA-based "Storyteaching" Company Wants to Put Culture at the Heart of Content Creation in the EdTech Space
Steven Wolfe Pereira, CEO of Encantos talks with Spencer about how the EdTech start-up uses "storyteaching" to help kids learn 21st-century skills. With diversity, equality, and inclusion (DEI) baked…
Multiple Start-up Founder Russ Glass the CEO of Headspace Health on the Growth of Telehealth Industry During the Pandemic
Russ Glass, CEO of Headspace Health, a digital mental health and wellbeing platform, speaks with Spencer about his involvement overseeing the surge in the Telehealth market after the merger of Headsp…
Allison Ellsworth co-founder of Poppi on Creating a Healthy Soda Alternative While Building a Brand
Allison Ellsworth and her husband Stephen, formerly employed in the oil and gas industry, quit their jobs to bet on themselves and and started a health-based soda alternative. Their concept, a prebio…
An In-Depth Conversation on Venture Investing & Startup Dynamics with Dana Settle, co-founder Greycroft
This conversation explores the L.A. tech scene and venture investing featuring two of the industry's leading voices. Spencer Rascoff and Dana Settle discuss Pacaso and Greycroft while sharing their t…