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
Age Of Learning Supplements Kids’ Remote Education
Sunil Gunderia, Chief Strategy Officer of Age of Learning, says two-thirds of America’s fourth graders are not proficient in english language arts or math despite the $700 billion spent on K-12 educa…
Why Buy Costly Outdoor Gear When Arrive Outdoors Lets You Rent It?
Stripped of their outdoor gear before their move to Los Angeles, Rachelle Snyder and her husband, Ross Richmond, arrived, surrounded by tantalizing outdoor adventure, but unprepared to enjoy it -- an…
How Is It That Tech Markets Are Booming While the Economy Reels?
With so many people out of work, how is it the stock market is soaring? To make sense of it all, listen to Spencer as he speaks with John Scuorzo and Zaheed Kajani, both senior managing directors at …
The Messy Business Of Disrupting A Legacy Business
No matter how challenging, if given the choice, Jason Kilar, founder of Hulu and current CEO of WarnerMedia, would willingly disrupt the way television and film was distributed, all over again. Liste…
Can L.A. Tech Learn Inclusion Lessons From The Entertainment Industry?
During the past decade, the Hollywood entertainment industry has worked towards more inclusivity in their ranks and storytelling. Can Los Angeles Tech employ those learnings? Angela Robinson and Alex…
Enormous Rockets Made By Printers
Led by Tim Ellis, Relativity Space is radically upending the aerospace industry by manufacturing rockets using 3D printers. Hear Spencer and Tim dig into Relativity’s engineering feats, its vision fo…
Why L.A. Is Now A Tech Capital – A Conversation With Brian Lee
Los Angeles has come a long way in the 20 years that Brian Lee has built up startups. Brian co-founded LegalZoom in 2001, ShoeDazzle with Kim Kardashian in 2008, and The Honest Company with Jessica …
The Pain And Promise of Crisis
Managing through crisis is difficult, but great leaders and great companies are created during challenging times. Spencer grappled with crises at two companies he cofounded, Hotwire and Zillow. Hear…
Rear Admiral Michael Wettlaufer
Earlier this year, Spencer had an opportunity through the Navy’s Distinguished Visitors Program to visit the USS John C. Stennis, an aircraft carrier. During his time aboard the ship, Spencer met Rea…
Nick Huzar: Co-founder and CEO of OfferUp
Nick Huzar is co-founder and CEO of OfferUp, the largest mobile marketplace in the U.S. The company has reinvented the model for local, peer-to-peer commerce, and its engagement metrics are incredibl…
Russell Wilson: Quarterback for the Seattle Seahawks and Entrepreneur
In this episode, Russell Wilson joins Spencer at Zillow Group’s Seattle headquarters for a live recording in front of employees. Russell is the starting quarterback for the Seahawks, leading the team…
Van Jones, CNN host and nonprofit founder
Stewart Butterfield, Co-founder and CEO of Slack
From the Vault: John MacFarlane, Founder and Former CEO, Sonos
Adena Friedman, President and CEO of Nasdaq
Emily Chang: Author, “Brotopia” & Host/Executive Producer, Bloomberg Technology
From The Vault: Brad Tilden, CEO of Alaska Airlines
Stuart Miller, Executive Chairman, Lennar Corporation
From the Vault: Robert Carlock: Emmy Winner & Co-Creator of “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt”