Office Hours with Spencer Rascoff

Serial Entrepreneur and Founder, John Shegerian Talks About How to Do Good Through Doing Business

<p class="p1">On this episode of Office Hours, Spencer speaks with John Shegerian, CEO and chairman of ERI, the largest cybersecurity-focused hardware destruction and electronic waste recycling company in the United States.<br/> Shegerian is a serial entrepreneur who helped found <a class="c-link" data-sk="tooltip_parent" data-stringify-link="http://FinancialAid.com" href="http://financialaid.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">FinancialAid.com</a>, <a class="c-link" data-sk="tooltip_parent" data-stringify-link="http://Addicted.com" href="http://addicted.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Addicted.com</a> and <a class="c-link" data-sk="tooltip_parent" data-stringify-link="https://letsengage.com/" href="https://letsengage.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Engage, LLC</a>, a speaker-booking platform, among other organizations. In the early '90s, Shegerian co-founded Homeboy Tortillas and <a class="c-link" data-sk="tooltip_parent" data-stringify-link="https://homeboyindustries.org/" href="https://homeboyindustries.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Homeboy Industries</a>, led by Father Greg Boyle, to help improve the lives of former gang members in East Los Angeles. The organization has since evolved into the largest gang-intervention, rehab and re-entry program in the world.<br/> John is co-author of "<a class="c-link" data-sk="tooltip_parent" data-stringify-link="https://www.amazon.com/Insecurity-Everything-Hardware-Security-Important/dp/B08ZQ7NF17" href="https://www.amazon.com/Insecurity-Everything-Hardware-Security-Important/dp/B08ZQ7NF17" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The Insecurity of Everything</a>" and "<a class="c-link" data-sk="tooltip_parent" data-stringify-link="https://www.amazon.com/101-Tips-Marketing-Masters-Exponentially-ebook/dp/B083K3Z3NJ" href="https://www.amazon.com/101-Tips-Marketing-Masters-Exponentially-ebook/dp/B083K3Z3NJ" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">101 Tips from the Marketing Masters: Ways to Supercharge Your Marketing &amp; Exponentially Grow Your Business.</a>" He also hosts "<a class="c-link" data-sk="tooltip_parent" data-stringify-link="https://impactpodcast.com/" href="https://impactpodcast.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Impact with John Shegerian</a>," a weekly podcast featuring conversations with some of the greatest business minds and thought leaders known today.</p>

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.