Office Hours with Spencer Rascoff

SEO Guru Rand Fishkin of SparkToro and Moz Reveals Why He Thinks Venture Funding isn't Always the Right Path for Start-ups

Rand Fishkin, co-founder and CEO of <a href="https://sparktoro.com/">SparkToro</a>, and formerly of Moz speaks with Spencer in this revealing conversation about the ups and downs of entrepreneurship. Rand started out as an SEO enthusiast writing about increasing organic traffic through his SEOmoz blog, and then realizing that his expertise had the makings of a business, he began consulting and then developing Moz into a SaaS. Rand helped grow Moz to more than 130 employees, with over $30M in revenue, and traffic reaching 30M visitors per year. Rand is known for his marketing <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/SparkToro/videos">videos</a>, public speaking, and his book <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0735213321/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0735213321&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=everywherei09-20&amp;linkId=401ea2b0cc358033253e657c711c2a88"> Lost and Founder</a>, in which he reveals with incredible candor his struggles with depression.  Rand Fishkin is an investor in dot.LA.

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.