21CE21st Century
Entrepreneurship
Find your next idea ↗
← The interview library
Starting & Building / EPISODE

dot.LA - Tech News from the Silicon Beach

A conversation with Sam N. Adams

2022-02-12 · 42 min · Hosted by Martin Piskoric
LISTEN TO THE CONVERSATIONOpen audio ↗ · Listen on Buzzsprout ↗

Inside this conversation

Sam N. Adams and Spencer Rascoff started dot.LA in 2020, which focuses on covering the tech scene in Southern California and organizing local events. It was almost a year after Spencer stepped down as CEO of Zillow Group that he shifted his attention to Los Angeles's technology and startup industry. I spoke with Sam about their business journey, as well as other topics related to the epidemic's context, LA as a location for startups, and ethics they champion in journalism. During the interview, Sam was full of anecdotes, such as Michael Bloomberg's story he learnt about while working for the Bloomberg company. The tale is about how telling the truth is important even if you're losing money, according to Michael.

Episode description from the official 21CE podcast feed. This text is the show notes, not a full transcript.

Make one idea useful.

What relates to a decision you are facing? Note one idea to test, the person who will own it, and how you will know whether it helped.