Success Story with Scott D. Clary · 2022
Spencer & Sophia Rascoff on Success Story with Scott D. Clary: The Evolution of Social Media
Spencer & Sophia Rascoff, Co-Founders, appeared on Success Story with Scott D. Clary in 2022 — a verified placement booked by Podlink for Recon Food.
Spencer Rascoff and his daughter Sophia Rascoff, co-founders of Recon Food, joined Success Story with Scott Clary to talk about the evolution of social media and building a company as a family. The show notes describe Spencer as a co-founder of Zillow — where he was CEO for a decade — Hotwire, dot.LA, Pacaso, Queue and Supernova, an investor through his LA startup studio 75 & Sunny, and a startup instructor at Harvard; Sophia, Recon Food's co-founder and CEO, is a student at Harvard-Westlake School in Los Angeles. Recon Food is described as a vertical social media app where people reconnect over a shared love of food. The conversation covers starting a social media app, vertical-driven social media, growing a community and turning it into a business model, the benefits and drawbacks of working as a family, Sophia's role and learning to code young, founder-product fit, and the traits of successful entrepreneurs. The page lists a publish date of October 10, 2022.
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Key takeaways
- Recon Food is positioned as a vertical social media app built around food — a dedicated segment covers vertical-driven social media.
- The episode examines community-building and how to turn a community into a business model.
- Father-daughter co-founding is a central thread: benefits and drawbacks of working in a family, plus founder-product fit.
- Sophia runs the company while still a student at Harvard-Westlake, and a segment covers managing studies and business.
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