411: Dream and Data Fundraising with Marco Zappacosta of Thumbtack

The Foundr Podcast with Nathan Chan

Nathan Chan

Marketing, Business, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 662 Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2022

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Marco Zappacosta's only professional job has been the cofounder and CEO of Thumbtack. Marco started the home services matchmaking website straight out of university with a dream to find a better solution of hiring a plumber. Since 2009, Thumbtack has raised half a billion dollars in funding and gone from 2 to 1,000 employees. But Thumbtack's success came from years of struggle to discover their perfect market fit. Listen to Nathan and Marco discuss: Thumbtack's first users on both sides of the marketplace Enticing pros by creating stylized Craiglist ads The importance of telling the dream and data to investors Why investors are thinking about other investors Why getting a meeting is the easy part of fundraising The difference between bootstrapped and VC businesses Seeing values as the best version of your company Creating "libraries" for their fully-remote workplace And much more VC and remote work advice… Who do you want to see next on the podcast? Comment and let us know! And don't forget to leave us a 5-star review if you loved this episode. Wait, there's more… If you enjoy the Foundr podcast, check out our free trainings. Get exclusive, actionable advice from some of the world's best entrepreneurs. For more Foundr content, follow us on your favorite platform: Foundr.com Instagram YouTube Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Magazine

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0:00.0	This is episode number 411 with Marco Zappacosta of the Founder Podcast.
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1:47.5	Today's guest is Marco, who's the co-founder and CEO of Thumbtack, a technology leader building
1:53.9	a platform helping customers find and hire skilled professionals. We're going to really hear
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