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Thumbtack CEO Marco Zappacosta on why trades are AI-proof, the trillion-dollar home services market, and why software stopped being a capital asset
About this Episode
Marco Zappacosta is the co-founder and CEO of Thumbtack, the home services marketplace he started in 2008. Thumbtack connects homeowners to 300,000+ local service professionals, with nearly 100M projects started on the platform.
In this episode of Summation, Marco and Auren discuss:
- Why home services is bigger than groceries but barely any is booked online
- How AI collapsed Thumbtack's product pod sizes
- Why Silicon Valley underrates leadership and overrates management
- The single trait to screen every executive hire for
You can find Auren Hoffman on X at @auren and Marco Zappacosta on X at @mlz
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