{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"123 Marco Zappacosta: Thumbtack\u2019s CEO on Building a Billion Dollar Company and Helping People \u201cGet the Job Done\u201d","description":" Marco Zappacosta is a co-Founder & CEO of Thumbtack, a startup that lets people find local professionals for \u201cpretty much anything\u201d.  Thumbtack has raised over $400 million and is valued at well over $1 billion.  Investors include Sequoia Capital, Cyan Banister, Jason Calcanis and brothers Ali and Hadi Partovi.  Marco has been recognized by Forbes as top \u201c30 under 30\u201d entrepreneur, and Thumbtack is recognized as one of Fortune's "Great Place to Work".   In this episode, Marco discusses how he built Thumbtack, and what it\u2019s like to transition from overseeing a small team, to hundreds of people.  He talks about how Thumbtack is succeeding where others failed \u2013 getting liquidity in local services   We also discuss how Thumbtack enables local \u2018entrepreneurs\u2019 to build their business on its platform, and find a market for their traditional or unique service.  Finally we cover what structural changes are needed in the US economy to enable \u2018gig\u2019 workers, and why he\u2019s been interested in the state of Social Security since college.   www.thumbtack.com   https:\/\/twitter.com\/mlz ","author_name":"Something Ventured -- Silicon Valley Podcast","author_url":"http:\/\/somethingventured.us","html":"