About this episode

Marco Zappacosta discusses the home services market, the impact of AI on Thumbtack, and the importance of leadership in Silicon Valley.

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 onlineHow AI collapsed Thumbtack's product pod sizesWhy Silicon Valley underrates leadership and overrates management The single trait...

People in this episode

Host: Auren Hoffman

Guest: Marco Zappacosta

Topics covered

• home services
• AI impact
• leadership
• Silicon Valley
• market analysis

Keywords

• Thumbtack
• home services
• AI
• Silicon Valley
• leadership
• market size
• trillion-dollar market

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Organizations: Thumbtack

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