411: Dream and Data Fundraising with Marco Zappacosta of Thumbtack

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Listen to Nathan and Marco discuss: </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Thumbtack's first users on both sides of the marketplace</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Enticing pros by creating stylized Craiglist ads</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The importance of telling the dream and data to investors</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why investors are thinking about other investors</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Why getting a meeting is the easy part of fundraising </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">The difference between bootstrapped and VC businesses </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Seeing values as the best version of your company </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Creating "libraries" for their fully-remote workplace</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">And much more VC and remote work advice…</span></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><strong>Who do you want to see next on the podcast?</strong> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Comment and let us know! And don't forget to lea