Building efficient marketplaces for services - Marco Zappacosta (Thumbtack)

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Channel: O'Reilly · 2016 · Science & Technology

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While Thumbtack doesn’t have the high profile of Uber or Airbnb, it’s become a crucial lubricant of the small-business economy of the modern city, helping consumers find skilled professionals they can trust and helping those professionals find customers. Liquid marketplaces are a big part of the future of work, and Thumbtack founder and CEO Marco Zappacosta has gone after an often invisible sector that is essential to the functioning of modern society.

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