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Today's Entrepreneur: Marco Zappacosta

No. 1 mistake: Quitting too early

Innovation series by Kristin Karaoglu
August 13, 2012 | Comments
Short URL: http://vator.tv/n/2939

Today's Entrepreneur is Marco Zappacosta, Co-Founder & CEO of Thumbtack.com. Thumbtack offers a virtual home, verifiable reputation, transaction support, appointment management, and marketing tools for service providers.

Zappacosta was a winner of one of Vator's first competition, called Juice Pitcher.

Vator’s community is the home to entrepreneurs who embrace their passion and follow their dreams. Our profiles allow members to express themselves by sharing their interests, lessons learned, as well as bits and pieces of their roller-coaster journey.

These profiles give entrepreneurs an opportunity to showcase themselves and tell their story. So if you are an entrepreneur, a serial entrepreneur, or even an aspiring entrepreneur, we'd like to hear from you.

Companies I've founded or co-founded:

Thumbtack

Startups I worked for:

Thumbtack

If you are an entrepreneur, why?

I want to change the world.

My favorite startups:

Airbnb, Square, Uber, Kickstarter

What's most frustrating and rewarding about entrepreneurship/innovation?

The most rewarding thing is working with smart, passionate people to build something out of nothing. The most frustrating part is not always being able to bend the world to your will.

What's the No. 1 mistake entrepreneurs make?

Quitting too early.

(Want to be profiled? Just fill out your Vator profile and we'll find you! Or you can email [email protected])


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