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Fair enough, thanks for clarifying. I'm having a hard time finding the article but I believe a FastCo/Wired/etc (one of those sites) did a longform article abou
by mbesto 11y ago
Fair enough, thanks for clarifying. I'm having a hard time finding the article but I believe a FastCo/Wired/etc (one of those sites) did a longform article about how many of those type of workers (students, actors, etc) existed on Thumbtack, which was further backed up by someone who had interviewed with you. That was the basis for my conclusion.
Out of curiosity, given you're a marketplace how do you handle reoccurring work then? Or do you focus entirely on net new business?
- jeremyt 11y agoInteresting. I haven't seen the article, but if it says what you say it does then I think they've got it wrong. To be clear, I'm not saying that an MBA student or an aspiring artist can't decide to start a home cleaning business and sign up with our service. I'm no longer with the company, but I will say that the entire time that I was there, at no point was our business model based on recruiting/training unexperienced people to fill our verticals. In fact, our biggest worry was getting enough high-quality experienced providers. I'm not privy to future plans, but currently any recurring work is just an added benefit to our service providers.