[3] His father is Pierluigi Zappacosta, an Italian businessman and electrical engineer who emigrated to the United States in the 1970s and co-founded the Swiss computer hardware manufacturer and software maker Logitech.
[citation needed] Zappacosta attended Columbia University, graduating in 2007 with a bachelor's degree in political science.
In 2008, he launched Thumbtack with two of his fellow S4 directors Jonathan Swanson and Jeremy Tunnell, as well as Sander Daniels.
[8][9][10][4] In the early years, Zappacosta and his team were scraping Craigslist and built an online directory of verified service providers with their photos, license, and reviews.
The idea appealed to angel investor Jason Calacanis, who became the first person to invest in the startup.