About three years ago, Thumbtack was a startup in a house high atop a San Francisco hill. There, the local-services-discovery company's original six employees lived, worked, and schlepped to lunch.
With every noontide, the decidedly pre-revenue startup lost an hour to the lunch trek. Soon they had a crazy idea: What if they ordered in? They tried one day a week, and like the research suggests, they worked way better after eating well. Then a crazier idea: What if they hired a chef?
They did: Thea Baumann, culinary school-trained preparer of ultra-fresh deliciousness.
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