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Leah Busque

Founder, Executive Chairman, TaskRabbit | San Francisco, CA

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Leah Busque is the founder and executive chairman of on-demand labor app TaskRabbit. Busque left her job as a software engineer at IBM to run the startup, launched in Boston in 2008. The vision to revolutionize labor in a freelance economy got accepted into Facebook's incubator program and went on to raise over $20 million in funding. In 2016, Busque transitioned from CEO of the company to the executive chairman role, leaving Stacy Brown-Philpot to run the company.

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TaskRabbit Lays Off Staff In Restructuring Move

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TaskRabbit Versus Delivery: A Price-By-Price Comparison

TaskRabbit’s marketplace for outsourcing your odd-jobs has become a popular delivery outlet that can often be more cost-effective than traditional services, but is it the best way to satisfy your cronut cravings?

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How Silicon Valley’s Obsession With Narrative Changed TaskRabbit

TaskRabbit was once a quaint company with a reasonable ambition of connecting people who had spare time with paid errands. Then it went to Silicon Valley and was respun as “revolutionary.” But does it help?

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‘Pose’ co-creator Steven Canals on why intention matters for inclusive storytelling: ‘We aren’t just a trend’

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We need to change our perception about what it means to have a successful career in tech

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Leah Busque

Founder, Executive Chairman, TaskRabbit | San Francisco, CA

Stories about Leah Busque

TaskRabbit Lays Off Staff In Restructuring Move

TaskRabbit Versus Delivery: A Price-By-Price Comparison

TaskRabbit’s marketplace for outsourcing your odd-jobs has become a popular delivery outlet that can often be more cost-effective than traditional services, but is it the best way to satisfy your cronut cravings?

How Silicon Valley’s Obsession With Narrative Changed TaskRabbit

TaskRabbit was once a quaint company with a reasonable ambition of connecting people who had spare time with paid errands. Then it went to Silicon Valley and was respun as “revolutionary.” But does it help?

From Spotify To Charles And Ray Eames, What Our Recommenders Are Loving This Month

Check out all the recommended books, films, and more.

Impact

How Copenhagen plans to reach carbon-neutral status in just six years

These apps for good were made by teenage girls from around the world

The East Coast is sinking under water—this photographer is documenting it as it disappears

Creativity

Kanye’s ‘Star Wars’-themed homeless shelter could get the Death Star treatment

‘Pose’ co-creator Steven Canals on why intention matters for inclusive storytelling: ‘We aren’t just a trend’

A fan used 13,000 LEGOs to build this amazing, life-size, fully operational claw machine

Co.Design

Vertical landfills and DNA storage towers: 6 wild concepts for tomorrow’s skyscrapers

Move over Lego: The next big collectable toy powerhouse is here

7 simple landscape designs that make cities better for everyone

Work Life

We need to change our perception about what it means to have a successful career in tech

This is how the cover letter has evolved throughout the years

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