Leah Busque

TaskRabbit

Most Creative People 2012

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

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?

TaskRabbit Versus Delivery: A Price-By-Price Comparison

Fast Company Magazine

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?

How Silicon Valley’s Obsession With Narrative Changed TaskRabbit

Fast Company Magazine

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

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

Impact

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Lego wants your old Legos back—so it can give them away

How consumer products giant Unilever plans to dramatically slash its use of plastic

Creativity

The problem and promise of pop-culture pop-up experiences

The audacity of ‘South Park’ critiquing China—and Viacom backing up its hit show’s creators

The NBA is facing a clash between its business interests and brand identity in China

Co.Design

The world’s first combination ski slope-power plant is finally open

Green roofs can make cities healthier and happier. Why aren’t they everywhere?

The bonsai tree gets a high-tech, user-friendly redesign

Work Life

If you want to improve diversity, stop asking me to “meet you where you are”

True long-term career success depends on this most underrated aspect of talent

You can use these brain hacks to stop mind wandering. But should you?