Leah Busque

TaskRabbit

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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

Errand outsourcing firm TaskRabbit may have dumped about 20% of its staff according to reports.

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

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