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TaskRabbit: Leah Solivan

How I Built This with Guy Raz

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How to Build a Service That Will Take Care of Your Errands

A hungry hundred pound dog on a snowy night inspired lea sollivan to launch task, a service that will take care of your errands. As early as two thousand eight, even before any of those companies came on the scene, leo was coating the beginnings of what would become task rabbit. It's a market place that matches users with free lancers who provide all types of services,. from delivery to furniture building to gardening. Nine years after launch, it sold to ikea for an undisclosed amount and lea moved on - having created one of the best known mobile market places in the country.

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