Taskrabbit

Like, who is this really a problem for the most? Zero in on them.

Recently, there's been a snowstorm here in New York, and you could go onto something like TaskRabbit, right, and find someone to shovel for you.

There have also been neighborhood children, right, passing out flyers again with their numbers because they know, listen, [chuckles] nobody wants to shovel anymore.

In fact, shoveling can be a really dangerous activity for people over a certain age.

Here is my number.

I can shovel for you." So identifying that problem has been the key to their success.

Similarly, with TaskRabbit, TaskRabbit knew how hard it is for people to find a contractor when they need it, for them to find someone to help them with something very specific when they need it.

So they created this platform where you can easily go on and say, "Oh, I need this furniture piece put together.

That's my great life, which is beautiful.

But when you came back from that amazing adventure, you came back and stepped into the role of CEO at TaskRabbit.

No, I

didn't.

And so, you know, just the other day I was talking with a client and she was telling me that TaskTrap has been God sent to her.

She is disabled and disabled.

She moved to a new city and said, I've used TaskRabbit for everything.

This was in Toronto.

And I

have friends who are like, just do a TaskRabbit.

And then I think, well, I don't really trust that.

Task rabbit.

All of my boxes are still like perfectly packed up.

I also need to go on TaskRabbit or like find someone because the movers in my contract it wasn't in it for them to put anything together they wrapped up everything and then they kind of just like set it in the rooms that my sister told them the furniture was going in and so my bed is still like fully saran wrapped bubble wrapped like just propped up on a wall so I need to if there's any recommendations For a girly who needs some furniture put together, my first thought was TaskRabbit, but if there's anything else that you guys trust more or had a good experience with or if I shouldn't use TaskRabbit, please let me know because I obviously, my mom and I need a bed to sleep on.

when we get there.

So yeah, that is the life update that I have about Scottsdale.

In the 21st century, you can avoid getting dishes dirty in the first place by eating exclusively from polystyrene and cardboard boxes.

There are door-to-door laundry services, same-day delivery options and apps like TaskRabbit which allow you to outsource odd jobs to strangers.

Whatever happened to getting your mate round to help you put that shelf up or move that sofa? There is even a modern day solution that eradicates your need to think about anything.

What to have for dinner, how to apologise to your friend, what words to use in that email and so on.

Hi everyone, I'm Leah Sullivan, and this is Breaking Precedent.

Not only did I found TaskRabbit, one of the pioneers of the gig economy, I'm now a venture capitalist backing the next generation of rebels through Precedent VC.

In this podcast, we dive deep into the stories of innovators who are pushing societal boundaries, challenging precedents, and setting new ones in their fields.

Today's guest built a company that did something no one had done before.

In the 21st century, you can avoid getting dishes dirty in the first place by eating exclusively from polystyrene and cardboard boxes.

There are door-to-door laundry services, same-day delivery options and apps like TaskRabbit which allow you to outsource odd jobs to strangers.

Whatever happened to getting your mate round to help you put that shelf up or move that sofa? There is even a modern day solution that eradicates your need to think about anything.

What to have for dinner, how to apologise to your friend, what words to use in that email and so on.

And Airbnb went and got every possible listing that they could onto Airbnb, and that's how they built their initial supply.

There were many businesses, in fact, that were built by, including TaskRabbit's, another great example of one, that were built in San Francisco early days on arbitrage and Craigslist.

Eventually, that arbitrage went away.

And again, whether it's a novel ad concept, whether it's a hack that you can figure out on email, whether it's old-school dialing for dollars, the only thing that still exists that you can always do where the arbitrage really doesn't go away is direct mail.