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A 2008 dog-food errand sparked TaskRabbit, the gig-economy marketplace Solivan built from an IBM engineer's side idea into a platform serving millions globally — acquired by IKEA in 2017 — years before "gig economy" entered the mainstream vocabulary.
Leah Busque Solivan is Founder of TaskRabbit, the online marketplace connecting people with local freelancers for tasks including furniture assembly, moving, cleaning, and handyman services.
She founded TaskRabbit in 2008 after realizing she needed dog food and wanted to hire someone nearby. IKEA acquired TaskRabbit in 2017. Before founding the company, she worked as a software engineer at IBM.
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