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Leah Sullivan

lines on the record: 62
first: 2025-03-20
most recent: 2025-03-20
sittings or episodes: 1
sources: podcast

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“Awesome. Well, welcome to the show. Thank you for calling in. Before we get to your question, let me ask you a couple questions. So this is an app that basically lets you send, it's like a card to somebody, just a digital card.”
2025-03-20 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · Advice Line with Leah Solivan of Taskrabbit (September 2024) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Yes. No, it really wasn't. I mean, we were this tiny company in Boston for, you know, almost two years before we even opened the San Francisco market. But, you know, once we started opening new cities and we saw the people in every single city and every single market. Start to use the service, give us great reviews, tell their friends. It was a slow build, but then you kind of start to build momentum.”
2025-03-20 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · Advice Line with Leah Solivan of Taskrabbit (September 2024) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“When do you remember it really starting to gain traction? Because it didn't, it was not an immediate, it wasn't like all of a sudden you flip the switch and people were like, yes.”
2025-03-20 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · Advice Line with Leah Solivan of Taskrabbit (September 2024) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“And sometimes it's not the right time or the market, or maybe the technology isn't advanced enough. And so those are kind of the three things I would think about when you're looking at a new idea. And can you make those three things converge?”
2025-03-20 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · Advice Line with Leah Solivan of Taskrabbit (September 2024) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Yeah, I mean, it seemed insane at the time to invite a stranger in Deer House to do things. And even stranger to jump into someone's car, right? For a ride down the street. That was never going to happen in 2008. But you know, having experience now as an investor and having talked to hundreds, if not thousands of entrepreneurs, I really think it comes down to three things timing, technology, and TAM, the three T's. And for me with TaskRabbit, the technology was there. The time was there. And it was an idea that everybody understood immediately. So I felt like there was a market there as well. And it still took a lot of education and trust building. And over time, you know, it really started to scale rather quickly. You don't always have all three of those things at once.”
2025-03-20 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · Advice Line with Leah Solivan of Taskrabbit (September 2024) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Yeah. Leah, before we get to our callers, I suspect a lot of them are working on ideas that might seem a bit ahead of their time. It might be hard to convince people why they might need that product or service. When you ran into this dilemma with Tasrabit at the beginning, how did you work to convince people that this was a service that they would want or need, like they would actually have somebody come into their home and assemble their furniture or go run an errand for them and bring it to their house?”
2025-03-20 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · Advice Line with Leah Solivan of Taskrabbit (September 2024) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Exactly. Yeah. I mean, it was early days and it's been awesome to see TaskRabbit and the brand live on. I was just dead in Ikea store a couple weeks ago. Kind of got a kick out of seeing all the branding around the store as well.”
2025-03-20 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · Advice Line with Leah Solivan of Taskrabbit (September 2024) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Super excited to have you back on the show because today we're going to talk to founders who are all building app-based or web-based products or services. And you're one of the OGs in this space. I mean, when ideas like Airbnb and Uber weren't yet fully formed, you actually launched TaskRabbit in 2008. And I mean, this was one of the first brands that became part of what we now call the digital sharing economy. And of course, in 2017, you guys were the company was acquired by IKEA.”
2025-03-20 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · Advice Line with Leah Solivan of Taskrabbit (September 2024) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Alright, let's get to it. Joining me this week is Leah Sullivan. She's the founder of TaskRabbit, the online marketplace for services like cleaning, assembling furniture, running errands, and a whole lot more. Leah, welcome back to the show. Thanks for coming on.”
2025-03-20 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · Advice Line with Leah Solivan of Taskrabbit (September 2024) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“And when you're ready to launch, you offer code built to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain. Loans issued by Celtic Bank and serviced by Stripe. All loans subject to credit approval. Hey everyone, it's Guy here. So this week we're bringing you an advice line episode that we really, really loved. It was with Leah Sullivan, the founder of TaskRabbit. And I was super happy to have Leah back on the show because she is a really interesting perspective on the growth of the digital sharing economy, which was really just taking off when she started TaskRabbit back in 2008. Leo was so generous sharing her wisdom and experience. I hope it can serve as an inspiration for however you're trying to grow as well. So without further ado, enjoy the show.”
2025-03-20 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · Advice Line with Leah Solivan of Taskrabbit (September 2024) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
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2025-03-20 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · Advice Line with Leah Solivan of Taskrabbit (September 2024) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
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2025-03-20 · How I Built This with Guy Raz · Advice Line with Leah Solivan of Taskrabbit (September 2024) · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT