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Advice Line with Leah Solivan of Taskrabbit (September 2024)
WithLeah Solivan
MentionsLos Angeles
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Taskrabbit founder Leah Solivan joins Guy on the Advice Line, where they answer questions from three tech founders working to identify and grow their core customer base. First we meet Kate in Los Angeles, who wants her digital greeting cards to stand out in app stores. Then Shahn in Australia,…
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Apple PodcastsAdvice Line with Leah Solivan of Taskrabbit
WithLeah Solivan
MentionsLos Angeles
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Taskrabbit founder Leah Solivan joins Guy on the Advice Line, where they answer questions from three tech founders working to identify and grow their core customer base. First we meet Kate in Los Angeles, who wants her digital greeting cards to stand out in app stores. Then Shahn in Australia,…
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The vital question Taskrabbit founder Leah Solivan wished she asked investors
WithLeah Solivan
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A pioneer in the gig economy, Leah Solivan joins host Jeff Berman to share scale lessons from founding Taskrabbit. Hear how a need for dog food on a snowy night grew into a global business acquired by IKEA. She also reveals how her experience as an entrepreneur is shaping her next act as an…
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Apple PodcastsTaskRabbit: Leah Solivan
WithLeah Solivan
MentionsTim Ferriss
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One snowy night in Boston, Leah Solivan ran out of dog food for her 100-pound yellow lab. She wondered: shouldn’t I be able to resupply Kobe without going to the store? That was the origin of TaskRabbit, an online errand service that matches users with “taskers” to do deliveries and other chores.…
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222. Crisis Coverage w/ Leah Solivan - Building TaskRabbit in a Recession; COVID Effects on the Independent/Gig Economy; and Key Factors for Early-Stage Marketplace Success
WithLeah Solivan
MentionsFuel Capital
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Leah Solivan of Fuel Capital joins Nick on a special Crisis Coverage installment to discuss Building TaskRabbit in a Recession; COVID Effects on the Independent/Gig Economy; and Key Factors for Early-Stage Marketplace Success. In this episode, we cover: Background -- path to venture? How is the… More on the show's page
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Best of Build Mode: Think like a VC
MentionsGTMfundXYZ Venture CapitalLeah SolivanPaul IrvingRoss FubiniYuri Sagalov
About this episode
Instead of our usual news rundown, Equity is sending you off into the 4th of July weekend with a special episode of our sister podcast Build Mode. Season 3 launches July 9th, but before it does, Build Mode is revisiting some of the best fundraising and startup advice from the investors featured in…
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Apple PodcastsAdvice Line: Reaching New Customers
MentionsLeah Solivan
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This week, Guy is joined by Leah Solivan of TaskRabbit, Scott and Ally Svenson of MOD Pizza, and Holly Thaggard of Supergoop! to answer questions about reaching new customers from three early-stage founders in this special “mashup” episode of the How I Built This Lab Advice Line. First, Erin from…
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Apple PodcastsInvestor Stories 170: Why I Passed (Whitney, Solivan, Douglass, Yin)
MentionsElizabeth YinJim DouglassLeah Solivan
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On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Jason Whitney Leah Solivan Jim Douglass Elizabeth Yin Each investor highlights a situation where they decided not to invest, why they passed, and how it played out. More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageInvestor Stories 153: Strange & Unusual (Solivan, Hsieh, Kerby, Currier)
MentionsJames CurrierKane HsiehLeah SolivanRichard Kerby
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On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Leah Solivan Kane Hsieh Richard Kerby James Currier Each investor describes the most unusual situation or pitch that they've encountered as an investor. To listen more, please visit… More on the show's page
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Apple PodcastsThe show's pageInvestor Stories 144: Post Mortems (Solivan, Klaff, Whitney, Bechtel)
MentionsDarren BechtelLeah Solivan
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On this special segment of The Full Ratchet, the following Investors are featured: Leah Solivan Oren Klaff Jason Whitney Darren Bechtel Each investor discusses a portfolio company that did not survive and why it was that they failed. To listen more, please visit… More on the show's page
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