Sarah Rogers
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first heard Jul 2026
last heard 28 Jul
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How do you convince investors in 2008 to back you to get that going?
You really need to want it, don't you?
At your busiest, what was a day to day in the life of Leah?
You're listening to Business Daily on the BBC World Service with me, Sarah Rogers.
And today I'm speaking to Leah Sullivan, founder of TaskRabbit.
It's often said that TaskRabbit helped create the gig economy.
So work is being paid per gig, which is great for people that want flexibility and, you know, people want a side hustle.
But the flip side of that is job security, right?
And no benefits.
How do you reflect on being a pioneer of that industry?
And would you have done things differently or set up TaskRabbit differently, having that knowledge now, if you knew that that was going to be the direction that work was going to go in?
And what about the flip side for consumers?
They're welcoming people they don't know into their homes, but people perhaps taking on jobs they're not quite qualified for.
Where's the liability if things go wrong?
Do you use it regularly?
Oh, yes.
Now, you spoke a little bit earlier about the overwhelm of just doing everything.
You did go on to sell TaskRabbit, but there was a big moment for you before that.
Life, I'm sure, to everyone else seems to be going really well.
But the pressure of just scaling this business and making it a success is...
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