#142: Leah Busque Solivan: Founder, TaskRabbit and Fuel Capital, General Partner

No Limits with Rebecca Jarvis

ABC News

Business, Careers

4.7 • 703 Ratings

🗓️ 13 December 2019

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Leah Busque Solivan didn’t realize that running out of dog food one night would cause her to come up with the idea for TaskRabbit, an online and mobile marketplace that matches freelance labor with local demand, allowing consumers to find immediate help with everyday tasks. She has since scaled the company to 44 cities, raised more than $50 million in venture capital funding and currently serves as the executive chairwoman to the company and general partner of FUEL Capital. On this episode, Leah discusses the pressure she was under from herself and her investors when starting TaskRabbit, the importance of taking care of yourself as an entrepreneur and why at 8-years-old she decided she wanted to be a CEO. Congratulations to our No Limits Entrepreneurs of the Week: Jen Barrie, Director, Writer, Producer of Barrie Creative Find out more: http://www.barriecreative.com/ Want to be a featured NLEOTW? Know someone who should? Send your nominations to [email protected] Don’t forget to subscribe and leave us a review! It’s easy! Click here: http://bit.ly/2ks4f90 ABOUT REBECCA JARVIS: Rebecca Jarvis is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and the Chief Biz, Tech and Econ correspondent for ABC News. She is also the host of “The Dropout” podcast. Follow Rebecca Jarvis: www.Instagram.com/RebeccaJarvis www.Twitter.com/RebeccaJarvis www.Facebook.com/RebeccaJarvis https://www.linkedin.com/in/rebecca-jarvis-217ba052/ Snapchat: RebeccaJarvis “No Limits with Rebecca Jarvis” is produced by Taylor Dunn and edited by Brittany Martinez Learn more about your ad choices. Visit

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0:00.0	I remember when I first had my daughter, who's now six, you know, you post baby pictures, right?
0:05.4	And you're on the weekends and you're spending time with your new baby and your family.
0:09.0	And I remember this investor pulled me aside and said, you know, Leah, you're posting a lot of pictures on Instagram of your family.
0:16.4	And it looks like you're not working hard enough.
0:20.8	Hi, everyone. Welcome to No Limits. I'm your host, Rebecca Jarvis. If you are a frequent
0:26.5	listener here, thank you. We appreciate your loyalty. And if you're new, welcome. Each week,
0:33.7	we work here to demystify success. I know it's a weird word. Doesn't mean everything to everyone,
0:41.1	but the idea is happiness in the work that you do in your life. And we go about finding that
0:47.6	by speaking to the world's most influential women across all different industries. And the
0:53.1	conversations go beyond the resume from decision
0:56.6	making to tradeoffs to those pivotal moments that shape your careers and your lives so whether
1:02.7	you're looking for advice or you just want to hear a good story you've come to the right place
1:09.7	all right no limits.
1:11.2	We have a wonderful guest here with us today.
1:14.3	She is the general partner of fuel capital where she invests in early stage consumer
1:19.4	SAAAS.
1:21.2	Is that how you SaaS?
1:22.4	Software as a service.
1:24.1	Yep.
1:24.3	And marketplace companies.
1:26.0	She's also the founder of TaskRabbit. She served as CEO there
1:29.7	for eight years, scaled the company to 44 cities, raised more than $50 million in venture capital.
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