Listen now (43 min) | Leah Solivan is a GP at Fuel Capital and the founder of TaskRabbit, a marketplace that connects freelancers with local demand. Leah scaled the company to 44 cities and raised more than $50 million before selling TaskRabbit to Ikea in 2017. She launched the company in 2008, had left her well-paid job as an engineer for IBM and despite months of conversations with investors—occurring against headwinds of the financial crisis—her credit cards were maxed out and her bank account was dry. There is no playbook for what’s going on in today’s markets. But for this virtual AMA, we invited Leah to share some of her lessons from the past.
6 lessons from building a business in a downturn
6 lessons from building a business in a…
6 lessons from building a business in a downturn
Listen now (43 min) | Leah Solivan is a GP at Fuel Capital and the founder of TaskRabbit, a marketplace that connects freelancers with local demand. Leah scaled the company to 44 cities and raised more than $50 million before selling TaskRabbit to Ikea in 2017. She launched the company in 2008, had left her well-paid job as an engineer for IBM and despite months of conversations with investors—occurring against headwinds of the financial crisis—her credit cards were maxed out and her bank account was dry. There is no playbook for what’s going on in today’s markets. But for this virtual AMA, we invited Leah to share some of her lessons from the past.