Trade jobs like plumbing are supposed to be among the hardest for AI to replace. For Ania Smith, the CEO of Taskrabbit, that's good news. Taskrabbit, founded in 2008 by Leah Solivan, is a platform ...

Nov 12, 2025, 11:53pm PST Updated: Nov 13, 2025, 2:15am PST Adam Pardee Taskrabbit CEO Ania Smith poses for a photo inside the Taskrabbit offices in San Francisco, Calif. on Oct. 21, 2025. From the ...

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You don’t have to strain your brain too much to understand why Ikea bought TaskRabbit, a startup that provides a marketplace for household chores and other simple tasks. There’s an obvious synergy ...

What does it mean to build a platform company that not only responds to consumers’ current demands but also anticipates what they don’t yet know they want? That was the overarching question posed in ...

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Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. The gig economy is currently focused on speed and simplicity. Many people are seeking a side hustle to help keep their lives afloat. If ...

Leah A. Solivan was the founder of TaskRabbit, Inc., founded in 2008, where the title held was Chief Executive Officer from 2008 to 2016. Current jobs include Director at San Francisco Ballet ...

Building a succesful platform means catering to consumer demand today, then pivoting when it changes tomorrow. Here’s how Leah Solivan and Joanna Strober pulled that off. What does it mean to build a ...