Users post tasks they need help with, bidders respond to make fast cash. Sept. 29, 2011— -- One young woman, an experienced advertising director, stands in her kitchen preparing dinner for some ...

Ask me about the most binge-worthy show on Netflix or the best holiday shopping spots, and I’m all in. But when it comes to home repairs or turning a stack of Ikea parts into a fully functional desk, ...

Leah Busque imagines a workforce where employees are less reliant on traditional jobs and embrace what she calls "micro-entrepreneurship." Busque's company, TaskRabbit, is among several companies ...

TaskRabbit founder Leah Busque Solivan is an investor in companies and people. When Leah Busque Solivan ran out of dog food late one night, she never could have guessed it would lead to the creation ...

Labor-marketplace TaskRabbit is today announcing a $13 million C-round of funding, led by Founders Fund. The C-round will bring the collaborative consumption startup’s total funding to $38 million.

Ikea customers love the furniture — but they don’t always love putting it together. With its acquisition of TaskRabbit, the on-demand service and errand platform, Ikea hopes to make it easier for ...

In the past six months, as valuations for many of the biggest on-demand companies have stalled or backslid, it’s become painfully clear that there’s a world of difference between a service that’s ...