Solivan: Cashed out $27,000 IBM pension to fund RunMyErrand
Leah Solivan · TaskRabbit: Leah Solivan · Jul 11, 2022 · at 28:33
TaskRabbit founder Leah Solivan explains how she financed her departure from IBM in 2008 to work full-time on RunMyErrand.
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“So I had 27,000 dollars in my IBM pension program that, you know, we could withdraw with a penalty because it was your retirement. But I was like, whatever, let's just withdraw this money. And so I gave myself like six months to make something happen.”
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