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Solivan: TaskRabbit had 1 million users and 60,000 taskers during direct-booking pivot
“Now we need to take a million people in the US and 60,000 taskers that are on the platform, and we need to transition them to a completely new way of working.”
Solivan: RunMyErrand closed a $50K angel tranche in March 2009
“And the investors say, let's start with 50 K. We'll give you 50 K. Let's see how you do. So we start with 50 K. That was March in 2009.”
Lake: Early Stitch Fix used TaskRabbits to manually digitize paper customer surveys
“Inside there was like a paper return survey, because we still didn't have a website, and so it was a piece of paper that was like an Excel thing that had all the items, and then you would fill out with words what you were going to keep, what you weren't going …”
Solivan: TaskRabbit stayed in Boston for nearly two years before San Francisco launch
“We were this tiny company in Boston for, you know, almost two years before we even opened the San Francisco market.”
Solivan: TaskRabbit laid off around 20% of its 80-person staff in 2013
“So it ended up being about 20% of the team. At that point, we were probably 80 people, and so it was under 20 people that we transitioned out.”
Shasta Ventures offered TaskRabbit a $5 million Series A term sheet
“And so then they put together a five million dollar term sheet.”