Silicon Valley startup TaskRabbit has launched in the UK, meaning you can now hire someone to do all the chores and errands you have been putting off for ages, or simply don't want to do. The company ...

With the festive season close at hand, demand for winter side gigs is on the rise, according to services platform Taskrabbit, with some tasks paying over $50 an hour. Starting at the end of October, ...

TaskRabbit, the U.S. startup that runs a marketplace for people who need help with short-term work and errands, is hopping over the pond for its first international city launch. On Thursday, it will ...

Errands marketplace TaskRabbit is shaking things up today with a change to its business model. The company says it’s shifting away from the auction model where contractors bid for tasks posted by end ...

TaskRabbit CEO Stacy Brown-Philpot is an icon in Silicon Valley as a former Googler, as well as a board member at Nordstrom and HP. She's been with TaskRabbit since 2013. She came on as COO, and was ...

(ABC News) -Justin Prim isn't just a bike messenger. He's part of a new wave of self-employed go-getters, some making six figures, who are capitalizing on something called 'the sharing economy.' 'For ...

Chad Miller likes to think of running errands for strangers on TaskRabbit as a quasi-religious experience—or at least as close Chad Miller likes to think of running errands for strangers on TaskRabbit ...

The errand marketplace hires for longer-term work, and may add benefits The errand marketplace hires for longer-term work, and may add benefits is the editor of the Platformer newsletter and cohost of ...

You can’t consider Chengdu Taste, Boiling Crab or Din Tai Fung for dinner without hesitating over the certainty of the long wait. But what if, through a little planning and some extra cash, you could ...

GeekWire chronicles the Pacific Northwest startup scene. Sign up for our weekly startup newsletter, and check out the GeekWire funding tracker and VC directory. by John Cook on Dec 13, 2011 at 11:59 ...

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