<s>
TaskRabbit	B-Application
,	O
Inc	O
or	O
TaskRabbit	B-Application
is	O
an	O
online	O
and	O
mobile	O
marketplace	O
that	O
matches	O
freelance	O
labor	O
with	O
local	O
demand	O
,	O
allowing	O
consumers	O
to	O
find	O
help	O
with	O
everyday	O
tasks	O
,	O
including	O
furniture	O
assembly	O
,	O
moving	O
,	O
delivery	O
,	O
and	O
handyperson	O
work	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Busque	O
founded	O
TaskRabbit	B-Application
when	O
she	O
had	O
no	O
time	O
to	O
buy	O
dog	O
food	O
,	O
basing	O
it	O
on	O
the	O
idea	O
of	O
"	O
neighbors	O
helping	O
neighbors	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
TaskRabbit	B-Application
was	O
acquired	O
by	O
INGKA	O
group	O
(	O
IKEA	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2022	O
,	O
TaskRabbit	B-Application
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
close	O
its	O
physical	O
offices	O
,	O
including	O
its	O
San	O
Francisco	O
,	O
California	O
headquarters	O
,	O
and	O
transition	O
to	O
becoming	O
a	O
remote-first	O
company	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
precursor	O
of	O
TaskRabbit	B-Application
was	O
RunMyErrand	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
launched	O
in	O
2008	O
in	O
Boston	O
,	O
Massachusetts	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
first	O
100	O
"	O
runners	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2009	O
,	O
Tim	O
Ferriss	O
became	O
an	O
advisor	O
to	O
the	O
firm	O
after	O
meeting	O
Busque	O
at	O
Facebook	B-Application
's	O
startup	O
incubator	O
,	O
fbFund	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2010	O
,	O
Busque	O
changed	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
company	O
from	O
RunMyErrand	O
to	O
TaskRabbit	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
year	O
later	O
,	O
in	O
May	O
2011	O
,	O
TaskRabbit	B-Application
closed	O
a	O
$5	O
million	O
Series	O
A	O
financing	O
round	O
from	O
Shasta	O
Ventures	O
,	O
First	O
Round	O
Capital	O
,	O
Baseline	O
Ventures	O
,	O
Floodgate	O
Fund	O
,	O
Collaborative	O
Fund	O
,	O
500	O
Startups	O
,	O
and	O
The	O
Mesh	O
author	O
Lisa	O
Gansky	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
that	O
time	O
,	O
the	O
firm	O
had	O
13	O
employees	O
and	O
2,000	O
participating	O
"	O
Taskrabbits	B-Application
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2011	O
,	O
TaskRabbit	B-Application
launched	O
an	O
app	O
which	O
allowed	O
users	O
to	O
post	O
a	O
task	O
with	O
an	O
iPhone	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
October	O
2011	O
,	O
Busque	O
hired	O
Eric	O
Grosse	O
,	O
the	O
co-founder	O
and	O
former	O
president	O
of	O
Hotwire.com,	O
as	O
the	O
firm	O
's	O
new	O
CEO	B-Application
so	O
she	O
could	O
focus	O
on	O
product	O
development	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
December	O
2011	O
,	O
Taskrabbit	B-Application
received	O
an	O
additional	O
$17.8	O
million	O
in	O
a	O
Series	O
B	O
round	O
of	O
funding	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2012	O
,	O
Busque	O
reassumed	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
CEO	B-Application
,	O
with	O
Gross	O
staying	O
on	O
with	O
the	O
company	O
's	O
board	O
of	O
directors	O
,	O
advising	O
on	O
strategy	O
and	O
operations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2013	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
tool	O
for	O
“	O
Taskrabbit	B-Application
Business	O
"	O
was	O
introduced	O
which	O
allowed	O
businesses	O
to	O
hire	O
temporary	O
workers	O
from	O
the	O
Taskrabbit	B-Application
users	O
,	O
with	O
a	O
26	O
percent	O
commission	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Because	O
of	O
declines	O
both	O
in	O
bids	O
and	O
in	O
completed	O
and	O
accepted	O
tasks	O
in	O
the	O
U.S.	O
,	O
the	O
company	O
chose	O
to	O
test	O
a	O
new	O
system	O
in	O
London	O
;	O
instead	O
of	O
an	O
eBay-inspired	O
bidding	O
model	O
,	O
Taskers	O
would	O
set	O
their	O
own	O
rates	O
and	O
schedules	O
,	O
and	O
when	O
a	O
new	O
job	O
was	O
posted	O
that	O
matched	O
their	O
profile	O
,	O
the	O
platform	O
would	O
send	O
them	O
an	O
alert	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
June	O
17	O
,	O
2014	O
,	O
TaskRabbit	B-Application
announced	O
and	O
began	O
implementing	O
this	O
change	O
in	O
all	O
markets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Taskrabbit	B-Application
incorporated	O
some	O
of	O
the	O
feedback	O
into	O
an	O
updated	O
version	O
of	O
its	O
app	O
that	O
launched	O
on	O
January	O
1	O
,	O
2015	O
,	O
and	O
has	O
since	O
experienced	O
considerable	O
growth	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2014	O
,	O
Taskrabbit	B-Application
received	O
4,000	O
applications	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
Tasker	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
2016	O
,	O
TaskRabbit	B-Application
promoted	O
Stacy	O
Brown-Philpot	O
from	O
chief	O
operating	O
officer	O
to	O
CEO	B-Application
,	O
as	O
founder	O
and	O
former	O
CEO	B-Application
Leah	O
Busque	O
became	O
executive	O
chairwoman	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
her	O
promotion	O
to	O
CEO	B-Application
,	O
she	O
pledged	O
to	O
run	O
Taskrabbit	B-Application
with	O
“	O
focused	O
execution	O
and	O
strong	O
cost	O
discipline	O
,	O
”	O
according	O
to	O
USA	O
Today	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
During	O
her	O
tenure	O
,	O
Taskrabbit	B-Application
became	O
“	O
a	O
successful	O
global	O
business	O
that	O
is	O
strongly	O
positioned	O
for	O
continued	O
year-over-year	O
growth	O
”	O
and	O
“	O
expanded	O
to	O
thousands	O
of	O
cities	O
across	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
Canada	O
and	O
Europe	O
,	O
”	O
The	O
New	O
York	O
Times	O
reported	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2017	O
,	O
the	O
IKEA	O
Group	O
announced	O
it	O
would	O
acquire	O
TaskRabbit	B-Application
,	O
which	O
would	O
continue	O
to	O
operate	O
independently	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IKEA	O
launched	O
a	O
furniture	O
assembly	O
service	O
from	O
Taskrabbit	B-Application
in	O
March	O
2018	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2018	O
,	O
TaskRabbit	B-Application
began	O
its	O
global	O
expansion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
February	O
2018	O
,	O
TaskRabbit	B-Application
entered	O
the	O
UK	O
by	O
offering	O
service	O
in	O
Birmingham	O
,	O
Bristol	O
and	O
Manchester	O
,	O
England	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
expansion	O
in	O
December	O
2018	O
into	O
the	O
Brighton	O
,	O
Cardiff	O
,	O
Coventry	O
,	O
Liverpool	O
&	O
Warrington	O
,	O
Oxford	O
,	O
and	O
Reading	O
,	O
U.K.	O
markets	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2018	O
,	O
Taskrabbit	B-Application
expanded	O
across	O
Canada	O
with	O
a	O
rollout	O
in	O
Toronto	O
,	O
followed	O
by	O
service	O
in	O
Vancouver	O
,	O
Montreal	O
,	O
and	O
other	O
Canadian	O
cities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
present	O
,	O
Taskrabbit	B-Application
is	O
available	O
in	O
around	O
45	O
cities	O
across	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
,	O
Canada	O
,	O
and	O
Britain	O
,	O
including	O
Calgary	O
,	O
Edmonton	O
,	O
Halifax	O
,	O
Ottawa-Gatineau	O
,	O
Quebec	O
City	O
,	O
and	O
Winnipeg	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
September	O
2019	O
,	O
TaskRabbit	B-Application
entered	O
the	O
French	O
market	O
by	O
starting	O
service	O
in	O
Paris	O
and	O
followed	O
it	O
with	O
a	O
rollout	O
to	O
other	O
French	O
cities	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
January	O
2020	O
,	O
Taskrabbit	B-Application
started	O
service	O
across	O
39	O
cities	O
in	O
Spain	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2020	O
,	O
Brown-Philpot	O
stepped	O
down	O
as	O
CEO	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Taskrabbit	B-Application
named	O
former	O
Airbnb	O
Global	O
Operations	O
Lead	O
and	O
UberEats	O
Head	O
of	O
Courier	O
Operations	O
Ania	O
Smith	O
its	O
new	O
CEO	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Smith	O
views	O
trust	O
as	O
essential	O
to	O
Taskrabbit	B-Application
's	O
service	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2021	O
,	O
Taskrabbit	B-Application
launched	O
in	O
Italy	O
in	O
Rome	O
and	O
Milan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
July	O
2022	O
,	O
Taskrabbit	B-Application
began	O
offering	O
service	O
in	O
Monaco	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2022	O
,	O
TaskRabbit	B-Application
launched	O
a	O
global	O
brand	O
refresh	O
,	O
introducing	O
an	O
all	O
lower-case	O
wordmark	O
with	O
two	O
different	O
"	O
a	O
"	O
characters	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
More	O
than	O
200,000	O
independent	O
workers	O
use	O
the	O
TaskRabbit	B-Application
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
fiscal	O
2021	O
,	O
TaskRabbit	B-Application
saw	O
a	O
67%	O
year-over-year	O
spike	O
in	O
active	O
Taskers	O
around	O
the	O
world	O
,	O
about	O
a	O
third	O
of	O
whom	O
are	O
actors	O
and	O
musicians	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
have	O
turned	O
their	O
Taskrabbit	B-Application
work	O
into	O
a	O
full-time	O
job	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
TaskRabbit	B-Application
was	O
the	O
basis	O
for	O
an	O
episode	O
of	O
season	O
three	O
of	O
Netflix	O
's	O
Unbreakable	O
Kimmy	O
Schmidt	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
was	O
also	O
parodied	O
in	O
The	B-Application
Simpsons	I-Application
episode	O
"	O
Dad	O
Behavior	O
"	O
as	O
ChoreMonkey	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
in	O
the	O
iCarly	O
(	O
2021	O
)	O
episode	O
"	O
iGot	O
Your	O
Back	O
"	O
as	O
PostRabbit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Netflix	O
's	O
holiday	O
rom-com	O
Single	O
All	O
The	O
Way	O
(	O
2021	O
)	O
,	O
main	O
character	O
Nick	O
subsidizes	O
his	O
career	O
as	O
a	O
writer	O
by	O
working	O
as	O
a	O
handyman	O
for	O
Taskrabbit	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
Peacock	B-Application
original	O
crime	O
thriller/comedy	O
series	O
Killing	O
It	O
(	O
2022	O
)	O
,	O
cash-hungry	O
character	O
Jillian	O
works	O
for	O
TaskRabbit	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
cartoon	O
hit	O
by	O
Seth	O
MacFarlane	O
references	O
Taskrabbit	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
HBO	O
’s	O
Silicon	O
Valley	O
series	O
references	O
Taskrabbit	B-Application
in	O
episode	O
seven	O
of	O
season	O
six	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
season	O
two/episode	O
two	O
of	O
Peacock	B-Application
musical	O
comedy	O
Girls5eva	O
,	O
character	O
Dawn	O
searches	O
Taskrabbit	B-Application
for	O
geriatric	O
button	O
pushers	O
with	O
no	O
opinions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
TaskRabbit	B-Application
employee	O
appears	O
in	O
Cobra	O
Kai	O
.	O
</s>
