4 ms·
It's interesting that in the UK TV series of the Apprentice, the candidate who came second lost for having this as their business plan. TaskRabbit have a better
by Robin_Message 15y ago
It's interesting that in the UK TV series of the Apprentice, the candidate who came second lost for having this as their business plan. TaskRabbit have a better set of suggested tasks than she did though, and a better demographic/channel (SV intetnet) compared to a UK-wide phone service.
Link: http://www.bbc.co.uk/apprentice/series7/helen-louise-milligan.shtml#ta-person-content http://www.bbc.co.uk/apprentice/series7/helen-louise-milliga...
- ig1 15y agoNot really, she was tackling the same problem as TaskRabbit but with a completely different solution. Her solution was a franchise business of individuals who did tasks, which has completely different economics to the marketplace model of TaskRabbit.
- Robin_Message 15y agoYes, you're certainly right that TaskRabbit is tackling the same problem in a different way. It was similar enough to remind me and achieved the same ends though. I guess my point is that ideas really are unimportant, because even what appears to be the same idea on the surface can be totally different from a business perspective. All in the execution.