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>They're as-yet- unchallenged in their market. TaskRabbit, a 500startups venture.

minikomi 15y ago
Wow.. I could totally see something like this taking off in Tokyo aimed at helping well-paid foreign ex-pats navigate annoying Japanese tasks eg. Go to the city office, prepare visa forms, change postal address etc.
tptacek 15y ago
Whoah, neat, TaskRabbit is in Chicago. Has anyone used this thingy? I've got a bunch of stuff I'd consider farming out. Do you think the Marquis Jet positioning is the right way for Kan to go with EXEC?
- ivv 15y ago
  I had someone on TaskRabbit sift through a bunch of childcare options to find an open spot. It worked well, and saved me a lot of frustrating phone conversations for around $30.
- spearo77 15y ago
  I had a pretty novel task done.. not especially cheap, but it was worth it — http://www.taskrabbit.com/new-york-ny/t/express-ship-blu-ray-disc-purchased-from-quicksilver-store-time-square http://www.taskrabbit.com/new-york-ny/t/express-ship-blu-ray... Get to the Quiksilver store in Time Square Purchase a Blu-Ray disc of Art Of Flight Ship to a San Francisco address with FedEx Standard Overnight
- potatolicious 15y ago
  I had TaskRabbit come and pick up some oversized recycling, worked like a charm. Cheap, and fast turnaround. This was in SF, FWIW.
- ephermata 15y ago
  Yes. One of the clever touches of the TaskRabbit web site is that every task has a unique URL that facilitates sharing stories like this. You can even push a button on the page to "use this task as a template." Some of the things I've found useful -- Write notes about a webinar, following instructions on key things to notice and questions to ask. http://www.taskrabbit.com/virtual/t/take-notes-from-a-1-hour-webinar-11-am-pst-22-march-2012 http://www.taskrabbit.com/virtual/t/take-notes-from-a-1-hour... Attend a lecture, write a trip report, take pictures. http://www.taskrabbit.com/seattle-wa/t/attend-a-talk-at-uw-and-write-a-trip-report-28-february-2012-3-30-4-30 http://www.taskrabbit.com/seattle-wa/t/attend-a-talk-at-uw-a... Count number of businesses on FB matching certain criteria. http://www.taskrabbit.com/virtual/t/estimate-number-of-facebook-pages-meeting-specific-criteria http://www.taskrabbit.com/virtual/t/estimate-number-of-faceb... Handle the legwork for contacting ~30 vendors on aliexprss.com to open initial discussions about custom clothing. http://www.taskrabbit.com/virtual/t/virtual-assistance-research-make-initial-contact-with-www-aliexpress-com-vendors http://www.taskrabbit.com/virtual/t/virtual-assistance-resea... Helping me attend a meeting via Skype in a different city. http://www.taskrabbit.com/san-francisco-ca/t/help-me-attend-a-meeting-at-noisebridge-via-skype-8pm-10pm-on-22-11-2011 http://www.taskrabbit.com/san-francisco-ca/t/help-me-attend-...
- jfarmer 15y ago
  Exec is definitely positioning itself as the "more exclusive" TaskRabbit, or at least the "more professional" TaskRabbit. At Everlane we used TaskRabbit all the time for random, around-the-city tasks, including fetching things from IKEA (the nearest one is across the Bay Bridge in Oakland), bringing them to the office, and assembling them. Very cost effective, and can save hours of work.
  - tptacek 15y ago
    How do you figure that? Exec has what appears to be the same price as Taskrabbit.
btucker 15y ago
Also, http://www.fancyhands.com/ http://www.fancyhands.com/
- tptacek 15y ago
  Fancy Hands seems like it's more in the mold of Internet Personal Assistants; it doesn't look like they'll come clean your basement.
  - btucker 15y ago
    They won't, but they'll schedule an appointment with a trusted local service provider.

Wow.. I could totally see something like this taking off in Tokyo aimed at helping well-paid foreign ex-pats navigate annoying Japanese tasks eg. Go to the city office, prepare visa forms, change postal address etc.

tptacek 15y ago

Whoah, neat, TaskRabbit is in Chicago. Has anyone used this thingy? I've got a bunch of stuff I'd consider farming out. Do you think the Marquis Jet positioning is the right way for Kan to go with EXEC?

ivv 15y ago
I had someone on TaskRabbit sift through a bunch of childcare options to find an open spot. It worked well, and saved me a lot of frustrating phone conversations for around $30.
spearo77 15y ago
I had a pretty novel task done.. not especially cheap, but it was worth it — http://www.taskrabbit.com/new-york-ny/t/express-ship-blu-ray-disc-purchased-from-quicksilver-store-time-square http://www.taskrabbit.com/new-york-ny/t/express-ship-blu-ray... Get to the Quiksilver store in Time Square Purchase a Blu-Ray disc of Art Of Flight Ship to a San Francisco address with FedEx Standard Overnight
potatolicious 15y ago
I had TaskRabbit come and pick up some oversized recycling, worked like a charm. Cheap, and fast turnaround. This was in SF, FWIW.
ephermata 15y ago
Yes. One of the clever touches of the TaskRabbit web site is that every task has a unique URL that facilitates sharing stories like this. You can even push a button on the page to "use this task as a template." Some of the things I've found useful -- Write notes about a webinar, following instructions on key things to notice and questions to ask. http://www.taskrabbit.com/virtual/t/take-notes-from-a-1-hour-webinar-11-am-pst-22-march-2012 http://www.taskrabbit.com/virtual/t/take-notes-from-a-1-hour... Attend a lecture, write a trip report, take pictures. http://www.taskrabbit.com/seattle-wa/t/attend-a-talk-at-uw-and-write-a-trip-report-28-february-2012-3-30-4-30 http://www.taskrabbit.com/seattle-wa/t/attend-a-talk-at-uw-a... Count number of businesses on FB matching certain criteria. http://www.taskrabbit.com/virtual/t/estimate-number-of-facebook-pages-meeting-specific-criteria http://www.taskrabbit.com/virtual/t/estimate-number-of-faceb... Handle the legwork for contacting ~30 vendors on aliexprss.com to open initial discussions about custom clothing. http://www.taskrabbit.com/virtual/t/virtual-assistance-research-make-initial-contact-with-www-aliexpress-com-vendors http://www.taskrabbit.com/virtual/t/virtual-assistance-resea... Helping me attend a meeting via Skype in a different city. http://www.taskrabbit.com/san-francisco-ca/t/help-me-attend-a-meeting-at-noisebridge-via-skype-8pm-10pm-on-22-11-2011 http://www.taskrabbit.com/san-francisco-ca/t/help-me-attend-...
jfarmer 15y ago
Exec is definitely positioning itself as the "more exclusive" TaskRabbit, or at least the "more professional" TaskRabbit. At Everlane we used TaskRabbit all the time for random, around-the-city tasks, including fetching things from IKEA (the nearest one is across the Bay Bridge in Oakland), bringing them to the office, and assembling them. Very cost effective, and can save hours of work.
- tptacek 15y ago
  How do you figure that? Exec has what appears to be the same price as Taskrabbit.

btucker 15y ago

Also, http://www.fancyhands.com/ http://www.fancyhands.com/

tptacek 15y ago
Fancy Hands seems like it's more in the mold of Internet Personal Assistants; it doesn't look like they'll come clean your basement.
- btucker 15y ago
  They won't, but they'll schedule an appointment with a trusted local service provider.