99U | Leah Busque: Have Big, Hairy, Audacious Goals And Take Baby Steps @99u | Uploaded December 2013 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
About this presentation
Since founding the crowd-sourced errand service TaskRabbit in 2008, Leah Busque has steadily and purposefully built her company from humble Boston beginnings to a national powerhouse. In this talk followed by a Q&A with Behance's Scott Belsky, Leah shares five lessons learned from building TaskRabbit from the ground up, including the importance of sharing your ideas liberally, methods for building a network of supporters and investors, and the importance of setting a B.H.A.G. (Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal).
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2:06 philosophy on how I make ideas happen
2:57 2 most important lessons
3:11 Lesson 1: Tell everyone you meet about your idea
4:12 how collaboration brought ideas to life
8:05 Lesson 2: Cultivate an atmosphere of mentorship and collaboration
9:10 connect with people who are just a passionate you are -- don't force mentorship
9:43 surround yourself with a supportive community
10:27 Lesson 3: Have BHAGs and take baby steps
11:55 Lesson 4: Ship it
13:06 Lesson 5: Love what you do
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14:45 how did you persevere through the trying times?
16:12 "no one knows your business like you do"
17:01 is there anything you'd do differently?
About Leah Busque
A vision for revolutionizing the way people work led Leah Busque to pioneer the concept of "service networking." Her passion for product innovation and devotion to user experience have propelled TaskRabbit into a leading role in the collaborative consumption movement.
Since bootstrapping TaskRabbit in 2008, Leah has expanded the company nationally, grown the team to more than 60 employees, and inspired legions of startups to launch in the collaborative and service networking space. Fast Company named her one of the "100 Most Creative People in Business," and her achievements have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Wired, and Time. Prior to founding TaskRabbit, Leah was a Software Engineer at IBM, working in the Messaging and Collaboration Software Development Group.
Leah lives in San Mateo with her husband, TaskRabbit's VP of Technology Kevin Busque.
About 99U
The 99U delivers the action-oriented education that you didn't get in school, highlighting real-world best practices for making ideas happen.
About this presentation
Since founding the crowd-sourced errand service TaskRabbit in 2008, Leah Busque has steadily and purposefully built her company from humble Boston beginnings to a national powerhouse. In this talk followed by a Q&A with Behance's Scott Belsky, Leah shares five lessons learned from building TaskRabbit from the ground up, including the importance of sharing your ideas liberally, methods for building a network of supporters and investors, and the importance of setting a B.H.A.G. (Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal).
Watch more 99U talks here: 99u.com/videos
2:06 philosophy on how I make ideas happen
2:57 2 most important lessons
3:11 Lesson 1: Tell everyone you meet about your idea
4:12 how collaboration brought ideas to life
8:05 Lesson 2: Cultivate an atmosphere of mentorship and collaboration
9:10 connect with people who are just a passionate you are -- don't force mentorship
9:43 surround yourself with a supportive community
10:27 Lesson 3: Have BHAGs and take baby steps
11:55 Lesson 4: Ship it
13:06 Lesson 5: Love what you do
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14:45 how did you persevere through the trying times?
16:12 "no one knows your business like you do"
17:01 is there anything you'd do differently?
About Leah Busque
A vision for revolutionizing the way people work led Leah Busque to pioneer the concept of "service networking." Her passion for product innovation and devotion to user experience have propelled TaskRabbit into a leading role in the collaborative consumption movement.
Since bootstrapping TaskRabbit in 2008, Leah has expanded the company nationally, grown the team to more than 60 employees, and inspired legions of startups to launch in the collaborative and service networking space. Fast Company named her one of the "100 Most Creative People in Business," and her achievements have been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Wired, and Time. Prior to founding TaskRabbit, Leah was a Software Engineer at IBM, working in the Messaging and Collaboration Software Development Group.
Leah lives in San Mateo with her husband, TaskRabbit's VP of Technology Kevin Busque.
About 99U
The 99U delivers the action-oriented education that you didn't get in school, highlighting real-world best practices for making ideas happen.
