Leah Busque
{{Short description|American entrepreneur (born 1979)}}
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| education = Sweet Briar College
| occupation = General Partner at Fuel Capital; Founder of TaskRabbit
| spouse = Michael Breyer[https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2019/12/24/the-two-profiles-everyones-talking-about-487964 "Playbook: The two profiles everyone’s talking about"]. Politico. .
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Leah Busque{{pronunciation needed|date=April 2023}} (born November 15, 1979), the founder of TaskRabbit,{{cite news
|newspaper=The New York Times
|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/02/us/02iht-currents02.html
|title=Is Technology Fostering a Race to the Bottom?
|author=Anand Giridharadas |date=June 1, 2012}} is an American entrepreneur.[https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2019/12/24/the-two-profiles-everyones-talking-about-487964 "Playbook: The two profiles everyone’s talking about"]. Politico. .
Biography
Busque graduated from Sweet Briar College in 2001, earning a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Computer Science.{{citation needed|date=September 2021}} She previously served on the college's board of directors.{{Cite web |title=SBC Board of Directors |url=http://sbc.edu/president/board-of-directors/ }} Prior to RunMyErrand, Solivan was an IBM Corp. engineer.{{cite magazine |first=Galen |last=Moore |date=2010-04-08 |title=RunMyErrand changes name to TaskRabbit |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/boston/blog/mass-high-tech/2010/04/runmyerrand-changes-name-to-taskrabbit.html |magazine=BizJournals.com (Boston Business Journal)}}
Sh left IBM "to build the first version of the site". When a chance to help the business grow required the family to relocate, they moved from Boston to San Francisco.{{cite news |first=Jessica |last=Bruder |date=2012-12-19 |title=A Wave of Start-Ups Helps Small Companies Outsource Their Tasks |newspaper=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/20/business/smallbusiness/start-ups-take-on-special-tasks-for-small-business.html }}
Since the summer of 2017, Solivan has been a General Partner at Fuel Capital.{{Cite news|url=https://www.recode.net/2017/9/26/16371178/leah-busque-fuel-capital-taskrabbit-sale|title=TaskRabbit's founder has joined a VC firm, as the company continues to explore a sale|work=Recode|access-date=2017-11-27}}
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