Rapid Response: TaskRabbit's Stacy Brown-Philpot: “A pandemic doesn’t see money.”
Masters of Scale18 Apr 2020

Rapid Response: TaskRabbit's Stacy Brown-Philpot: “A pandemic doesn’t see money.”

TaskRabbit remains open for business, says CEO Stacy Brown-Philpot. As the magnitude and severity of the pandemic became clear – and as workers across the U.S. were furloughed and services cut – TaskRabbit leaned into the work they do: providing services to those who need them and empowering Taskers with new opportunities for income, including virtual tasks, and Tasks for Good, which connects vulnerable individuals in need with local volunteer Taskers. TaskRabbit was founded during the 2008 financial crisis and then and now, says Stacy, the business remains a necessity, for the community, and for the gig economy. Interviewed by editor Bob Safian.

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