# Leah Solivan

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Breaking the Bank: Aaron Holiday on 645 ventures' data-driven approach to sourcing deals and bringing the invisible to life [Replay]

This summer, Breaking Precedent is revisiting conversations that feel just as resonant now as when they were first recorded. In this episode, Leah Solivan sits down with Aaron Holiday to explore what it means to challenge the systems and assumptions that determine who gets access to opportunity.  A…

How to Build a Platform for a Market That Doesn’t Exist Yet

Leah Solivan of TaskRabbit and Joanna Strober of Midi Health discuss funding, infrastructure decisions, and AI opportunities that are rewriting the rules.

Leah Solivan, TaskRabbit founder: How the gig economy falls short

“People just wanted to own the way they worked, but with that comes these institutional structures that have been built around the history of work that doesn’t allow for benefits programs or paid time off, or insurance. So there were all these things I knew that weighed on me. It wasn’t a perfect s…

Breaking the Code: Anne Wojcicki on Genetics, Reinvention, and Rewriting Consumer Health

What did Anne Wojcicki see in healthcare that made her leave Wall Street and risk challenging an entire industry to put power back in patients’ hands?  Welcome to the brand new season of Breaking Precedent where Leah Solivan interviews 23andMe founder Anne Wojcicki about breaking medical “gatekeep…

She Built TaskRabbit From a “Failed” Idea | EP112 (feat. Leah Solivan)

What if your “failed” idea wasn’t bad, it was just too early? This week Shawn sits down with Leah Solivan, founder of TaskRabbit AND self-taught chicken farmer, for a founder-to-founder conversation about the Shawnism, “Match the Moment.” Shawn and Leah trade stories about the times they moved too …

Breaking the Dress Code: Sali Christeson on Power, Workwear, and Dressing Women for the Room

What does it take to keep building a workwear brand for a decade after a top VC tells you, in writing, that utility doesn't belong in women's clothing? This episode traces Sali Christeson's path from a childhood split between a South Carolina farm and her father's rug shop in Istanbul's bazaars to…

Real AI Use Cases That Are Working - What Can AI Really Do for Your Business?

Real AI Use Cases That Are Working - What Can AI Really Do for Your Business?  What can AI actually do for a business today? In this episode of Real AI Use Cases: Business Owners Roundtable, Elizabeth Gearhart and Richard Gearhart are joined by Leah Solivan, Nate Amidon, and Lauren Hidalgo for a …

Breaking the 9-to-5: Gary Swart on the Future of Work, Freelance Nation, and Betting on Founders

What happens when you turn down an early job at Netflix, back when it was still just an idea about mailing DVDs, and then spend the next decade proving that work doesn't have to happen in an office? This episode follows Gary Swart from running a parts middleman business in New Jersey to leading oD…

The TaskRabbit Founder Story, From a $27,000 Pension to an IKEA Acquisition

Wealth Catalyst is where women go to take the conversation further, and Leah Solivan's journey from building TaskRabbit to backing the next generation of founders fits that mission perfectly. Two percent. Leah says that's the share of women who receive venture capital funding for their businesses.…

Breaking the Capital Ceiling: Erin Harkless Moore on Who Gets Funded and Why

What happens when a $648 billion market goes uncounted, and who decided it wasn't worth measuring in the first place? This episode follows Erin Harkless Moore from the breakfast table in San Antonio, through Goldman Sachs, Cambridge Associates, and Princeton's endowment, to Pivotal, the organizati…