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Leah Busque

The founder of TaskRabbit, the on-demand labor marketplace, attributes her big idea to rigorous self-discipline—and owning a dog
NEW TERRITORY Leah Busque started from scratch when seeking investors for TaskRabbit. “I didn’t have a network,” she says. “I had never even been to the West Coast.”

How do you come up with an idea like TaskRabbit?

For months, I’d been antsy at IBM. So I trained myself to have ideas. I kept a notepad next to my bed to jot down thoughts

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