# What It Really Feels Like to Sell Your Company to IKEA | Ep. 324 with Leah Solivan Founder of TaskRabbit

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Podcast: [Founder's Story](https://stenobird.com/podcast/founder-s-story-648906)
Published: 2026-03-16T11:40:00+00:00
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Duration seconds: 1743

## Resource

Daniel Robbins interviews Leah Solivan about building TaskRabbit through the Great Recession, helping shape the gig economy, and navigating the emotional and operational reality of selling a company to IKEA. Leah also shares her perspective as a founder turned investor on VC incentives, fundraising dynamics, and what it takes to build category defining companies that ride real inflection points.

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