Every once in a while I come across a product or a service that makes me think “why didn’t I think of that?” TaskRabbit is one of those ideas that really seems like it came from my brain. I am always fantasizing about a community where everyone chips in doing the chores they are best at. My talent would be barking orders so that everyone met their deadlines.

I would like to meet the person who developed TaskRabbit. I think the online concept is genius. It just seems very natural to me to outsource small jobs and tasks to others in their neighborhood who are more qualified, It’s all very civilized. “Needy folks name a task they want done, quotes the price they are willing to pay, and a network of pre-approved TaskRabbits bid to complete the job”

TaskRabbit was founded by Leah Busque in 2008 and reportedly received $37.5 million in funding. She came up with the idea when she needed someone else to run an errand. Busque bought the domain name RunMyErrand.com, then later changed it to TaskRabbit. She quit her job as a software engineer at IBM and launched the site in Boston, with 100 people participating. Today the company is functioning in many cities in the United States.

Let me know if you tried this service. Dying to know how well it works.