Recode Decode: Stacy Brown-Philpot, CEO, TaskRabbit

Decoder with Nilay Patel

Vox Media Podcast Network

Technology, Business

4.3 • 3.2K Ratings

🗓️ 6 September 2016

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

TaskRabbit CEO Stacy Brown-Philpot chats with Recode's Kara Swisher about how her company and others are changing the definition of work. During her previous stint as TaskRabbit's COO, Brown-Philpot oversaw a major shift in how the company defines itself and made its service far more reliable, at the cost of a yearlong restructuring and employee layoffs. She discusses what's next for the sharing economy and why consolidation may be ahead. Brown-Philpot also talks about being one of the few black female CEOs in tech, and what can be done at all levels of a company to improve the diversity conversation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Today's sponsor is Casper, an online retailer of premium mattresses for a fraction of the price.
0:06.0	Get $50 toward any mattress purchase by visiting Casper.com slash Recode and using the promo code Recode.
0:11.0	Terms and conditions apply.
0:14.0	We'd also like to thank Qualcomm for making today's show possible.
0:17.0	First they connected the phone to the internet, now they're connecting the internet to everything else. Qualcomm.
0:21.0	They're the restless inventors bringing the future forward faster.
0:27.0	Recode radio presents Recode Decode, hosted by Cara Swisher, powered by digital media.
0:33.0	Hi, I'm Cara Swisher, executive editor of Recode.
0:36.0	You may know me as the final boss of the video game that Elon Musk says we're living in,
0:40.0	but in my spare time I talk tech and you're listening to Recode Decode, a podcast about tech and media's key players,
0:45.0	big ideas and how they're changing the world we live in.
0:48.0	You can subscribe to Recode Decode at iTunes.com slash Recode Decode and while you're there, leave us a review.
0:55.0	Today in the red chair is Stacey Brown Philpott, the CEO of TaskRabbit, who I've known for a really long time.
1:01.0	She's a former Google exec and the founder of the Black Googleer Network.
1:05.0	She joined TaskRabbit in January of 2013 as its chief operating officer and was named CEO in April of this year.
1:12.0	She's also on the board of HP. Stacey, welcome to the show.
1:16.0	Thank you.
1:17.0	What part of HP are you on the board member of? There's so many parts of HP now.
1:19.0	There's two parts.
1:20.0	I'm on the HP Inc board.
1:22.0	It's just the business that sells printers and PCs.
1:24.0	Yes. Okay.
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