Exec (errand service)

Exec was a company based in San Francisco, United States, that provided companies and individuals access to on-demand personal assistants (for delivery, furniture assembly, research, etc.) and cleaning services.^[1] Started by Justin Kan, founder of Justin.tv, in February 2012 with co-founders Daniel Kan, his brother, and Amir Ghazvinian, Exec was backed by Y Combinator and other prominent investors. The company was acquired by Handy in January 2014.

History

Exec received $3.3 million in seed funding.^[2][3] In September 2013, Exec shut down its errand service to focus on its cleaning service .^[4] In January 2014, Handybook, a company founded by Oisin Hanrahan, Umang Dua, Ignacio Leonhardt, and Weina Scott in 2012 announced that it had acquired Exec.^[5]

Business method

Exec’s errand service had no auction process, and was not an open marketplace. The jobs were dispatched to nearby individuals with the appropriate skills and good ratings, at a flat rate of $38 an hour .^[3]

Reception

Exec was nominated for Techcrunch's 2012 TechCrunchie Award for Fastest Rising Startup.^[6] Exec’s cleaning service garnered positive reviews from web publications such as TechCrunch praising their professionalism and efficiency.^[7] Exec also received positive coverage by other publications such as The New York Times, Huffington Post, Forbes, Inc., and Business Insider.^{[3][7][8][9][10]}

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