Tim Fung: No Hacks. No Shortcuts. Just Ten Years of Building Airtasker to $500M
Update: 2025-10-21
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What does it really take to build a billion-dollar marketplace from scratch?
In this episode of Never Not Building, Andrew Raso sits down with Tim Fung, co-founder and CEO of Airtasker, one of Australia’s biggest startup success stories.
From doing KFC deliveries himself to get the platform moving, to burning through $2 million a month while expanding overseas, Tim shares the raw, unfiltered story of building Airtasker. The mistakes, lessons, and mindset shifts behind scaling a global brand.
They dive into:
- The early startup grind and why “faking it till you make it” actually worked.
- What it takes to build trust and traction in a two-sided marketplace.
- Why there’s never a silver bullet in business, only relentless building.
- How Airtasker went from one Sydney idea to operations in the US, UK, and Singapore.
If you’ve ever wondered what startup life really looks like behind the headlines, this conversation is for you.
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