[marpalmin]

A kind of task rabbit that will connect expats ( who don't speak the language) with locals. The idea is that the local will help the expat in small tasks like understanding an insurance policy, housing contract, employment receipt.

[sounds]

Sounds interesting!

But would the company be able to build brand? First, to find expats would be somewhat difficult as they tend to blend in! Second, the company would need to be careful which people they hired, so they might be able to start at the top end of the market (high rates, high quality service) and work down from there...

That gives me the idea that it could start from an already existing service-oriented company, whether that's landscaping, security, legal services, accounting, etc. and they could just add translation and a more taskrabbit-like approach (phone app, etc.)

[marpalmin]

Yea you got a point. However, I think you should pay a small fee, let's say 10 euros for the help. I used to live in the netherlands and it happened to me many times that I didnt understand contracts, bills, etc and I got tired to ask friends/coworkers to help me with that. I would pay a small fee to have an external part to do it. I think it would work better targetting high skilled expats in European cities with lot of them where the native language is not English like Amsterdam, Munich, Berlin.