Co-founder, Sōsh Business Development & User Acquisition, Slide & Climate Corporation Management Consultant, Bain & Company
Bill.com is fantastic.
Taskrabbit and oDesk.
Though over time the most common requests are usually standardized into products to reduce complexity for the buyer. For most buyers the open ended nature of a bounty system is intimidating.
The due diligence will be focused on these main areas: 1) product prototype, 2) team, 3) total addressable market and 4) operating model (i.e. use of proceeds).