Over the last decade, Uber has become renowned for being the disruptive startup that achieved a meteoric rise to fame. Just think about how many times you’ve heard an idea pitch that begins with “It’s Uber for [desired industry name].”?| www.cascade.app
I have not thought or said much about DEI (Diversity, Equity and Inclusion) over the years. Not because I don’t care about the espoused ideals — I suppose I do, rather a lot — but because corporate…| charity.wtf
We talk a lot about what data can borrow from software engineering. But on the biggest issue of all, the technology industry has a lot to learn from the analytics community.| benn.substack.com
Uber’s narratives reduce everything to emotive battles between good and evil. If Uber’s success is inevitable, and resistance is futile, no one needs to waste time examining any actual economic or financial data. Part one of this series documented Uber’s uncompetitive economics, its inability to earn sustainable profits in competitive markets, and its explicit pursuit of […]| ProMarket
Susan Fowler describes what happened after her story went viral| TIME
Uber has a new CEO, and the reason he is a great choice explain why the Uber job is still an attractive one.| Stratechery by Ben Thompson
Since it began operations in 2010, Uber has grown to the point where it now collects over $45 billion in gross passenger revenue, and it has seized a major share of the urban car service market. But the widespread belief that it is a highly innovative and successful company has no basis in economic reality. An examination of Uber’s economics suggests that it has no hope of ever earning sustainable urban car service profits in competitive markets...| American Affairs Journal
