Uber
peer-to-peer ridesharing, food delivery, and transportation network company headquartered in San Francisco, California
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Videos Mentioning Uber
Gretchen Rubin Interview | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
The company where Bozoma Saint John serves as Chief Brand Officer.
Caterina Fake — The Outsider Who Built Giants | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
Tim Ferriss uses Uber daily and has been an advisor since 2008 or 2009, utilizing it for travel, pet transport, and deliveries.
Bozoma Saint John Interview | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
The company where Bozoma Saint John became Chief Brand Officer in 2017.
Paul Buchheit
Y Combinator
Praised for being masterful at turning setbacks, like a taxi strike in London, into growth opportunities.
The Psychedelic News Hour - New Breakthroughs, Treatment of Trauma, and More | The Tim Ferriss Show
Tim Ferriss
A company that used initial premium pricing for a small subset of people to pay for R&D and subsidize cheaper, wider deployment.
Trump assassination attempt, Secret Service failure, Inside the RNC, VC liquidity problem
All-In Podcast
Mentioned as a precedent for a company staying private for an extended period before liquidity.
E36: New FTC Chair, breaking up big tech, government silent spying, Jon Stewart, wildfires & more
All-In Podcast
Used as an example of a business that scaled quickly, dropped pricing, and aimed to create a monopoly.
Mike Maples Jr Interview | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
A ride-sharing company, mentioned in the context of competition for Cruise Automation, and earlier, as a successor to StumbleUpon for its founder Garrett Camp.
Ian Hogarth
Y Combinator
Mentioned as a company that emerged on the back of mobile platform shifts.
Kathryn Minshew at Startup School NY 2014
Y Combinator
The first company The Muse partnered with for a test of their job profiles, used as an example of early-stage growth and platform utility.
E32: Behind the scenes of Elon hosting SNL, CDC failures, America's real-time UBI experiment & more
All-In Podcast
Mentioned for its CEO's comments on driver earnings, highlighting rising labor costs.
Dr Peter Attia vs Tim Ferriss | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
A company in which Tim Ferriss was an early-stage tech investor and advisor.
The Reckoning to Come: A Conversation with Balaji Srinivasan (Episode #259)
Sam Harris
Used as an example of a 'cloud regulator' that provides a better system than traditional taxi regulations through ratings and reviews.
Tim O'Reilly Interview | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
A ride-sharing company whose business model is dissected in Tim O'Reilly's book, viewed as potentially extractive in contrast to competitors and impacting the future of self-driving cars.
E26: State of Venture Capital, plus fan questions on longevity, decentralization & quantum computing
All-In Podcast
Mentioned as an example of a company that could potentially offer shares to its drivers through crowdfunding.
Apoorva Mehta at Startup School NY 2014
Y Combinator
A ride-sharing company whose Uber Black car was sometimes used in the early days of Instacart for deliveries due to the founder not owning a car.
Seth Godin on How to Say “No,” Market Like a Professional, and Win at Life | The Tim Ferriss Show
Tim Ferriss
An example of a company that initially appealed to a niche audience seeking a magical electronic device experience, not just transportation.
Sebastian Thrun: Flying Cars, Autonomous Vehicles, and Education | Lex Fridman Podcast #59
Lex Fridman
Company that has aqua-hired engineers and participated in the self-driving car space, highlighting the value of engineers in the field.
Arianna Huffington Interview | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
Company where Arianna Huffington serves on the board.
Scott Belsky — How to Conquer the Messy Middle | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
A ride-sharing company Scott Belsky was an early investor and advisor for, and later referenced as an example of brand development.
Office Hours at Startup School 2013 with Paul Graham and Sam Altman
Y Combinator
Used as an analogy for Flexport by Ryan Ryan, though Paul Graham found the analogy for Flexport to be more like a 'teleporter for products'.
E19: Robinhood's GameStop decision: Why did it happen and how can it be prevented in the future?
All-In Podcast
Mentioned multiple times as an example of a rapidly scaling startup facing challenges and as a comparison for Robinhood's business model and growth.
Jitendra Malik: Computer Vision | Lex Fridman Podcast #110
Lex Fridman
Mentioned in the context of a self-driving car incident in Arizona that caused a fatality, highlighting real-world AI risks.
Rohit Prasad: Amazon Alexa and Conversational AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #57
Lex Fridman
A ride-sharing service, used as an example of a follow-up action Alexa might suggest after a user buys movie tickets.