The OG of this point of view is Travis K, founder of Uber. His pitch in 2009-10 wasn’t about helping drivers and passengers…it was about how he had been sued by the government during the P2P file sharing era and figured out how to turn that into free publicity while lawyering up and ignoring legal decision after legal decision. It worked so well that it became part of the early new-city rollout plan to reduce cost of customer acquisition and accelerate awareness. 1) Open up in new city. 2) Hite kid to wrangle some limo drivers. 3) Make sure one of them gets impounded by the taxi commissioner. 4) File story about government being mean to innovative startup. 5) Throw parties. Repeat.
I have been sat in the pub all afternoon trying to explain this to a friend. These traditional structural rules were nothing more than good manners, though I'm stretching the use of good here. With the only obligation being to your own agenda and bank balance, you really can do what you want. Our only hope now being the much lauded but rarely tested checks and balances of U.S law. Buckle up.
The OG of this point of view is Travis K, founder of Uber. His pitch in 2009-10 wasn’t about helping drivers and passengers…it was about how he had been sued by the government during the P2P file sharing era and figured out how to turn that into free publicity while lawyering up and ignoring legal decision after legal decision. It worked so well that it became part of the early new-city rollout plan to reduce cost of customer acquisition and accelerate awareness. 1) Open up in new city. 2) Hite kid to wrangle some limo drivers. 3) Make sure one of them gets impounded by the taxi commissioner. 4) File story about government being mean to innovative startup. 5) Throw parties. Repeat.
Yes, absolutely part of the lineage here
Very well written. Oh, and quite terrifying. 🤦♀️
I have been sat in the pub all afternoon trying to explain this to a friend. These traditional structural rules were nothing more than good manners, though I'm stretching the use of good here. With the only obligation being to your own agenda and bank balance, you really can do what you want. Our only hope now being the much lauded but rarely tested checks and balances of U.S law. Buckle up.