The Uber Story: Fraud, Betrayal, Death & Cars

WATCH MORE BUSINESS MINI-MOVIES IN THIS SERIES: 🔵 Episode 1 - The INSANE Story of WhatsApp: https://youtu.be/FQd5bo9nIZs 🟡 Episode 2 - The INSANE Truth About TikTok: https://youtu.be/djk159kLBwA 🟣 Episode 3 - The REAL Reason Yahoo! Lost Everything: https://youtu.be/hpI8PSY8eOM 🟢 Episode 4 - How Starbucks Made Billions From a Stolen Idea: https://youtu.be/E_t6cfCYj-U Uber is an incredibly useful service, and this video looks at how they managed to grow so quickly, and many of the controversies they faced along the way. DISCLAIMER: This video utilises a wide variety of secondary sources, but is heavily based on the book Super Pumped by Mike Isaac. Whilst every effort has been made to cross reference information, this video should be treated as one (simplified) version of the Uber story, and NOT a documentary. As with any story, there will always be differing views, and nuance that is lost. This video is meant to provide a summary of existing public information about Uber's story, and is not a piece of journalism. Any views expressed in the video are not connected to the sponsor. Thank you for your support everyone - I love you

That one taxi driver who was late to pick them up destroyed the whole taxi industry single-handedly. Imagine that.

All of these videos send the clear message that going after what you want, being ruthless, uncaring, and psychopathic is the road to success.

Friend of mine had an Uber in South Africa with a few cars. Mob sent a man to his home and basically put a gun to his head and told him the cars were now theirs, and they'd want about 30k USD compensation for lost business. Dude had to get on a plane and run away because the mob was going to kill him.

I stumbled across this video at the perfect time; Uber drivers in New York went on a strike a few days ago because the company quashed a pay and benefits raise. I’m disabled due to Sickle Cell Disease but I’m rooting for you guys; my fist is in the air in a show of solidarity with all of the workers of the world 🌹🍞✊✊✊

So Travis went full circle from being bullied to be the biggest bully on the block.

THIS needs a movie on the formation of the company. It’s literally Wolf of Wall Street with “taxis” lol

Storytime. Recently I didn't have my car and I live an hour away from my job so I was chatting with my Uber driver. He was also taking trips out of town as he was from a different city farther north. We talked about the long drives and I mentioned that the distance must be why my trip was so expensive. Apparently, Uber had promised the drivers they would be making upwards 50% of what the rider was charged. He asked me how much I paid for the trip, $52, and he was upset because he accepted this ride for $20. Safe to say, I tipped him $30 in cash because I drive that route every day for work. $20 doesn't cover gas.

What a story! It made my tail spin. I see that Travis was hungry, smart and relentless. He really poured himself into Uber at his detriment. Another well- executed video.

CEOs are largely composed of sociopaths and psychopaths. Travis fits the bill.

The Greyball strategy was genius. 😂😂

Truth is stranger than fiction. The story of Uber exemplifies this perfectly. This could potentially be made into a movie like The Social Network, heck, it could be made into an entire series.

I like that Didi used the same tactics Uber used on Lyft and them scammers with multiple phones taking advantage of they free offer is just the cherry on top

I use to be a taxi just before Uber launched here in NZ. the rules they skirted around here too and it was funny to watch. in 2017 when they were starting I sold my taxi business for $56,000. ( share in the business and the car I paid $20,000 for the car and $3000 in 2013 for the share ) the day uber launched in my city those prices fell from $30,000 to $19000. Im so glad I got out when I did ( I got lucky, a regular client saw my potential and offered me a job in there office doing the IT system for them )

This segment focuses on Uber driver predators but does not discusses customer-attacks on Uber drivers which is far more common.

When I worked at Uber, I was ordered to do things that the managers knew were not legal and promised a raise if anyone on our team ran into opposition and was arrested.

I went homeless in late 2016, started doing Uber Eats via bicycle in 2018, and was off the streets by the end of the year. I tried to maintain that trend but Uber keep extending the bicycle distances to ridiculous lengths and lowering the base pay to where I had to ride literally 100+ miles/day just to keep bills paid, barely, without ever getting ahead. If I had to do that now, I'd still be homeless because the pay is now worse than minimum wage.

You really summarised the whole controversy around Uber in the last 10 years. As someone who doesn't have time to follow these headlines but at the same time I am really interested in these current affairs, I really enjoyed this video. You have a follow here.

Dude! The production value in these videos are insane. Watched it to the very end! Another great one!

Erudite, well put together and informative - subbed and WELL DONE!