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Post success analysis have one serious flaw. Theory should explain not only why Uber won but why Lyft lost. Assuming that some competitor would do the same as U
by kwikiel 10y ago
Post success analysis have one serious flaw. Theory should explain not only why Uber won but why Lyft lost. Assuming that some competitor would do the same as Uber regarding their strategy but without having to change laws/work on PR needed for drive sharing - why Uber strategy cannot be copied?
- fishnchips 10y agoOne problem with business as science is that even if we found a perfect recipe for success the fact that it was found would change the market in such a way that would render the golden recipe invalid. And that's assuming all things being equal which is never the case, at least not these days. Admittedly though, that's not how you sell thousands of copies of business books.
- SilasX 10y agoAlso, it's not even clear that one of them has won or lost yet. Lyft is still going strong, and uber is now having to make major changes to how it deals with tips. It's too early to write narratives for this.
- prostoalex 10y agoExactly. As a point of reference, Uber entered Russian market which already had various competing providers such as Yandex.Taxi and GetTaxi, and did not gain significant advantage.
- choxi 10y agohttps://medium.com/@choxi/uber-s-dominant-fundraising-strategy-7c2126918cc6#.c90ydy120 https://medium.com/@choxi/uber-s-dominant-fundraising-strate...