That is very possibly accurate. Redswoosh lost the support VC's in ~2001, and it was just him, in a shared office with a single engineer. He stuck with it tho

That is very possibly accurate. Redswoosh lost the support VC's in ~2001, and it was just him, in a shared office with a single engineer. He stuck with it though where most would have abandoned it, and was able to sell it years later to Akamai, and RedSwoosh was a dog of a product. [1] [2] To say he pushed hard is an understatement. That's his mindset, he's cocky but he believes in what he's doing, and he keeps pushing no matter what. The difference is, Uber is a success by all measures, [3] and it may need a different mentality to move it forward. [1]: http://www.businessinsider.com/uber-travis-kalanick-bio-2014-1 http://www.businessinsider.com/uber-travis-kalanick-bio-2014... [2]: https://gigaom.com/2008/05/03/whatever-happened-to-red-swoosh/ https://gigaom.com/2008/05/03/whatever-happened-to-red-swoos... [3]: http://www.businessinsider.com/history-of-uber-and-its-rise-to-become-the-most-valuable-startup-in-the-world-2015-9 http://www.businessinsider.com/history-of-uber-and-its-rise-...