>"Uber's success is due to the CEO being an asshole." It seems to me like you might be conflating being bold with being asshole. I'm pretty sure they can be mu

>"Uber's success is due to the CEO being an asshole." It seems to me like you might be conflating being bold with being asshole. I'm pretty sure they can be mutually exclusive. It's quite possible to make bold business moves without being an asshole. Examples of bold vs asshole: Taking on the entrenched taxi medallion oligopoly is being bold. Making sexist jokes in an interview with a magazine(or at all)is being an asshole. Making an entry into the Chinese market is being bold. Berating a driver who is voicing concerns about falling fares is being an asshole.