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This is a pretty laughable comment to make about a guy who took a company from $0 to $70 billion. Uber has completely changed transportation for millions of peo

This is a pretty laughable comment to make about a guy who took a company from $0 to $70 billion. Uber has completely changed transportation for millions of people around the globe. You might be right that Uber needs someone different for the next phase, but you make him sound like Michael Scott.

jon_richards 9y ago
Wasn't Michael Scott also extremely successful in the show?
- ryanwaggoner 9y ago
  I've watched like 4 episodes of the office, but we're talking about the same guy, right? The one who is a middle manager at a small sales office in Scranton? Pretty far cry from growing a company from $0 to billions in revenue, creating hundreds of thousands of jobs, and upending a global industry. In 8 years.
  - jon_richards 9y ago
    It was a plot point of the show that his branch was the only successful one. The company was literally selling printer paper in an increasingly digital world. He may not have made billions of dollars, but he still succeeded at a seemingly impossible task.
  - ethbro 9y ago
    > creating hundreds of thousands of jobs I'd say it's a stretch to call these jobs until they're proven sustainable without VC money subsidizing drivers.
    - ryanwaggoner 9y ago
      Fair enough. How about: "he convinced billionaires to give generous subsidies to hundreds of thousands of working class drivers"? :)
- bmm6o 9y ago
  He's an incompetent manager. There are suggestions and moments of characterization that suggest that he was a good salesman who was promoted above his abilities. He was not extremely successful.
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valuearb 9y ago
He was a tremendous fund-raiser. He may have been a great early stage CEO. Right now the company isn't worth $70B, and is hemorrhaging money. Which is why he agreed to step down. He's clearly been overmatched as CEO for a long while now.
- ryanwaggoner 9y ago
  Strongly disagree, but we'll see :)

jon_richards 9y ago

Wasn't Michael Scott also extremely successful in the show?

ryanwaggoner 9y ago
I've watched like 4 episodes of the office, but we're talking about the same guy, right? The one who is a middle manager at a small sales office in Scranton? Pretty far cry from growing a company from $0 to billions in revenue, creating hundreds of thousands of jobs, and upending a global industry. In 8 years.
- jon_richards 9y ago
  It was a plot point of the show that his branch was the only successful one. The company was literally selling printer paper in an increasingly digital world. He may not have made billions of dollars, but he still succeeded at a seemingly impossible task.
- ethbro 9y ago
  > creating hundreds of thousands of jobs I'd say it's a stretch to call these jobs until they're proven sustainable without VC money subsidizing drivers.
  - ryanwaggoner 9y ago
    Fair enough. How about: "he convinced billionaires to give generous subsidies to hundreds of thousands of working class drivers"? :)
bmm6o 9y ago
He's an incompetent manager. There are suggestions and moments of characterization that suggest that he was a good salesman who was promoted above his abilities. He was not extremely successful.

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valuearb 9y ago

He was a tremendous fund-raiser. He may have been a great early stage CEO. Right now the company isn't worth $70B, and is hemorrhaging money. Which is why he agreed to step down. He's clearly been overmatched as CEO for a long while now.

ryanwaggoner 9y ago
Strongly disagree, but we'll see :)