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The rest of it was spent creating one of the most impactful companies that the world has ever seen. Are you talking about Uber? More convenient, cheaper taxis?
by EliRivers 9y ago
The rest of it was spent creating one of the most impactful companies that the world has ever seen.
Are you talking about Uber? More convenient, cheaper taxis? Sure, I like that as much as the next person, but it's hardly one of the most impactful companies in history.
- djohnston 9y agoWe’ve entered an unquantifiable mish-mash of superlatives but I’d reckon that uber, as a mainstream pioneer of the contemporary sharing economy, has had more of an impact than you’re willing to admit.
- EliRivers 9y agoTo compare it with the most impactful companies that the world has ever seen, I compare it to companies that did things like, for example, pioneer electricity distribution across the US (and other countries), or turn antibiotics from an exotic, expensive lab experiment into something that could be economically manufactured in quantity. They had top tier impact. By comparison, Uber is basically invisible.
- IanCal 9y agoCertainly excellent at marketing the idea that selling services to people should be called the "sharing economy".
- InitialLastName 9y agoAnd that marketing it as "selling services" to someone is a great way to avoid a minimum wage for that service.