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Let this be a lesson to the next Uber. :) And the current Uber too, actually. :D
by JeremyBanks 8y ago
Let this be a lesson to the next Uber. :)
And the current Uber too, actually. :D
- Kalium 8y agoIt's worth remembering that Uber learned the lesson of Night School - a startup that insisted on playing by the rules and for its honesty was shut down. https://psmag.com/economics/night-school-failed-because-it-followed-law https://psmag.com/economics/night-school-failed-because-it-f... Combined, the lesson here seems to be this: * Asking permission for something new will tend to get you squashed. * If you're big enough, popular enough, and rich enough, you can work around this. * If someone else fails at that approach, you might get in in an arbitrarily regulated way some time later. I can see where some might like this lesson! Though personally, I think there might be some opportunity for improvement.