Onboarding often requires things like criminal background checks, medical exams, city-issued permits, driver license validation, training, etc. You can't just s

Onboarding often requires things like criminal background checks, medical exams, city-issued permits, driver license validation, training, etc. You can't just show your Uber driver profile screen to Lyft to qualify as a driver for Lyft. You're in for a world of trouble if your onboarding flow is: "oh, I see you drove for Lyft for ~2 weeks, welcome to being one of the company owners, here are some health benefits!" > Rather than paying shareholders I just told you Uber/Lyft shareholders get zero dollars out of the operational money.