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> I once heard that a well-known gig economy company would open up new cities by giving employees essentially-unlimited credit cards That's pretty documented i
by herval 4y ago
> I once heard that a well-known gig economy company would open up new cities by giving employees essentially-unlimited credit cards
That's pretty documented in the history of Uber :-)
- germinalphrase 4y agoCan anyone recommend a reasonably accurate history of Uber?
- georgeplusplus 4y agoUbers lie was it would be profitable at scale. They were never profitable at all while growing, but always claimed that if they just had a few more markets they'd finally be profitable. Turns out unsurprisingly, if your revenue is negative and you multiply it by 1000000 it's really negative.
- CSMastermind 4y agoSuper Pumped: The Battle for Uber is the most well-known tell-all book. I think they also made a TV miniseries based on the book but I haven't watched it yet. Wild Ride: Inside Uber's Quest for World Domination is mostly a summary of the headlines involving the company rather than a tell-all but it's accurate enough if you want to familiarize yourself with the subject. I don't believe anyone has written a book about the technology team specifically which is sad because they actually made some really great technology, especially in the monitoring space, and I would love to hear the story of how that came to be.