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The last time I tried I was with my wife and daughter, trying to get to the airport with luggage. I think the luggage scared them off. You know that the idea f

by faster 13y ago

The last time I tried I was with my wife and daughter, trying to get to the airport with luggage. I think the luggage scared them off. You know that the idea for Uber came from the founder's experience trying to get a taxi in Paris, right? That suggests I'm not alone in my experience with Parisian taxis. http://blog.uber.com/2010/12/22/ubers-founding/ http://blog.uber.com/2010/12/22/ubers-founding/

rmc 13y ago
> You know that the idea for Uber came from the founder's experience trying to get a taxi in Paris, right? Actually that link says the complete opposite. It says that while in Paris, the founder were talking about their (bad) experience of getting a taxi in San Francisco. > Garrett Camp and I were hanging out in Paris for a week at Loic and Geraldine LeMeur’s LeWeb conference. Amongst the amazing food, the copious amounts of wine and inevitable nightlife crawls there were all kinds of discussions about what’s next. Garrett had sold StumbleUpon to Ebay and had been doing “hard time” at a big company. I had just completed my tour with Akamai after selling Red Swoosh to them in 2007. > > Jamming on ideas, rapping on what’s next is what entrepreneurs do. Garrett and I would get some good music, good drinks and jam until 5am. Garrett’s big idea was cracking the horrible taxi problem in San Francisco — getting stranded on the streets of San Francisco is familiar territory for any San Franciscan.
- faster 13y ago
  You're right. I didn't read that all the way through. Shame on me. However, the founding story I heard first was the Paris taxi story, and it's backed up by these old tweets from LeWeb: http://eventifier.co/event/leweb/tweets?page=21&q=uber# http://eventifier.co/event/leweb/tweets?page=21&q=uber# So maybe it was SF taxis after all, or maybe not. If I'm ever face to face with an Uber founder I'll ask.

by faster 13y ago

rmc 13y ago

> You know that the idea for Uber came from the founder's experience trying to get a taxi in Paris, right? Actually that link says the complete opposite. It says that while in Paris, the founder were talking about their (bad) experience of getting a taxi in San Francisco. > Garrett Camp and I were hanging out in Paris for a week at Loic and Geraldine LeMeur’s LeWeb conference. Amongst the amazing food, the copious amounts of wine and inevitable nightlife crawls there were all kinds of discussions about what’s next. Garrett had sold StumbleUpon to Ebay and had been doing “hard time” at a big company. I had just completed my tour with Akamai after selling Red Swoosh to them in 2007. > > Jamming on ideas, rapping on what’s next is what entrepreneurs do. Garrett and I would get some good music, good drinks and jam until 5am. Garrett’s big idea was cracking the horrible taxi problem in San Francisco — getting stranded on the streets of San Francisco is familiar territory for any San Franciscan.

faster 13y ago
You're right. I didn't read that all the way through. Shame on me. However, the founding story I heard first was the Paris taxi story, and it's backed up by these old tweets from LeWeb: http://eventifier.co/event/leweb/tweets?page=21&q=uber# http://eventifier.co/event/leweb/tweets?page=21&q=uber# So maybe it was SF taxis after all, or maybe not. If I'm ever face to face with an Uber founder I'll ask.