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These stats are mindblowing. Uber is available to a little less than half of all Americans and with an average pickup time of < 10 mins. I'm amazed they were ab
by xwowsersx 12y ago
These stats are mindblowing. Uber is available to a little less than half of all Americans and with an average pickup time of < 10 mins. I'm amazed they were able to accomplish this in 4 years. Travis Kalanick is an insane entrepreneur.
- avelis 12y agoI would give it up to their data science and machine learning team. They turned an idea into an executional reality and optimized it like no other. I just heard Kevin Novak (@novakkm) speak @ Geekdom SF and he shared the approach he took along their journey.
- ehurrell 12y agoIs this talk available online anywhere? I'd love to hear it, or at least a broad-strokes summary.
- avelis 12y agoHere was the event page. http://www.meetup.com/SF-Data-Science/events/183290442/ http://www.meetup.com/SF-Data-Science/events/183290442/ No video up yet. I think it should be up soon. If I see it come up I will link it as a new post.
- pkaye 12y agoI'm living in one of the top cities in the Bay Area and they don't yet cover there.
- CmonDev 12y agoBay Area is not a country, not even a state, so saying "one of the top cities" doesn't make any sense.
- pkaye 12y agoMy point being they are stating that their service is available to 137M people. The bay area is one of the top population centers in the US so I'm surprised they say they can get 40-50% coverage.
- neurobro 12y agoIt's a state-sized region with close to 100 cities, so it kind of does make sense (to the extent that "one of the top cities" is meaningful anywhere).