greenrider

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   by greenrider 14y ago

   Disclaimer: I work for Uber. Thought it might be worth mentioning that you can actually use Uber to hail a regular taxi in a bunch of cities, including SF, Boston, Chicago, and Toronto. You do have to pay a guaranteed tip (which incentivize
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   by greenrider 14y ago

   If we can prove to them that they can make more money and have a better experience with Uber, getting several hundred on won't be an issue at all. We've launched taxi in Boston, Chicago, and Toronto with no issues gettings hundreds of drive
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   by greenrider 14y ago

   Square would have replaced the readers with their own tablet-based terminal: http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2411065,00.asp
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   by greenrider 14y ago

   Zamfi nailed it - NYC is 10x the population, but Manhattan is not. If you've ever tried to get a cab in both NYC and SF, you know that difference in medallions is very real.
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   by greenrider 14y ago

   Hey there, we have about 65 taxis in SF already and should be up in the hundreds shortly. It's a completely different regulatory environment than NYC, and (thus far) much friendlier toward innovation. You can still use Square to pay for a c
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   by greenrider 14y ago

   Definitely not - UBERx is still going strong and we'll keep adding cars to it. We just didn't want to confuse people by lumping X/Taxi into one post.
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   by greenrider 15y ago

   He might be the only person in the world who thinks Microsoft needs help making mistakes.