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Uber CEO Travis Kalanick explains how to find 'the innovator's playground'
Uber CEO and cofounder Travis Kalanick went through a lot of ups and downs as a tech entrepreneur before launching Uber in 2009. According to Kalanick, rolling with the punches is part of the job if...
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Travis Kalanick's dog is adorable and it's running for president of an 'Uber...
Uber CEO Travis Kalanick already runs one of the world's most valuable companies. Why not have his dog try its hand at being president of another?In a Facebook post, Kalanick campaigned for his dog,...
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Uber hired an investigator to look into its legal opponents, and it may have...
There's a difference between doing your diligence before a legal proceeding and conducting secret research on your opponent — and Uber may have crossed that line. A new report from The Verge's Russell...
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Uber execs face daily threats, including people 'throwing eggs at their homes'
Uber believes its executives are under siege.In a brief Uber filed related to an impending lawsuit, the company details the threats its executives face on a regular basis — how "Uber operates in a high...
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Uber just doubled its number of completed trips in less than six months
Uber has completed its 2 billionth trip. The ride-hailing startup announced on Monday that it hit the milestone on June 18th, six months after reaching 1 billion rides.And it wasn't just one Uber ride...
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Uber is reportedly investing $500 million in a global mapping project
Ride-hailing service Uber has decided to invest $500 million into an ambitious global mapping project to wean itself off dependence on Google Maps and pave the way for driverless cars, the Financial...
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Uber just suffered its largest setback — and startups should take note
Uber is throwing in the towel in China.After a gruelling ground war, the California-based ride-hailing company is officially selling its Chinese unit to its rival in the country, Didi Chuxing.Uber has...
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The story of how Travis Kalanick built Uber into the most feared and valuable...
Five years ago, a company called UberCab made a splash in San Francisco by letting you hail a car with your smartphone. Since then, the company, now known as Uber, has spread like wildfire through the...
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Travis Kalanick on Uber's bet on self-driving cars: 'I can't be wrong'
Travis Kalanick has to get Uber's bet on self-driving cars right."It starts with understanding that the world is going to go self-driving and autonomous," he told Business Insider in an interview."So...
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Uber CEO Travis Kalanick says his company's self-driving cars will create...
Travis Kalanick says that Uber needs to move fast on self-driving cars or face an "existential threat" from foes like Google.But the CEO's attitude and ambition may sound an awful lot like a looming...
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Lyft president: We were never looking to sell our business and we're not for...
Lyft President John Zimmer blasted reports that the ride-hailing company is shopping itself around, disputing a series of recent news stories saying that Lyft had failed to find a buyer after talking...
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We're getting a glimpse of the real Uber — and it's a big surprise
Uber had been untouchable. The $69 billion ride-hailing company was like an invasive species, planting itself in cities throughout the world and forever changing how people get around.During the past...
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Uber's self-driving pilot program could be a step toward a long-awaited IPO
Uber Technologies said on Wednesday that "the world's first self-driving Ubers are now on the road."The ride-hailing giant has put four vehicles into service equipped with its prototype self-driving...
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Self-driving cars are here, but that doesn't mean you can call them 'driverless'
I went to college nine hours away from home — easily doable in a day's drive, but tedious nonetheless.On one trip through the cornfields of Indiana, I remember turning to my friend wondering why we...
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Travis Kalanick: 'I've never sold a single Uber share'
Uber CEO and cofounder Travis Kalanick has amassed a huge net worth thanks to the success of the ride-hailing company, now valued at $69 billion.But Kalanick says he's not living the high life just...
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Uber's 'Elevate' project aims to bring flying electric cars to cities by 2026
Uber has launched a new project to bring flying cars to commuters by 2026. The company published a white paper today outlining its plans for Uber Elevate, a network of on-demand electric aircraft....
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Elon Musk has finally figured out how Tesla can deal with Uber (TSLA)
If you haven't been paying careful attention, you might have missed that Tesla has been eclipsed by Uber as the most interesting company in the world.Don't get me wrong: Tesla is still very, very...
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Uber is totally revamping its app and laying the groundwork for what could...
Uber's goal has always been to make it easy to push a button and get a ride. That was simple in 2010 when it first launched with only a black car service. Six years later, Uber offers users rides with...
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Uber just poached a longtime Google exec from SoftBank to be its new head of HR
Uber is bringing in Liane Hornsey, a longtime VP at Google and current operating partner at SoftBank, to be its new Chief HR Officer.The move gives Uber a seasoned executive with public company...
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Uber employees used the platform to stalk celebrities and their exes, a...
Uber employees have access to customer trip information, and they're using it to spy on ex-girlfriends and celebrities like Beyoncé, a former employee claims.A new piece out from Reveal's Will Evans...
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