TRAVIS KALANICK 02

Broadcast date:  June 22, 2017

Travis Kalanick co-founded Uber to revolutionize the way we move around cities. However, he finds himself leaving Uber as CEO at a critical time for the company.

Join Mike and Chad as they deconstruct how Travis thinks. From dialling for dollars to rapid scale. The episode goes deep into Travis' 8-year tenure at Uber discussing the Good and the Bad.

Travis Kalanick Interviews

Fireside Chat with Travis Kalanick and Marc Benioff
Dreamforce Video
Published Sep 17, 2015

Virtuous Circle: Fireside Chat with Travis Kalanick and Arianna Huffington
Internet Association
Published on Nov 10, 2016

Chad's book recommendations

Wild Ride: Inside Uber's Quest for World Domination
Adam Lashinsky

Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
Simon Sinek

Uber Movement Site
Lets Find Smarter Ways Forward

Scandals this year

• January: Drivers were protesting against President Donald Trump's executive order that barred travelers from seven majority-Muslim countries from entering the US.
• February 21: Scathing blog post alleges sexism and gender bias inside Uber
• February 22: New York Times article 'Inside Uber's Aggressive, Unrestrained Workplace Culture' published
• February 23: Uber finds itself in a bitter legal fight with investor Google
• February 28: Dashcam video shows Kalanick in a heated argument with an Uber driver
• March 3: Report reveals details of Uber's 'Greyball' tool
• March 17: Leaked data shows Uber's self-driving cars still rely heavily on human

Amazing Achievements (8 years)

• 6B revenue, 60B valuation
• 12k employees
• Massive Scale
• Created millions of flex jobs
• Massive data play
• Fights against regulators and old taxi monopoly