An Uber Impact
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An Uber Impact
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#2Does this mean more people are taking Taxis?
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#3These 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.
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#4I really wish they could give more data on how they reached their median income stats. I realize they have no incentive to release that. Curious how Lyft and Sidecar measure up as well.
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#5I really wish they could give more data on how they reached their median income stats. I realize they have no incentive to release that. Curious how Lyft and Sidecar measure up as well.
I've conversed with numerous Sidecar drivers and they earn no more than $30/hr-- and that's before deducting expenses (gas, wear & tear, etc.). And most of them work part-time
Also, if an über driver makes $70k++ and a software engineer makes $100k++ base... that's kind of sad.
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#6I really wish they could give more data on how they reached their median income stats. I realize they have no incentive to release that. Curious how Lyft and Sidecar measure up as well.
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#7Does this mean more people are taking Taxis?
That, I think is the key question and no data is given. IMHO, I really doubt Uber has expanded the market, but instead taken a share of it, so 'creating' 20,000 jobs is at the expense of X thousand others.
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#8I really wish they could give more data on how they reached their median income stats. I realize they have no incentive to release that. Curious how Lyft and Sidecar measure up as well.
I've conversed with numerous Sidecar drivers and they earn no more than $30/hr-- and that's before deducting expenses (gas, wear & tear, etc.). And most of them work part-time Also, if an über driver makes $70k++ and a software engineer makes $100k++ base... that's kind of sad.
The Uber driver pays for his car's maintenance and fuel.
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#9These 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.
I 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.
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#10Does this mean more people are taking Taxis?
That, I think is the key question and no data is given. IMHO, I really doubt Uber has expanded the market, but instead taken a share of it, so 'creating' 20,000 jobs is at the expense of X thousand others.
That's a widespread fear among Uber detractors, as seen in action outside of US in the past few weeks.
I think without a third-party assessment of reliable data on the market every opinion on the subject is based on FUD. Unfortunately, at this time we seem to be missing both reliable data and an "objective" assessment.