I've been an entrepreneur since I was 18. I started a company with a bunch of buddies that got funded in my senior year, and that's when I finished school. It was called Scour, a peer-to-peer service, file-sharing. — Travis Kalanick Copy Share Image
After Scour, I started a company called Red Swoosh. The idea was to take those litigants who sued us for a huge amount of money and turn them into customers with the same technology. I wanted to get them to… — Travis Kalanick Copy Share Image
In my first start-up, I didn't get any salary for four years, so I had to move back with my parents. — Travis Kalanick Copy Share Image
Safety is number one at Uber... so we make sure the system is in place so riders get the safest ride possible. — Travis Kalanick Copy Share Image
There's been so much corruption and so much cronyism in the taxi industry and so much regulatory capture, that if you ask for permission… — Travis Kalanick Copy Share Image
There's a harsh reality to situations where demand outstrips supply. — Travis Kalanick Copy Share Image
I'm an engineer by trade, and what engineers do is they go and build, and they don't think a lot about storytelling. — Travis Kalanick Copy Share Image
When theres no other dude in the car, the cost of taking an Uber anywhere becomes cheaper than owning a vehicle. So the magic… — Travis Kalanick Copy Share Image
If Uber wants to catch up to Google and be the leader in autonomy, we have to have the best minds. We have to… — Travis Kalanick Copy Share Image
We have this culture valued at Uber, which we call the champions' mind-set. And champions' mind-set isn't always about winning. It's about putting everything… — Travis Kalanick Copy Share Image
When you start to automate, you start to do the self-driving thing, you make it much more efficient. When these cars go into self-driving,… — Travis Kalanick Copy Share Image
Uber is efficiency with elegance on top. That’s why I buy an iPhone instead of an average cell phone, why I go to a… — Travis Kalanick Copy Share Image
