Travis Kalanick

Every day, I get a little smarter.

— Travis Kalanick

I know about traffic.

— Travis Kalanick

I like to say time is a luxury.

— Travis Kalanick

I'm a natural-born trust-buster.

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I like pralines-and-cream ice cream.

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We're just technologists.

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Being Uber means being efficient.

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I'm a geek. A techie geek.

— Travis Kalanick

A regulator is supposed to create and enforce a standard.

— Travis Kalanick

We want to get to the point that using Uber is cheaper than owning a car.

— Travis Kalanick

Adventure with a purpose is what we do.

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I've never been derogatory towards taxi drivers.

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Fear is the disease. Hustle is the antidote.

— Travis Kalanick

As an entrepreneur, I try to push the limits. Pedal to the metal.

— Travis Kalanick

Money doesn't buy happiness, but it does pay for therapy.

— Travis Kalanick

I wake up in the morning with a list of problems, and I go solve them.

— Travis Kalanick

The ability for somebody to put their arm out and get a taxi is fundamentally different then having a 10-minute pickup time.…

— Travis Kalanick

You have to be willing to stand up for what you believe in, and the rule of law is one of those…

— Travis Kalanick

Even before you get to self-driving vehicles, there's just a huge amount of positive things that happen to cities when you do…

— Travis Kalanick

I spent a disproportionate amount of my time in a car in L.A. I'm 35 years old. If you add up the…

— Travis Kalanick

We did a year of Uber in San Francisco before we went to a second city. You get those processes down, then…

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We have to bring out the truth about how dark and dangerous and evil the taxi side is.

— Travis Kalanick

The folks who rock Uber value their time; they appreciate nice things with a taste of luxury and loathe inefficiency.

— Travis Kalanick

If you're operating from strong principles, you can compromise when the person on the other side is operating from principles you respect.

— Travis Kalanick

Imagine if you put many, many years of your life into something and were passionate about it, and you spent every waking…

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There's been so much corruption and so much cronyism in the taxi industry and so much regulatory capture, that if you ask…

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I think Uber is just very different; there's no model to copy. It may be the reason why we've been a lightning…

— Travis Kalanick

Every problem is super-interesting and has its own nuances, and you solve it today, but you try to solve it with an…

— Travis Kalanick

My politics are: I'm a trustbuster. Very focused. And yeah, I'm pro-efficiency. I want the most economic activity at the lowest price…

— Travis Kalanick

At Uber, we say, 'Always be hustling.' Even if you are an introvert and you haven't got hustle in you, you better…

— Travis Kalanick

What I like to say when you get into something that feels like a bubble or, at least, feels irrational is that…

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In China, the government is involved in business in many different ways. They're involved in media and business. When you go to…

— Travis Kalanick

I used to be a computer engineer, and I can make really good code, and we can make systems that work really…

— Travis Kalanick

If Uber is lower-priced, then more people will want it. And if more people want it and can afford it, then you…

— Travis Kalanick

The way I try to simplify my job is that I have two lists - I have a list of all the…

— Travis Kalanick

Limos, from the beginning of time, they know who they're picking up, they usually have a credit card on file, they know…

— Travis Kalanick

Think of a world where there is no ride-sharing; people are driving themselves to work. You now have 30 people being served…

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The world isn't always great.

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Competition is good.

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I've had failures myself before Uber.

— Travis Kalanick