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05-29-2014, 01:31 AM
Uber CEO: We're in a Political Battle with an 'Assh*le'
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RANCHOS PALOS VERDES, California — Uber cofounder and CEO Travis Kalanick described his ride-service company's battle with entrenched city-regulated taxi services as a political war
"We were in a campaign where the candidate is Uber and the incumbent is an asshole called 'taxi,'" said Kalanick.
See also: Uber Isn't a Savior for Drivers Any More Than Amazon Is for Authors (http://mashable.com/2014/05/28/uber-drivers-salary-**t-sustainable/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
The outspoken CEO said his business, which lets drivers use their own cars to deliver taxi services outside the sanctioned and city-controlled taxi systems in a number of major metropolitan cities, is fighting deeply entrenched systems Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/28/travis-kalanick-co-founder-and-ceo-of-uber/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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RANCHOS PALOS VERDES, California — Uber cofounder and CEO Travis Kalanick described his ride-service company's battle with entrenched city-regulated taxi services as a political war
"We were in a campaign where the candidate is Uber and the incumbent is an asshole called 'taxi,'" said Kalanick.
See also: Uber Isn't a Savior for Drivers Any More Than Amazon Is for Authors (http://mashable.com/2014/05/28/uber-drivers-salary-**t-sustainable/?utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
The outspoken CEO said his business, which lets drivers use their own cars to deliver taxi services outside the sanctioned and city-controlled taxi systems in a number of major metropolitan cities, is fighting deeply entrenched systems Read more... (http://mashable.com/2014/05/28/travis-kalanick-co-founder-and-ceo-of-uber/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_medium=feed&utm_source=rss)
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