Uber vs Lyft | Damage Control | 5
Business Wars
Wondery
4.6 • 13.2K Ratings
🗓️ 15 June 2020
⏱️ 28 minutes
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Summary
February 2017, Super Bowl Sunday. Uber CEO Travis Kalanick is taking a black car home when he gets in an altercation with the driver. LIttle does he know, the entire exchange has been captured on a dashcam recording. And when it goes viral, Kalanick will have to fight for his reputation — and his job.
Lyft, meanwhile, spies an opening. As sexual harassment scandals plague their rival and users move to #DeleteUber, John Zimmer and Logan Green finally have a chance to really capitalize on their “good guy” reputation.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey, prime members. You can listen to business wars. Add free on Amazon music. Download the app today |
| 0:15.3 | Sunday, February 5th, 2017 |
| 0:18.4 | Super Bowl Sunday |
| 0:21.1 | Travis Kalanick is squished in the middle seat of an uber black car between two women |
| 0:25.9 | He starts shimmying his shoulders to the radio. He's had a few drinks and he's feeling good |
| 0:31.5 | The driver keeps glancing in his rearview mirror at Kalanick |
| 0:45.4 | As women hop out of the car, the driver turns around in his seat to address Kalanick. He's not about to lose this opportunity |
| 0:55.8 | I'm not trying to cry from life |
| 1:00.8 | To lure riders away from lift, uber constantly slashes prices, leaving drivers no choice but to log more hours to make up the difference |
| 1:09.2 | I lost $97,000 because of you. I think rough because of you |
| 1:15.9 | You keep changing your green day. You keep changing your green day. What have I changed about black? |
| 1:23.2 | What do you think the whole business? What you dropped the prices on black? Yes you did. We $20 |
| 1:30.4 | Kalanick isn't having as usual. He doesn't mince his words |
| 1:36.7 | The pair starts raising their voices |
| 1:42.3 | Kalanick points his finger at the driver |
| 1:46.2 | Don't like to take responsibility for that |
| 1:48.8 | They blame everything and why my friend is in the email for tonkars |
| 1:54.8 | The driver will have the last word |
| 1:57.7 | And that's because the entire encounter has been caught by a dashboard recording |
| 2:02.5 | The tape will soon go viral |
| 2:04.8 | Kalanick is going to regret this moment for the rest of his life |
| 2:08.6 | Because soon he'll have to fight for his reputation and his job |
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