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Wild ride : inside Uber's quest for world domination / by Lashinsky, Adam,author.(CARDINAL)398726;
"Fortune writer and bestselling author of Inside Apple's expose of Uber, the multi-billion dollar Silicon Valley upstart that has disrupted the transportation industry around the world. Uber is one of the most fascinating and controversial businesses inthe world, both beloved for its elegant ride-hailing concept and heady growth and condemned for CEO Travis Kalanick's ruthless pursuit of success at all cost. Despite the company's significance to the on-demand economy and the mobile revolution, and the battle for global dominance that Kalanick is waging against politicians and taxi companies all over the world, the full story behind Uber has never been told. It's a story that start-up founders, executives of traditional businesses, tech-savvy readers, and drivers and riders alike will find riveting. Adam Lashinsky, veteran Fortune writer and author of Inside Apple, traces the story of Uber's rapid growth from its murky origins to its plans for expansion into radically different industries. The company is fighting local competitors and lawmakers for markets around the world; it has already faced riots and protests in cities like Paris, Rio de Janeiro, and Mumbai. It fought, and lost, an expensive and grueling battle against rival Didi in China. Uber hasalso poached entire departments from top research universities in a push to build the first self-driving car and possibly replace the very drivers it's worked so hard to recruit. Uber is in the headlines every day, but so much about its past and its future plans are still unknown to the public. Lashinsky will offer a look inside Uber's vault in this informative, deeply researched book about the ur-disruptor and its visionary and fierce CEO"--
Subjects: Uber (Firm); Ridesharing.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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The rideshare guide : everything you need to know about driving for Uber, Lyft, and other ridesharing companies / by Campbell, Harry,1987-author.(CARDINAL)679211;
Offers a comprehensive and engaging handbook for current and prospective rideshare drivers. Learn how to: decide between Uber and Lyft, maximize passengers and profits, maintain a five-star rating, keep safe and interact appropriately with passengers, navigate legal matters and tax codes. Campbell explains these and much more, also including funny, shocking, and bizarre tales from the road. Whether you are thinking about becoming a driver or a veteran wondering about UberPool and tax help, The Rideshare Guide by the Rideshare Guy has the answers. --
Subjects: Uber (Firm); Lyft (Firm); Ridesharing.; Transportation.;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 7
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Uber / by Perera, B. Yasanthi,author.; Albinsson, Pia A.,1975-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Americans are accustomed to using Uber today that the name of the innovative ride-sharing company has almost become a verb, as in "to Uber" somewhere, and yet Uber has been around only since 2010. In less than a decade, Uber has disrupted the ride-hailing industry, from making it easier and more affordable to become an Uber driver than a cab driver to rating riders as well as drivers. As an early pioneer in using technology to create a new business model and new efficiencies, Uber is considered one of the most important case studies in the sharing economy. However, little in-depth information exists on this innovative company. This book traces Uber's origin and evolution in the face of competitive pressures, discusses the company leadership and corporate culture, addresses such controversies as rider and driver safety and sexual harassment of female employees, and explores how the company is addressing these challenges. Students of business, entrepreneurs, and anyone interested in the development and exponential growth of the sharing economy will benefit from reading this book.
Subjects: Uber (Firm); Ridesharing;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Super pumped : the battle for Uber / by Isaac, Mike,author.(CARDINAL)805909;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 351-373) and index.X to the X -- The making of a founder -- Post-pop depression -- A new economy -- Upwardly immobile -- "Let the builders build" -- The tallest man in venture capital -- Pas de deux -- Champion's mindset -- The homeshow -- Big brother and little brother -- Growth -- The charm offensive -- Culture wars -- Empire building -- The apple problem -- "The best defense..." -- Clash of the self-driving cars -- Smooth sailing -- Three months prior -- #Deleteuber -- "One very, very strange year at Uber..." -- ...The harder they fall -- No one steals from Larry Page -- Greyball -- Fatal errors -- The holder report -- The syndicate -- Revenge of the venture capitalists -- Down but not out -- The grand bargain."A New York Times technology correspondent presents the dramatic rise and fall of Uber, set against the rapid upheaval in Silicon Valley during the mobile era. In June 2017, Travis Kalanick, the hard-charging CEO of Uber, was ousted in a boardroom coup that capped a brutal year for the transportation giant. Uber had catapulted to the top of the tech world yet for many came to symbolize everything wrong with Silicon Valley. In the tradition of Brad Stone's Everything Store and John Carreyrou's Bad Blood, award-winning investigative reporter Mike Isaac's Super Pumped delivers a gripping account of Uber's rapid rise, its pitched battles with taxi unions and drivers, the company's toxic internal culture and the bare-knuckle tactics it devised to overcome obstacles in its quest for dominance. Based on hundreds of interviews with current and former Uber employees, along with previously unpublished documents, Super Pumped is a page-turning story of ambition and deception, obscene wealth and bad behavior, that explores how blistering technological and financial innovation culminated in one of the most catastrophic twelve-month periods in American corporate history."--
Subjects: Uber (Firm); Ridesharing;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 11
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Drive : scraping by in Uber's America, one ride at a time / by Rigsby, Jonathan,author.(CARDINAL)888715;
Includes bibliographical references."For readers of Maid and Heartland, a father's darkly humorous yet humanizing account of working long hours and late nights behind the wheel as a rideshare driver"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Uber (Firm); Ridesharing; Automobile drivers;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Super pumped [videorecording] : the battle for Uber / by Chandler, Kyle,actor.(CARDINAL)787080; Coulter, Allen,director.; Gordon-Levitt, Joseph,1981-actor.(CARDINAL)537513; Longino, Daniel Gray,director.; Thurman, Uma,actor.(CARDINAL)378456; Television adaptation of (work):Isaac, Mike.Super pumped.;
Written by Brian Koppelman, David Levien, Sarah Acosta, Stephen Schiff, Emily Hornsby [and others] ; based on the book by Mike Isaac.Starring: Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Kyle Chandler, Uma Thurman, Kerry Bish?, Babak Tafti.Dramatized story about Travis Kalanick and his rise and fall as the CEO of the transportation ridesharing company Uber.Rated TV-MA.DVD ; NTSC, region 1 ; wide screen ; 5.1 Dolby digital.
Subjects: Biographical television programs.; Fiction television programs.; Television adaptations.; Television mini-series.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Isaac, Mike; Kalanick, Travis, 1976-; Uber (Firm); Business enterprises; Businesspeople; Ridesharing;
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Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The upstarts [large print] : how Uber, Airbnb, and the killer companies of the new Silicon Valley are changing the world / by Stone, Brad,author.(CARDINAL)339561;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-358) and an index.Introduction -- Part I: Side projects. The trough of sorrow: the early years of Airbnb -- Jam sessions: the early years of Uber -- The nonstarters: SeamlessWeb, Taxi Magic, Cabulous, Couchsurfing, Zimride -- The growth hacker: How Airbnb took off -- Blood, sweat, and ramen: how Uber conquered San Francisco -- Part II: Empire building. The wartime CEO: Airbnb fights on two fronts -- The playbook: Uber's expansion begins -- Travis's law: The rise of ridesharing -- Too big to regulate: Airbnb's fight in New York City -- Part III: The trial of the upstarts. God view: Uber's rough ride -- Escape velocity: Fights and fables with Airbnb -- Global mega-unicorn death match!: Uber versus the world -- Epilogue.
Subjects: Large print books.; Airbnb (Firm); Uber (Firm); Entrepreneurship; New business enterprises; Electronic commerce; Bed and breakfast accommodations; Ridesharing;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The upstarts : how Uber, Airbnb, and the killer companies of the new Silicon Valley are changing the world / by Stone, Brad,author.(CARDINAL)339561;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-358) and index.Part I: Side projects. The trough of sorrow : the early years of Airbnb -- Jam sessions : the early years of Uber -- The nonstarters : SeamlessWeb, Taxi Magic, Cabulous, Couchsurfing, Zimride -- The growth hacker : How Airbnb took off -- Blood, sweat, and ramen : how Uber conquered San Francisco -- Part II: Empire building. The wartime CEO : Airbnb fights on two fronts -- The playbook : Uber's expansion begins -- Travis's law : The rise of ridesharing -- Too big to regulate : Airbnb's fight in New York City -- Part III: The trial of the upstarts. God view : Uber's rough ride -- Escape velocity : Fights and fables with Airbnb -- Global mega-unicorn death match! : Uber versus the world.Ten years ago, the idea of getting into a stranger's car, or a walking into a stranger's home, would have seemed bizarre and dangerous, but today it's as common as ordering a book online. Uber and Airbnb have ushered in a new era: redefining neighborhoods, challenging the way governments regulate business, and changing the way we travel. In the spirit of iconic Silicon Valley renegades like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, another generation of entrepreneurs is using technology to upend convention and disrupt entire industries. These are the upstarts, idiosyncratic founders with limitless drive and an abundance of self-confidence. Led by such visionaries as Travis Kalanick of Uber and Brian Chesky of Airbnb, they are rewriting the rules of business and often sidestepping serious ethical and legal obstacles in the process. "The Upstarts" is the definitive story of two new titans of business and a dawning age of tenacity, conflict and wealth. In Brad Stone's riveting account of the most radical companies of the new Silicon Valley, we discover how it all happened and what it took to change the world.
Subjects: Case studies.; Uber (Firm); Airbnb (Firm); New business enterprises; Entrepreneurship; Electronic commerce; Bed and breakfast accommodations; Ridesharing;
Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 9
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Whistleblower : my journey to Silicon Valley and fight for justice at Uber / by Fowler, Susan J.,author.(CARDINAL)826130;
"The unbelievable true story of the young woman who faced down one of the most valuable startups in Silicon Valley history--and what came after In 2017, twenty-five-year-old Susan Fowler published a blog post detailing the sexual harassment and retaliation she'd experienced as an entry-level engineer at Uber. The post went viral, leading not only to the ouster of Uber's CEO and twenty other employees, but 'starting a bonfire on creepy sexual behavior in Silicon Valley that . . . spread to Hollywood and engulfed Harvey Weinstein' (Maureen Dowd, The New York Times). When Susan decided to share her story, she was fully aware of the consequences most women faced for speaking out about harassment prior to the #MeToo era. But, as her inspiring memoir, Whistleblower, reveals, this courageous act was entirely consistent with Susan's young life so far: a life characterized by extraordinary determination, a refusal to accept things as they are, and the desire to do what is good and right. Growing up in poverty in rural Arizona, she was denied a formal education--yet went on to obtain an Ivy League degree. When she was told, after discovering the pervasive culture of sexism, harassment, racism, and abuse at Uber, that she was the problem, she banded together with other women to try to make change. When that didn't work, she went public. She could never have anticipated the lengths to which Uber would go in its efforts to intimidate and discredit her, the impact her words would have on Silicon Valley--and the world--or how they would set her on a course toward finally achieving her dreams. The moving story of a woman's lifelong fight to do what she loves--despite repeatedly being told no or treated as less-than--Whistleblower is both a riveting read and a source of inspiration for anyone seeking to stand up against inequality in their own workplace"--
Subjects: Personal narratives.; Uber (Firm); Sexual harassment; Sexual harassment of women; Whistle blowing; Sexual harassment.;
Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 9
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Whistleblower [large print] : my journey to Silicon Valley and fight for justice at Uber / by Fowler, Susan J.,author.(CARDINAL)826130;
"The unbelievable true story of the young woman who faced down one of the most valuable startups in Silicon Valley history--and what came after. In 2017, twenty-five-year-old Susan Fowler published a blog post detailing the sexual harassment and retaliation she'd experienced as an entry-level engineer at Uber. The post went viral, leading not only to the ouster of Uber's CEO and twenty other employees, but "starting a bonfire on creepy sexual behavior in Silicon Valley that . . . spread to Hollywood and engulfed Harvey Weinstein" (Maureen Dowd, The New York Times). When Susan decided to share her story, she was fully aware of the consequences most women faced for speaking out about harassment prior to the #MeToo era. But, as her inspiring memoir, Whistleblower, reveals, this courageous act was entirely consistent with Susan's young life so far : a life characterized by extraordinary determination, a refusal to accept things as they are, and the desire to do what is good and right. Growing up in poverty in rural Arizona, she was denied a formal education--yet went on to obtain an Ivy League degree. When she was told, after discovering the pervasive culture of sexism, harassment, racism, and abuse at Uber, that she was the problem, she banded together with other women to try to make change. When that didn't work, she went public. She could never have anticipated the lengths to which Uber would go in its efforts to intimidate and discredit her, the impact her words would have on Silicon Valley--and the world--or how they would set her on a course toward finally achieving her dreams. The moving story of a woman's lifelong fight to do what she loves--despite repeatedly being told no or treated as less-than--Whistleblower is both a riveting read and a source of inspiration for anyone seeking to stand up against inequality in their own workplace"--
Subjects: Personal narratives.; Large print books.; Uber (Firm); Sexual harassment; Sexual harassment of women; Whistle blowing; Sexual harassment.;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 5
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