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" Hamilton is my favorite political entrepreneur. "
Travis Kalanick
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" When you are talking about, 'I will lose my sanity for real,' that's when it's time to move on. "
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" Imagine if we could create the most just workplace in the world. We would naturally be a magnet for all the great minds out there. "
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" We want transportation as reliable as running water. "
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" I think that's where the world is going. People will not own cars; they'll have a service that takes them where they want to go, when they want to go there. And that's what Uber is. "
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" Uber is a global business. We don't think just in terms of the U.S. "
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" There's a harsh reality to situations where demand outstrips supply. "
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" 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 possible. It's good for everybody; it's not red or blue. "
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" If there was a mobility service that's cheaper than owning a car, more reliable, and you get to sit in the back seat instead of being stressed out in the front seat, why would you own a car? "
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" What I like to say when you get into something that feels like a bubble or, at least, feels irrational is that you still want to build a company that has a strong discipline, business-building culture. "
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" Ultimately, progress and innovation win. "
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" When people start to perceive you as the big guy, you're not allowed to be scrappy, fierce. "
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" We did a year of Uber in San Francisco before we went to a second city. You get those processes down, then you really get started. "
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" I like to say time is a luxury. "
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" The world isn't always great. "
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" The regulatory systems in place disincentive innovation. It's intense to fight the red tape. "
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" If Uber is lower-priced, then more people will want it. And if more people want it and can afford it, then you have more cars on the road. And if you have more cars on the road, then your pickup times are lower, your reliability is better. The lower-cost product ends up being more luxurious than the high-end one. "
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" I call it dark energy. If you are unreliable, customers just disappear. "
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" What I've learned as we've gotten bigger is that it's really, really important for us to take all the opportunities to tell our story, because as we grow and have a bigger impact on cities, if we don't tell our story, somebody else will. "
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" Immigration and openness to refugees is an important part of our country's success and, quite honestly, to Uber's. "
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" In my first start-up, I didn't get any salary for four years, so I had to move back with my parents. "
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" As an entrepreneur, I try to push the limits. Pedal to the metal. "
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" Millennials aren't buying cars anymore. They don't want to drive. They don't want to own these cars. They don't want that inconvenience. "
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" I got really good at negotiating from a place of weakness. "
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" We need to figure out how to merge political progress with actual progress. "
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" Money doesn't buy happiness, but it does pay for therapy. "
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" You can bend reality, but you cannot break it. "
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" You want supply to always be full, and you use price to basically either bring more supply on or get more supply off, or get more demand in the system or get some demand out. "
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" I wake up in the morning with a list of problems, and I go solve them. "
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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 China, you have to rethink how you're doing everything. You have to become Chinese. "
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