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" I think a lot of folks feel like Uber was a company they missed out on. Sequoia passed on us three times. "

Travis Kalanick

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" I used to be a computer engineer, and I can make really good code, and we can make systems that work really well, and we can make the application a great experience, but when you have to translate bits to atoms, you need folks who are used to working with city governments, with state governments, and so I like to say we're in a political campaign. "

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" If Uber wants to catch up to Google and be the leader in autonomy, we have to have the best minds. We have to have all the great minds. "

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" I'm a geek. A techie geek. "

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" Think of a world where there is no ride-sharing; people are driving themselves to work. You now have 30 people being served by 30 cars. Those 30 cars are only served 4% of the day; 96% of the day, they're stored somewhere. Around 20% to 30% of our land is taken up just storing these hunks of metal that we drive around in for 4% of the day. "

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" In order to keep the love going, you want to keep it fun. "

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