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" There are a lot of rules in cities that were designed to protect a particular incumbent, but not to move a city's constituents, a city's citizens, and the city itself, forward. And that's a problem. "

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" Uber riders are the most affluent, influential people in their cities. "

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" I've been an entrepreneur since I was 18. I started a company with a bunch of buddies that got funded in my senior year, and that's when I finished school. It was called Scour, a peer-to-peer service, file-sharing. "

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" We need to figure out how to merge political progress with actual progress. "

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" Competition is good. "

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" In some way, L.A. respects the young guy that's out there just trying to make it happen, but in some ways, they disrespect that, too. "

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" Even before you get to self-driving vehicles, there's just a huge amount of positive things that happen to cities when you do ridesharing. "

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