Arjun Vora

We on Silicon Valley have somewhat forgotten the majority of the demographic, the blue collar hourly worker.

Uber, on the other hand, again, we were privileged that we were focused on the driver experience.

I don't think a lot of people realize Uber's most important product is actually the driver app.

There's nothing on the back end.

I don't exactly know what to do next.

These 4 million people weren't signing up to be taxi drivers, right, at Uber.

They were signing up for flexibility.

They were signing up to have more control and agency in their purses, in their pockets, in their own hands.

If you look at Silicon Valley, and I think Tito and me were very privileged to have worked there, and I'll tell you why.

When you look at Silicon Valley, like most of the companies, you know, was it Salesforce before that?

And you can see all the others.

They're working hard to improve the life of what you call the desk worker, right?

The white collar workforces, you know, what a lot of folks call them.

They're the privileged folks, right?

We in Silicon Valley have somewhat forgotten the majority of the demographic, the blue collar hourly worker.

Uber, on the other hand, again, we were privileged that we were focused on the driver experience.

I don't think a lot of people realize Uber's most important product is actually the driver app.

If you think about it, Noah, if you're a rider and you're requesting an Uber, you put in a destination, you select what type of Uber you want, and then you put your phone in your purse or pocket, right?

You've spent about 15, 20 seconds there.

The driver, on the other hand, is spending four, six, eight hours a day.