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Scott Gorlick

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327 total appearances

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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20Growth: Uber's Expansion Playbook for Scaling from 10 Cities to $10BN in Revenue | How Uber Acquired 1M Drivers | How Uber Solved the Chicken and The Egg Problem in New Markets and What Uber Would Be Like with Travis Still There with Scott Gorlick

But at the time, we thought they were actually really smart and we wanted to go all in.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20Growth: Uber's Expansion Playbook for Scaling from 10 Cities to $10BN in Revenue | How Uber Acquired 1M Drivers | How Uber Solved the Chicken and The Egg Problem in New Markets and What Uber Would Be Like with Travis Still There with Scott Gorlick

But at the time, we thought they were actually really smart and we wanted to go all in.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20Growth: Uber's Expansion Playbook for Scaling from 10 Cities to $10BN in Revenue | How Uber Acquired 1M Drivers | How Uber Solved the Chicken and The Egg Problem in New Markets and What Uber Would Be Like with Travis Still There with Scott Gorlick

But at the time, we thought they were actually really smart and we wanted to go all in.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20Growth: Uber's Expansion Playbook for Scaling from 10 Cities to $10BN in Revenue | How Uber Acquired 1M Drivers | How Uber Solved the Chicken and The Egg Problem in New Markets and What Uber Would Be Like with Travis Still There with Scott Gorlick

I think our aggressive stance with riders and politicians clearly worked because we were able to create a lot of fans of Uber. But if I could go back or we could go back and do it all over again, I think we would have found a way to present our image in a way that was less combative. especially with media. I wish that we could have built like a better story. We had a lot of bravado.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20Growth: Uber's Expansion Playbook for Scaling from 10 Cities to $10BN in Revenue | How Uber Acquired 1M Drivers | How Uber Solved the Chicken and The Egg Problem in New Markets and What Uber Would Be Like with Travis Still There with Scott Gorlick

I think our aggressive stance with riders and politicians clearly worked because we were able to create a lot of fans of Uber. But if I could go back or we could go back and do it all over again, I think we would have found a way to present our image in a way that was less combative. especially with media. I wish that we could have built like a better story. We had a lot of bravado.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20Growth: Uber's Expansion Playbook for Scaling from 10 Cities to $10BN in Revenue | How Uber Acquired 1M Drivers | How Uber Solved the Chicken and The Egg Problem in New Markets and What Uber Would Be Like with Travis Still There with Scott Gorlick

I think our aggressive stance with riders and politicians clearly worked because we were able to create a lot of fans of Uber. But if I could go back or we could go back and do it all over again, I think we would have found a way to present our image in a way that was less combative. especially with media. I wish that we could have built like a better story. We had a lot of bravado.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20Growth: Uber's Expansion Playbook for Scaling from 10 Cities to $10BN in Revenue | How Uber Acquired 1M Drivers | How Uber Solved the Chicken and The Egg Problem in New Markets and What Uber Would Be Like with Travis Still There with Scott Gorlick

We had a lot of swagger. I think when you come out like that, everybody wants to build you up on the way up and then they want to tear you down on the way down. And I think, you know, I probably would have been combative in the areas that we were with like writers and politicians, but a little bit more humble and gentle with sort of media.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20Growth: Uber's Expansion Playbook for Scaling from 10 Cities to $10BN in Revenue | How Uber Acquired 1M Drivers | How Uber Solved the Chicken and The Egg Problem in New Markets and What Uber Would Be Like with Travis Still There with Scott Gorlick

We had a lot of swagger. I think when you come out like that, everybody wants to build you up on the way up and then they want to tear you down on the way down. And I think, you know, I probably would have been combative in the areas that we were with like writers and politicians, but a little bit more humble and gentle with sort of media.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20Growth: Uber's Expansion Playbook for Scaling from 10 Cities to $10BN in Revenue | How Uber Acquired 1M Drivers | How Uber Solved the Chicken and The Egg Problem in New Markets and What Uber Would Be Like with Travis Still There with Scott Gorlick

We had a lot of swagger. I think when you come out like that, everybody wants to build you up on the way up and then they want to tear you down on the way down. And I think, you know, I probably would have been combative in the areas that we were with like writers and politicians, but a little bit more humble and gentle with sort of media.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20Growth: Uber's Expansion Playbook for Scaling from 10 Cities to $10BN in Revenue | How Uber Acquired 1M Drivers | How Uber Solved the Chicken and The Egg Problem in New Markets and What Uber Would Be Like with Travis Still There with Scott Gorlick

If you look at where Uber got to, it never would have become what it was without Travis. Travis is such an incredible operator, one of the best CEOs of the generation. Uber would not have become the $150 billion company that it is today without him.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20Growth: Uber's Expansion Playbook for Scaling from 10 Cities to $10BN in Revenue | How Uber Acquired 1M Drivers | How Uber Solved the Chicken and The Egg Problem in New Markets and What Uber Would Be Like with Travis Still There with Scott Gorlick

If you look at where Uber got to, it never would have become what it was without Travis. Travis is such an incredible operator, one of the best CEOs of the generation. Uber would not have become the $150 billion company that it is today without him.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20Growth: Uber's Expansion Playbook for Scaling from 10 Cities to $10BN in Revenue | How Uber Acquired 1M Drivers | How Uber Solved the Chicken and The Egg Problem in New Markets and What Uber Would Be Like with Travis Still There with Scott Gorlick

If you look at where Uber got to, it never would have become what it was without Travis. Travis is such an incredible operator, one of the best CEOs of the generation. Uber would not have become the $150 billion company that it is today without him.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20Growth: Uber's Expansion Playbook for Scaling from 10 Cities to $10BN in Revenue | How Uber Acquired 1M Drivers | How Uber Solved the Chicken and The Egg Problem in New Markets and What Uber Would Be Like with Travis Still There with Scott Gorlick

I think over time, what would have happened is when a company goes public and when a company matures, the young upstart company that you are has to be a lot more mature. And I think a lot of that transition probably happened under Dara and over the last few years since COVID.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20Growth: Uber's Expansion Playbook for Scaling from 10 Cities to $10BN in Revenue | How Uber Acquired 1M Drivers | How Uber Solved the Chicken and The Egg Problem in New Markets and What Uber Would Be Like with Travis Still There with Scott Gorlick

I think over time, what would have happened is when a company goes public and when a company matures, the young upstart company that you are has to be a lot more mature. And I think a lot of that transition probably happened under Dara and over the last few years since COVID.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20Growth: Uber's Expansion Playbook for Scaling from 10 Cities to $10BN in Revenue | How Uber Acquired 1M Drivers | How Uber Solved the Chicken and The Egg Problem in New Markets and What Uber Would Be Like with Travis Still There with Scott Gorlick

I think over time, what would have happened is when a company goes public and when a company matures, the young upstart company that you are has to be a lot more mature. And I think a lot of that transition probably happened under Dara and over the last few years since COVID.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20Growth: Uber's Expansion Playbook for Scaling from 10 Cities to $10BN in Revenue | How Uber Acquired 1M Drivers | How Uber Solved the Chicken and The Egg Problem in New Markets and What Uber Would Be Like with Travis Still There with Scott Gorlick

I think what Travis is really good at is speed. Here's a quote that's, fear is the disease, hustle is the antidote. What he did better than anybody else and does better than anybody else is he sees something and he moves quickly. It's, hey, like, let's try this out. If it works, amazing. We're going to pour more gasoline on it. And if it doesn't, we're going to keep trying until we figure it out.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20Growth: Uber's Expansion Playbook for Scaling from 10 Cities to $10BN in Revenue | How Uber Acquired 1M Drivers | How Uber Solved the Chicken and The Egg Problem in New Markets and What Uber Would Be Like with Travis Still There with Scott Gorlick

I think what Travis is really good at is speed. Here's a quote that's, fear is the disease, hustle is the antidote. What he did better than anybody else and does better than anybody else is he sees something and he moves quickly. It's, hey, like, let's try this out. If it works, amazing. We're going to pour more gasoline on it. And if it doesn't, we're going to keep trying until we figure it out.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20Growth: Uber's Expansion Playbook for Scaling from 10 Cities to $10BN in Revenue | How Uber Acquired 1M Drivers | How Uber Solved the Chicken and The Egg Problem in New Markets and What Uber Would Be Like with Travis Still There with Scott Gorlick

I think what Travis is really good at is speed. Here's a quote that's, fear is the disease, hustle is the antidote. What he did better than anybody else and does better than anybody else is he sees something and he moves quickly. It's, hey, like, let's try this out. If it works, amazing. We're going to pour more gasoline on it. And if it doesn't, we're going to keep trying until we figure it out.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20Growth: Uber's Expansion Playbook for Scaling from 10 Cities to $10BN in Revenue | How Uber Acquired 1M Drivers | How Uber Solved the Chicken and The Egg Problem in New Markets and What Uber Would Be Like with Travis Still There with Scott Gorlick

And I think what's really unique about Travis as a CEO, his level of understanding across product and operations is very unmatched. He could dive into the weeds with engineering, but then he could nerd out with you on positioning cars in different cities and talking to drivers 30 seconds later.

The Twenty Minute VC (20VC): Venture Capital | Startup Funding | The Pitch
20Growth: Uber's Expansion Playbook for Scaling from 10 Cities to $10BN in Revenue | How Uber Acquired 1M Drivers | How Uber Solved the Chicken and The Egg Problem in New Markets and What Uber Would Be Like with Travis Still There with Scott Gorlick

And I think what's really unique about Travis as a CEO, his level of understanding across product and operations is very unmatched. He could dive into the weeds with engineering, but then he could nerd out with you on positioning cars in different cities and talking to drivers 30 seconds later.