The “deep split” is Travis Kalanick, who is maneuvering for a return to running Uber. The company is stuck on the same problem that brought it to this crisis. It is literally leaderless and in the grip of visions of dominance as its early mover advantage is evaporating because mobile logistics is well on the […]
Month: July 2017
Yes, this is the opportunity. Reorganize local marketing with on-demand. The latest development in a long line of digital commerce revolutions is the emergence of on-demand delivery. Like any disruptive change, on-demand apps have created a lot of anxiety for brands and their local stores. Is this technology a threat to localized businesses, or an […]
Google announced on Wednesday a new $50 million initiative to study and prepare “for the changing nature of work,” beginning with investments in the U.S. and Europe to help train job seekers and improve the working conditions for those already employed. Source: Google.org is launching a $50 million effort to prepare job seekers for the […]
Shyp quickly became top-heavy, and now pays the price. Shyp, the on-demand shipping service launched in 2013, has announced in a blog post that they are withdrawing from all but one city and “reducing headcount at headquarters” in an effort to “prove their business model and set Shyp up for long-term success.” As of today, […]
Executives may be racing for the exits, but at least one major investor is still keen to do business with Uber. While the ride-hailing giant searches for a new C.E.O., Uber has also found a new suitor in Japanese tech giant SoftBank and its Trump-friendly C.E.O. Masayoshi Son, who the Wall Street Journal reports is […]
Lyft’s driver-generated revenue went up 25 percent to hit $1 billion in the second quarter of 2017, up from $800 million in Q1. In aggregate, the company has a ways to go before it rivals Uber’s $8.25 billion gross bookings it earned in the same period — but that figure only improved 10 percent quarter-on-quarter. […]
Finally, Uber remembers the workers are pissed off, too. This time, the company is focusing on its driver support system — which the company concedes was built to get bigger, not efficiently respond to drivers’ issues. To rectify that, Uber has overhauled the more than 100 policies the company’s support agents use to respond to […]
On Friday, Lyft, the ride-hailing company, announced that it was developing its own self-driving technology, marking yet another company’s gamble that the future of transportation will be marked by self-driving cars. Source: Lyft to Develop Self-Driving Car Technology in New Silicon Valley Facility – The New York Times
While Uber’s culture is deeply broken, the kind of on-call responsibilities described as onerous here are not much different than any other organization with high growth or established scale.That’s not an Uber issue, it’s a standard feature of the tech industry — when I was on call at Bing, for example, I got calls at […]
“…that’s nothing compared to how unbelievably screwed older people are under the BCRA. If you’re 64 years old and make $56,800, you pay about $6,800 under Obamacare. That would jump to $20,500 (!!!) under the Senate plan. This is a particularly scary problem for older gig economy workers.” Source: The gig economy and Senate health […]