A biography for Travis Kalanickhasn’t been written yet.
“If you're operating from strong principles, you can compromise when the person on the other side is operating from principles you respect.”
“Millennials aren't buying cars anymore. They don't want to drive. They don't want to own these cars. They don't want that inconvenience.”
“A regulator is supposed to create and enforce a standard.”
“What I've learned as we've gotten bigger is that it's really, really important for us to take all the opportunities to tell our story, because as we grow and have a bigger impact on cities, if we don't tell our story, somebody else will.”
“Competition is fun.”
“I have been trying to understand the regulators.”
“I think Uber is just very different; there's no model to copy. It may be the reason why we've been a lightning rod in so many ways, because we don't do anything conventional... And then I think also, as an entrepreneur, I'm a bit of a lone wolf.”
“I don't believe that you can make decisions on anything without having all of the details.”
“I was the straight-A student but sort of a little bit of debating my parents all the time, trying to find when they weren't logically correct.”
“Uber is a global business. We don't think just in terms of the U.S.”
“You have to be willing to stand up for what you believe in, and the rule of law is one of those things.”
“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.”
“Hamilton is my favorite political entrepreneur.”
“I prefer building rather than fundraising.”
“In order to keep the love going, you want to keep it fun.”
“The world isn't always great.”
“There's probably some misunderstanding of who I am and how I roll.”
“You can't control who you fall in love with.”
“I've had failures myself before Uber.”
“You can bend reality, but you cannot break it.”