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The idea of hailing cabs electronically is not new. A confluence of factors helped Uber figure out how the idea could work, in hindsight.
> "The idea of using black cars never occurred to us, so Travis gets props for that."
lisper is right: using blacks cars was a much better strategy than trying to negotiate with local cabs in trying to gain traction
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The idea of hailing cabs electronically is not new. A confluence of factors helped Uber figure out how the idea could work, in hindsight.
> "The idea of using black cars never occurred to us, so Travis gets props for that."
lisper is right: using blacks cars was a much better strategy than trying to negotiate with local cabs in trying to gain traction