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Re:I made a $2M funeral startup and became a monster by lupire on Friday May 07, 2021 @10:42AM (#27076447)
The headline is a lie, right? There no "Uber" part. I guess that's the point of the quote marks, to contrast all the bullshit lies and phony origin stories and pitch decks of the VC world , against the reality of the work your business does.

There's plenty of room for ethical mortuary companies to make money providing value and distrupting a deeply exploitative industry. But maybe it can't be done with (ironically named in this case) culture capital.

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Re:I made a $2M funeral startup and became a monster by twobitshifter on Friday May 07, 2021 @01:50PM (#27078711)
Uber = you own nothing and use your digital platform to connect the people doing the actual work (cremation) with those that need it (grieving families)

Owning their own crematory as proposed in the end would have been much less of an “Uber for” business.

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Re:I made a $2M funeral startup and became a monster by jiofih on Friday May 07, 2021 @11:01AM (#27076690)
The “Uber for …” came to mean any kind of service that you get by pressing a button on your phone. Hence the overuse. It’s just a startup trope now.
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Re:I made a $2M funeral startup and became a monster by crusty on Friday May 07, 2021 @01:51PM (#27078723)
Or maybe ^that^ with a business model requiring it to be operated as a heartless, profiteering vulture for success. That's usually where my mind goes when I read "Uber" - not as succinct as Evilcorp but whatever.
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