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Re:Crypto firm BlockFi files for bankruptcy as FTX fallout s... by herval on Monday November 28, 2022 @02:08PM (#33778059)
> I once heard that a well-known gig economy company would open up new cities by giving employees essentially-unlimited credit cards

That's pretty documented in the history of Uber :-)

Re:Crypto firm BlockFi files for bankruptcy as FTX fallout s... by germinalphrase on Monday November 28, 2022 @10:50PM (#33783486)
Can anyone recommend a reasonably accurate history of Uber?
Re:Crypto firm BlockFi files for bankruptcy as FTX fallout s... by georgeplusplus on Monday November 28, 2022 @11:02PM (#33783554)
Ubers lie was it would be profitable at scale. They were never profitable at all while growing, but always claimed that if they just had a few more markets they'd finally be profitable.

Turns out unsurprisingly, if your revenue is negative and you multiply it by 1000000 it's really negative.

Re:Crypto firm BlockFi files for bankruptcy as FTX fallout s... by CSMastermind on Monday November 28, 2022 @11:48PM (#33783812)
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber is the most well-known tell-all book. I think they also made a TV miniseries based on the book but I haven't watched it yet.

Wild Ride: Inside Uber's Quest for World Domination is mostly a summary of the headlines involving the company rather than a tell-all but it's accurate enough if you want to familiarize yourself with the subject.

I don't believe anyone has written a book about the technology team specifically which is sad because they actually made some really great technology, especially in the monitoring space, and I would love to hear the story of how that came to be.