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Re:Uber Joins Lyft in Race to Tap Investors on Friday December 07, 2018 @10:52PM (#18633816)
> $120 Billion valuation on $2.6 billion in annual revenue?

That number is quarterly revenue (and as you say does not include the share the driver takes)

Re:Show HN: Effects of House and Senate Bill on California Residents on Wednesday December 06, 2017 @05:34PM (#15865711)
Great tool

If I can feature request, would love to see city/local taxes accounted for, especially with the SALT deduction removed.

Good work!!

Re:MoviePass wants to let you go to the theater once a day for $10 a m... on Tuesday August 15, 2017 @10:29AM (#15018466)
>It's why places like Planet Fitness are able to offer $10/month unlimited memberships.

That model is far different though

For each Planet Fitness, much of the cost is upfront. That is, they have to buy the property, renovate (or build), and then buy all the machines. Yes there are increased maintenance costs as more people join the gym, but cost per user should decrease with each additional membership.

For MoviePass, for each user they have to pay for the price of each movie ticket they go to. Thus their costs increase proportionally to the number of subscribers. Unless each additional user they sign up goes to the movies less than the average MoviePass user, Cost per user doesn't decrease.

Re:The Uber Dilemma on Monday August 14, 2017 @03:48PM (#15012149)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-08-23/uber-is-t...

To be fair, this doesn't (I believe) take into account if traditional taxis are still dominant in some countries

Re:The Uber Dilemma on Monday August 14, 2017 @02:42PM (#15011307)
Not really.

Yes Lyft has gained some marketshare in the past 6 months. But Uber still dominates the US rideshare market (Uber by public accounts still has greater than 70% Market Share). Uber dominates in several other regions (Western Europe, Latin America) and is competing in several other huge markets (India and SouthEast Asia). Uber also has significant stakes in the dominant ride hailing companies in China and Russia.

This is not to diminish what Lyft has done. They're successful company. But they are in no way seeing more long term success compared to Uber as of today

Re:Sexism at Uber from Female Management on Friday March 03, 2017 @03:16PM (#13785999)
While I don't doubt the rest of the article, I will say as a former Uber intern (this past summer) the vast majority of us were not overworked. I (and most of my fellow Uber interns) worked between 40-50 hours a week, and we were paid hourly (with overtime being paid at 1.5x base pay).
Re:Show HN: Read Hacker News Like Pinterest – Built with Vuejs on Thursday January 05, 2017 @10:11AM (#13327638)
Awesome idea/execution.

One issue with HN that I constantly run into is that I might miss an interesting article because each submission (30 on each page) look so similar. Your approach (where at most 4 articles appear within my browser at once) allows me to take more time to consider whether I should read each article.

Well done!!

Re:Uber Freight on Tuesday December 27, 2016 @01:45AM (#13261674)
> Probably because they have a solid workflow already based on a React tool chain - so why not?

Can confirm, lot of Uber's web infrastructure is modeled around React

Re:Uber lawsuit alleges employees were misled on equity compensation on Friday December 23, 2016 @11:51AM (#13245684)
*EDIT: To be clear offers from Uber
Re:Uber lawsuit alleges employees were misled on equity compensation on Friday December 23, 2016 @01:21AM (#13243226)
hence the FWIW ;)
Re:Uber lawsuit alleges employees were misled on equity compensation on Thursday December 22, 2016 @08:50PM (#13242157)
FWIW, I've had a few friends receive entry level offers (as software engineers) recently and they all had no deadline to accept
Re:Confession: I Don’t Think Uber Is Actually a Great Business (Yet) on Saturday December 10, 2016 @11:00PM (#13149527)
Uber is already running autonomous car tests with customers[1]. They have an entire division devoted to self driving technology[2].

[1] https://techcrunch.com/2016/09/14/1386711/ [2] https://www.uber.com/info/atc/

Re:How to learn hacking on Saturday December 10, 2016 @05:21PM (#13148253)
step 12: ?

step 13: profit

Re:Uber's billion-dollar losses expose the fragile state of the on-dem... on Friday September 16, 2016 @01:32PM (#12515715)
> Passengers don't share the ride with other customers.

This is no longer true with Uber Pool and Lyft Line

Re:The TSA is a waste of money that doesn't save lives and might actua... on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @12:30PM (#11723116)
Good point. I'd love if we had high speed rails in the US. I'd take it over a car everyday.
Re:The TSA is a waste of money that doesn't save lives and might actua... on Wednesday May 18, 2016 @12:09PM (#11722947)
I wonder how autonomous driving will affect shorter flight commutes. I'll probably never take a car from Philadelphia to LA, but I might prefer to travel by car from Philadelphia to Chicago if I know that I can sleep throughout the car ride (as well as leave whenever is most convenient). When you take into account driving to the airport, checking bags, security, flight delays, baggage claim, and rental cars/driving to your hotel, a 12 hour drive doesn't look nearly as bad, especially when you could leave at 10 PM and wake up at 10 AM arriving at your destination. And it's way less stress compared to the hassle of TSA and flights.
Re:Apple invests $1B in Chinese ride-hailing service Didi Chuxing on Friday May 13, 2016 @12:23PM (#11691281)
China is still a developing market for ride hailing/sharing. The margins aren't that good. In fact, with the amount Uber/Didi are spending on driver/rider acquisition, they're both probably bleeding cash like crazy.
Re:Why “Uber for X” companies are struggling even as Uber thrives on Tuesday April 19, 2016 @06:39PM (#11531048)
They are profitable in the U.S. They are unprofitable world wide because China and India are newer markets and Uber requires scale to turn profit. As they continue to gain market share and overall ridership/driver-ship, they will become closer and closer to world wide profitably.
Re:Lyft’s Logan Green on Building Uber’s ‘Happier’ U.S. Rival on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @12:02PM (#11439652)
I've only taken Uber (Lyft is not available in the city where I go to university), but I find most of my Uber drivers as extremely friendly. I've had some very interesting conversations with Uber drivers during my rides, and they nearly always seem happy to talk.

I wonder if Uber drivers in cities without Lyft are happier because Uber is the only option.

Re:The Speed of a Unicorn on Wednesday March 16, 2016 @02:22PM (#11299527)
I really like Paul Graham's definition. A newly founded company designed to grow very fast

http://www.paulgraham.com/growth.html

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