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The Vergecast

Can you build a company like Uber without being a jerk?

The Vergecast

Vox Media Podcast Network

News, Tech News, Technology

4.44.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 September 2019

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

On this week’ interview episode of The Vergecast, editor-in-chief of The Verge Nilay Patel sits down with New York Times reporter Mike Isaac. Isaac has been reporting on the ride-sharing company Uber for over five years now and just released a book all about Uber and the stories surrounding it called Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber. Nilay and Mike talk about how Uber got to where it is today, Uber’s interactions with companies like Apple and Google, and whether or not you have to be a “jerk” to start a company that changes the world. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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But entirely smooth and squishy.

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A powerfully perfect combo.

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Sweet tarts dare to combine.

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1:02.0

Hey everybody, it's Neelai from the Verge House.

1:05.0

In this week's interview episode we have Mike Isaac.

1:07.0

He's a reporter at the New York Times.

1:09.0

He's been covering Uber for five years.

1:11.0

He just wrote a book about Uber called Super Pumped.

1:14.0

It is basically the history of Uber's founding where it came from.

1:17.0

How Travis Kalenik and his co-founders got the idea.

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