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29: 28: 160:, attempts to keep regulators from hiring Uber drivers to avoid fines, and the mishandling of personal information, including in the case of a rape victim in India. It also looks at the ways that, despite these incidents, the company was considered a 429: 152:, and he vowed not to be replaced by them again. The book details the "work hard, play hard" culture at Uber, citing a party where employees celebrated the first billion dollars in revenues in 612: 617: 346: 136:, who would later run the company and become its largest shareholder before being removed as CEO, was originally brought in as an advisor with its first employee 602: 536: 457: 607: 551: 497: 263: 190:
that "Isaac is great at the ticktock of events as they unfold, but his best work comes when he steps back to examine the bigger picture."
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as its CEO. The book explains how Kalanick came to replace Graves, who stayed on with the company, and gained control over the
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named it its "Book of the Month", praising it for detailing the many problems at the company without vilifying Kalanick.
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by venture capitalists. Isaac writes that for a time, Uber was one of the highest valued private companies in
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joined the cast as Austin Geidt. Babak Tafti and Mousa Hussein Kraish joined the cast.
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journalist Mike Isaac. The book covers the events between the founding of
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had given a series order to a television adaptation of the book from
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The book was based on Mike Isaac's coverage of events at Uber for
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Cover of Super Pumped which reads: Super Pumped (top) The Battle for Uber (middle) Mike Isaac (bottom) in bold black sans serif font. The background is a bright red monochromatic close-up photograph of the face of Travis Kalanick.
W. W. Norton
ISBN
9780393652253
New York Times
Uber
initial public offering
New York Times
Uber
Garrett Camp
Travis Kalanick
Ryan Graves
startup
venture capitalists
Scour
Las Vegas
Susan Fowler
unicorn
Silicon Valley
Wired
Leslie Berlin
Super Pumped (TV series)
Showtime
Billions
Brian Koppelman
David Levien
Joseph Gordon-Levitt
Kyle Chandler
Kerry Bishé
Hank Azaria

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