Once upon a time, there was a true unicorn, a startup named Uber. Led by CEO Travis Kalanick, the company broke all the rules of business and truly disrupted the way people move through the world. But with a meteoric rise comes a steep fall. As it turns out, an inherently unstable business model and an even more unstable leader do not bode well for long-term success.
On this episode of the Gadget Lab, we are super pumped to talk to New York Times tech reporter Mike Isaac about his explosive new book called Super Pumped, natch, that chronicles the tumultuous rise and fall of Uber and the man who ran it.
Also in tech news, Sonos unveils its first Bluetooth speaker, and Facebook introduces a new dating service. What could go wrong there?
Show Notes
Learn more about Mike Isaac’s Super Pumped here, and read WIRED’s review here. Read Lauren’s first look at the Sonos Move here. Read more from Louise Matsakis about Facebook Dating here.
Recommendations
Michael recommends Thomas Campbell’s skateboarding film Ye Olde Destruction. Lauren recommends Bay Curious podcast and Lana Del Rey’s new album Norman Fucking Rockwell!
You can follow Mike Isaac on Twitter at @MikeIsaac. Michael Calore can be found at @snackfight. Lauren Goode is @laurengoode. Arielle Pardes can be found at @pardesoteric. Bling the main hot line at @GadgetLab. Our theme song is by Solar Keys.
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