Travis Kalanick at Startup School 2012

Travis Kalanick, founder of Uber, at Y Combinator Startup School on October 20, 2012. Startup School is YC's free online program for founders. Sign up to access the full curriculum and over $100k in deals! www.startupschool.org/
Presented in Stanford Memorial Auditorium by Y Combinator and the Stanford Technology Ventures Program.

[@TAntonio]

It’s a real trip to go back and watch this. Times have changed!!!

[@NR-gp2il]

Yessir

[@djangoworldwide7925]

Why can't the camerman show the picture? For godsake

[@MrPrakashsomani]

Same quesiton

[@Cinarli1979]

Because he is just graduated from the arts school and they told him to keep the camera moving to be "arty". Irritating.

[@Cube920429]

I actually think cameraman had done his job well, you are talking about editing problems

[@Xtr3met3]

dope visuals

[@troooooper100]

?where

[@whitebuddha4927]

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[@StreamAgency]

Another really inspirational video. Thanks to all the people at Y Combinator that contribute to this content.

[@thomasjung6660]

He will definitely teach u that laws are meant to be broken. He's such a legend why are drivers still complaining. Could it be Uber is taking too big of a cut in the fares collected.

[@i7rooper]

7 years later this startup became a 90 billion company and Travis stepped down from CEO

[@Conan....]

9 years later and there is a big budget tv show about it

[@i7rooper]

@@Conan.... What is it called?

[@CrisEX420]

@@i7rooper Super Pumped on Showtime

[@JuliaInMerica]

Uber needs him back, company and their app getting worse and worse every year

[@Diego-tm3dj]

He was fired.

[@nickyn286]

great job by the camera man

[@MB561]

Is it me or did I miss the advice I was hoping to hear. Lol. This was one big promotional video chat for uber! #HumbleBrag lol

[@nevillelusimba1689]

I think this is a great video for an entrepreneur looking for the 'how to implement a business model' if u didn't find the advice, keep looking

[@onlyrealmusicgonnalast]

you have zero chance at founding a startup if you can’t find advice in this

[@nevillelusimba1689]

Quite great a video for prospective entrepreneurs

[@cuahutemoc296]

What did DC say about Uber?

[@Tayrik_7]

this guy just set up the biggest holdup of the century with the blessing of bankers... 🎰🎰🎰

[@nat.serrano]

Where can I get the slides?

[@prajwal.0.]

i am this while traveling in uber

[@eduardoluisrl]

The cameraman was bad af

[@royreyes8422]

congratulations to ur success Travis

[@THEBIGGESTSCUMBAG]

LEGEND

[@allenleexyz]

The GOAT

[@amarjotsinghsaggu555]

Commentators = talkers Travis = multibillionaire Rest = watchers 🌡️

[@ivanchallengingvideoslam1948]

watchers can learn from this and might just become another multi-billionaire if they have the right people, right timing, and just a right amount of luck

[@Brian-ey7qs]

Uber was good for cities, SF, West LA, NY, but the model doesn't work when you hit the suburbs cause stuff is farther apart. Time is money.

[@rosh70]

Plus Travis Kalanick's EGO lol 🤣

[@sharonalbrecht4544]

It works very well in the suburbs of Washington, DC

[@Secretlyanothername]

What an absolute legend. Incredible guy.

[@madhav7362]

🔥

[@pruthvinathreddy]

He' has done a great job but he didn't get what he deserved. I feel Sad about the ending

[@dwightphilley7137]

2.6 Billion wasn't enough?

[@JuliaInMerica]

Travis is funny guy

[@maxdenby2166]

Great pitch. A lot about growth… zero about profitability or unit economics. Zero has changed Uber is a good product and a terrible business.

[@jeffsama7601]

These tech guyz are the ones who are the richest in the world.Too bad not everyone is gifted with tech staff

[@NR-gp2il]

ymarrero23 right

[@troooooper100]

gifted?

[@davoz9773]

It's all about vision and perseverance. Some founders and entrepreneurs cant code at all.

[@pawelallable]

Poor guy forgot to be politically correct. Whenever he talks about engineers at Uber doing cool things, he says Guys. Even thought obviously his math department is full of guys, you can't actually Admit that Travis. They'll come for your job! Oh wait.. they did.

[@slouischarlesYT]

He refers to the audience as guys in the beginning. It's not a big deal to most except both sides of the culture wars who need something to fight over.

[@anshulnegi1822]

​५55r5r55555५५rrrr5

[@cristianx3z]

Can yall hear how nervous he sounds?

[@Alex-ll4xm]

Everyone's a bit nervous. It's public speaking. Give him a break, we're all human. :)

[@user-ii3cp7ot3s]

i dont hear it, its basic human pausing

[@alisherfez32]

He's a billionaire. Who cares lol

[@MB561]

How do uber drivers not realize being a driver is effectively a scam. 90% of the money you make is eaten up by gas, taxes, and ESPECIALLY car maintenence that accounts for over 65% of the money you make as an uber driver. And just because you don't fractionally pay for the small increase in tire, engine, brakes, oil, and all the other parts of a car that need to be replaced with usage after every uber shift doesn't mean that is not real. When you include the cost of repairs and maintenance that sky rockets in frequency when using your vehicle as a business vs merely getting you places, the money you make from uber driving is literally around 2-5$ an hour!!! Don't believe me? Look into it. Essentially the scam none of these drivers understand is that drivers are essentially looking for daily or nightly money "in hand" as basically a quick LOAN because in a certain time frame you will be giving 90% + of that money back to repair garages! Think about that. But hey drivers, the good news is you're making Travis rich and you're giving passengers significant savings on the back of your time and car (no pun intended). :-)

[@Tayrik_7]

M B lollll... 🤙🏼

[@yoladamoyi9801]

Dayyym..... this is an Area 51 type comment. Blew my mind

[@i7rooper]

It's true. This has been backed by studies that concluded that a full time Uber driver makes much less than the minimum wage.

[@CaptainPlanet007]

Once you stop hating, your life will improve bruh.

[@emmanuelezele7281]

@@CaptainPlanet007 very true

[@MB561]

Oh the irony here ... Travis talks a lot about valuing drivers which I no doubt he sincerely does. But what he doesn't talk about, and I don't blame him, is that he and uber's number one goal in their business model is to put every single one of THEIR drivers out of work AS SOON AS POSSIBLE by developing and implementing driverless cars for the uber fleet which will significantly increase their profits in multiples. So yes he and uber value their drivers because they enable uber to build their customer base all while uber works to replace their drivers ASAP with robot cars. Lol. Sooooo ironic and hilarious. And yet i've never seen even one article about this irony. Hey UBER drivers, Travis is working extra hard to put you out of work ASAP!!

[@adamlee9347]

M B well its business happens all the time

[@facundomiranda3391]

You are right. I agree and it would be really sad that these drivers will have to find new jobs... but... nobody can stop the coming tech innovations.

[@aleksagordic9593]

Because it's not about the drivers it was never about the drivers. It's about consumers and they'll be better off. It's more secure (or definitely will be) having driverless cars - better for consumers, a driverless car can always drive it doesn't have to sleep - better for consumers, you can program it so it's more efficient, etc.

[@dwightphilley7137]

More secure? lmao @@aleksagordic9593

[@arm_apt]

I don't understand how riders are getting around town much more efficiently when Uber added thousands of cars on the road clogging every streets and freeways. Congratulations you are now causing pollution on land and air.

[@pawelallable]

I've met people that think Uber is more environmentally friendly than taking their own car, which I'll never understand. If I need to go 5 miles to the store and come back, I travel 10 miles. If I take an Uber, the Uber has to travel from where his is to me, a wasted trip. Then when I'm ready to leave, an Uber has to come from wherever they are, to my location. More wasted energy. With my personal car it's 10 miles total, with an Uber it could easily be 12-14 miles total.