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Travis Kalanick

10/25/13

@ Y Combinator

Steve Aziz started with one car and now operates 20 cars, supporting a growing family with six kids.

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Travis Kalanick at Startup School 2012

@ Y Combinator

10/25/13

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Travis Kalanick

10/25/13

@ Y Combinator

Some drivers have scaled their operations from one car to 15, each grossing over $100,000 a year, achieving their American dream.

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Bill Gates

02/21/25

@ Stripe

Alex Wang, who leads an AI data company, is an example of a successful founder in their 20s today.

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Travis Kalanick

10/25/13

@ Y Combinator

A consistent revenue stream helps drivers transition from barely making ends meet to living comfortably and investing in their business.

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Hosain Rahman

10/15/14

@ Y Combinator

We scaled our company from zero to seventy million in revenue with just six people at the start, which was a challenging situation.

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Travis Kalanick

10/25/13

@ Y Combinator

Riad, a top-performing Uber driver, makes 20 to 30% more per hour than other drivers and has five cars on the system.

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Y Combinator Cast

03/09/18

@ Y Combinator

Connecting people with cars to those who need rides is a fundamental idea behind many successful startups.

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Parker Conrad

09/10/24

@ The Social Radars Podcast

I went from having $600 million in the bank and 1,500 employees to starting over from zero, but I was determined to rebuild what we had started at Zenefits.

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Garry Tan

05/21/25

@ Vanta

Startups that rapidly scale to eight figures in revenue often do so with very small teams, demonstrating that fewer employees can still drive significant growth.

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Travis Kalanick

04/11/25

@ Peter H. Diamandis

My leadership has evolved significantly since Uber, where I learned from running a small team to managing thousands of employees and millions of drivers.