Uber's mission is to go to every major city in the world
and roll out an efficient, convenient, elegant transportation system.
I like to think that Uber is creating a new way of getting around cities.
The first use case that matters in a city is going out.
Maybe it's date night, or maybe it's going out to the clubs with friends,
but very quickly it starts to move into daytime use.
You get used to pushing that button at night on Friday or Saturday,
then you're stuck between meetings, and you need to get somewhere
and it sort of works its way from the weekend into the weekday.
That simplicity around not having to think about how I'm going to get from point A to point B is huge.
In cities around the world, especially the major ones,
you have a very stagnant transportation ecosystem. A lot of times they don't work.
Bringing innovation to this world which in many cases really hasn't been innovated on in decades
can really bring diversity to a system that hasn't seen a lot of that.
Uber is Everyone's Private Driver and the drivers are the lifeblood of Uber.
We're bringing that kind of experience to the masses.
"I started with one car and right now I have several cars. I couldn't see myself managing 5, 6, 7 drivers without Uber.
I would have to have a whole office, a dispatcher, and now it's easy."
"I set my hours around my kids' school. Once I take care of them,
then I can schedule any day, any time I want to work.
The freedom is the big component of my decision to join Uber."
So much about cities is how you get around them. If you can bring real efficiency,
real convenience, and real comfort to how you move around that city,
you can change the way people live in that city.