UberPool
product on 6 shows · 5 statements across 3 episodes · said 34 times in 12 episodes since 2019
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Tolkin: UberPool launched with post-hoc pricing before upfront pricing was built
“When we first launched, it was variable pricing, depending on whether you matched or not. You open the Uber app, you say, this is where I'm going, and it was just like, okay, and then based on minutes and miles, the cost would post hoc calculate until we built…”
Tolkin: Defaulting the Uber app to UberPool was a poor product decision
“And for a little bit the default was Uber pool. And I think that was a poor product decision. Because even if you had chosen Uber X on your last ride, it defaulted back to Uber pool. And so the UI wasn't clear enough what was happening. And so people were acci…”
UberPool's company corridor matching failed because marketplace liquidity is everything
“We very quickly realized that back to sort of like what the kernel truth is here is like liquidity is the only thing that matters. And there just wasn't enough. There was never going to be enough to sort of do this, like company-based thing. That wasn't the st…”
Hariharan: Lyft Line and UberPool create true network effects
“However, if you look at lift line and Uber pool, I think those could have network effects because think of this, you're a rider, you want more riders using those because then you can share a ride to San Francisco from Palo Alto and therefore have a cheaper rid…”