Weekly Trips
topic on 2 shows · 2 statements across 2 episodes
the Y Combinator Startup Podcast 
20VC
2 statements about Weekly Trips, every show
Ed Baker: Uber selected weekly trips as its North Star metric
“Similarly at Uber, our North Star metric, in fact, one of the first things I did when I started the growth team at Uber was said to the team, we've got to come up with our North Star metric. We decided on, instead of something like monthly active riders, We sa…”
Baker: Uber chose weekly trips as North Star to balance supply and demand
“Ultimately we decided on trips, weekly trips as the North Star metric, because for every trip to take place, you need, ah, riders and you need drivers. And so by having trips as that North Star metric, you could then break that down into the supply side and th…”