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Advice Line with John Zimmer of Lyft Oct 23, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:13 Guy Raz Uh, you had an epic battle with your main competitor, Uber, which was quite ugly, and there's actually a, uh, sort of a dramatization of this that came out a couple years ago.

Pressbox and Tide Cleaners: Vijen Patel. The $1.99 Gamble That Built a National Brand Oct 6, 2025 · 8 mentions

  • ▶ 6:30 Guy Raz I mean, when you are in San Francisco, I mean, this is like, you know, that, that time, I mean, it's like Uber is starting to make waves, and obviously Airbnb is already, you know, really starting to have an impact, and Slack is, is coming… 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 16:39 Guy Raz Was it going to be a, like, Uber for, for dry cleaning? 5 times in the scene
  • ▶ 49:28 Guy Raz Like, there was the Uber-Lyft wars, right, going on at that time.

Advice Line with Tony Xu of Doordash Oct 2, 2025 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 6:08 Guy Raz Like, we talk, even back in 2018, we talked about, about on the show how, you know, at a certain point, Uber saw what you were doing, and Uber was a giant, a behemoth, and they start a competitor service, Uber Eats.
  • ▶ 6:08 Guy Raz Like, we talk, even back in 2018, we talked about, about on the show how, you know, at a certain point, Uber saw what you were doing, and Uber was a giant, a behemoth, and they start a competitor service, Uber Eats.

Advice Line with Troy Carter of Atom Factory Jul 24, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 2:04 Guy Raz You got in early on, on companies like Uber and Lyft and Spotify, and you also had a stint at Spotify for a while.

UNTUCKit: Chris Riccobono Jun 23, 2025 · 1 mention

Resy and Eater: Ben Leventhal Jan 20, 2025 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 2:39 Guy Raz The original model for Resi was a little like Uber and Surge Pricing.

Boll & Branch: Scott and Missy Tannen Nov 11, 2024 · 2 mentions

BARK: Matt Meeker Nov 4, 2024 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 27:07 Guy Raz And this was a Carly Strife who had worked at Uber and 4 times in the scene

Advice Line with Leah Solivan of Taskrabbit Sep 12, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:31 Guy Raz I mean, when, when ideas like, like Airbnb and Uber weren't yet fully formed, you actually launched TaskRabbit in 2008.

Insomnia Cookies: Seth Berkowitz Aug 26, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 57:21 Guy Raz And how did DoorDash start to change your business, and Uber Eats, and all these places, Grubhub?

AI that can be your second brain with Bethany Bongiorno and Imran Chaudhri of Humane Mar 14, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 37:18 Guy Raz Do you, I mean, can, like right now, this, the pin can't replace a smartphone because you can't order an Uber from it or, or transfer money on your bank account, um, for example, but do you imagine that, that it will be able to do

Sharing the 2023 HIBT Lab Highlight Reel Jan 4, 2024 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 13:37 Guy Raz So when you started out, right, in, in a ghost kitchen, which is true, like if you go to DoorDash or Uber Eats today, like a lot of the, and I do it all the time, I'll order up, I'm like, oh, this looks pretty good.

The future of driving is autonomous with Dmitri Dolgov of Waymo Nov 23, 2023 · 7 mentions

  • ▶ 0:46 Guy Raz The Waymo Taxi is now available 24 seven in San Francisco and Phoenix, and it operates similar to Uber or Lyft.
  • ▶ 25:06 Guy Raz What was, was the idea of like, hey, let's get these in really good shape, and then, you know, we'll, we'll turn them into like, like Ubers.
  • ▶ 27:29 Guy Raz Um, they're Jaguar SUVs, all electric, um, and they, driving around the city, and you just order it like an Uber.
  • ▶ 35:38 Guy Raz Like, you know, I'm sure, I know you've got a partnership that you announced with Uber, but, um, I mean, is the idea that, you know, in 10 years time, um, this is going to be the primary, your primary business or, or a part of what you do? 4 times in the scene

When our phones are just phones with Kai Tang and Joe Hollier of Light Aug 10, 2023 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 19:28 Guy Raz I went to San Francisco to have lunch with a friend, and I hailed an Uber, and then I looked at a map app to see how long it would take me to get there, and I got to the restaurant a few minutes early, so I checked my Gmail, and

Powering cars with solar energy with Steve Fambro of Aptera Motors Aug 3, 2023 · 1 mention

Twilio: Jeff Lawson Apr 3, 2023 · 17 mentions

  • ▶ 3:18 Guy Raz Its communications technology connects big brands like Airbnb or Uber or DoorDash or even Nike and Toyota to consumers in ways that have become so natural, so intuitive, that we barely even think about them today.
  • ▶ 51:55 Guy Raz I think a big turning point for you was, was, or maybe not, I don't know, but, but Uber started to use Twilio, and I guess this is probably still early in Uber's history, so maybe it wasn't a significant, um, amount of revenue at the time. 6 times in the scene
  • ▶ 57:58 Guy Raz Um, Uber eventually became a significant, very significant. 10 times in the scene

HIBT Lab! Slutty Vegan: Pinky Cole Mar 23, 2023 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 28:09 Guy Raz So when you started out, right, in, in a ghost kitchen, which is true, like if you go to DoorDash or Uber Eats today, like a lot of the, and I do it all the time, I'll order up, I'm like, oh, this looks pretty good.

HIBT Lab! Nuro: Dave Ferguson Jan 19, 2023 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 24:37 Guy Raz I know, I mean, you, you guys have done, um, partnerships with, as you mentioned, Kroger and Domino's Pizza and Uber Eats,

HIBT Lab! Cruise: Kyle Vogt Oct 27, 2022 · 3 mentions

  • ▶ 31:13 Guy Raz It, it operates like an Uber or Lyft.
  • ▶ 34:41 Guy Raz You're sitting in the back of this car, and, uh, within 20 seconds, it's no different than sitting in the back of an Uber.
  • ▶ 46:47 Guy Raz and I mean, you can operate like an Uber or Lyft now without a driver in, you know, almost anywhere.

ButcherBox: Mike Salguero Oct 3, 2022 · 1 mention

HIBT Lab! Wonder: Marc Lore Sep 22, 2022 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 9:37 Guy Raz Food delivery, because that exists, there's DoorDash and Uber Eats and stuff.
  • ▶ 12:22 Guy Raz Your experience and who you are, you can say, you know, I'm going to take on the DoorDash and Uber Eats and Grubhubs of the world and just make food delivery better and more efficient.

Noom: Saeju Jeong Aug 8, 2022 · 1 mention

TaskRabbit: Leah Solivan Jul 11, 2022 · 4 mentions

  • ▶ 2:29 Guy Raz Those three developments would, of course, eventually power companies like Lyft and Uber and Airbnb and Instacart and DoorDash.
  • ▶ 15:01 Guy Raz Yeah, I hate going on the snow, and this is before Uber, this is before, like, things that just, that we've now come to depend on, unfortunately, or fortunately, um, depending on your perspective, but.
  • ▶ 24:35 Guy Raz You know, I'm just curious, just, it's a bit of an aside, but this is the time when Uber and Lyft and 2 times in the scene

PODS & Red Rover: Pete Warhurst May 9, 2022 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 48:21 Guy Raz Meantime, you start to run into problems that many years later, uh, companies like Airbnb and Uber would run into, which is a municipal regulations first in Tampa, the Tampa Bay area, because they were saying people started, there were…

KAYAK: Paul English Sep 27, 2021 · 7 mentions

  • ▶ 1:08:58 Guy Raz Um, you have been an Uber driver. 6 times in the scene
  • ▶ 1:10:30 Guy Raz That's Paul English, occasional Uber driver, and founder or co-founder of, among other things, Kayak, Lola.com, Moonbeam, Intermute, Get Human, Speed Games, Boston Light Software, and the online Chinese chess site, ShangChi.com.

Live From The HIBT Summit: Adam Grant Aug 19, 2021 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 23:46 Guy Raz You know, who's going to go into a stranger's car when, when, when Lyft and Uber started out, right?

Meet The HIBT Fellows: Mark Atlan & Zach Correa May 18, 2021 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 13:57 Guy Raz So something like Airbnb or Uber, but instead of your house or car, Zach wants to connect people to their neighbor's vegetable garden.

Live Episode! Clubhouse: Paul Davison and Rohan Seth May 6, 2021 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 3:17 Guy Raz Slack and Airbnb and, you know, these, these huge Uber, I mean, these Uber would come later, but these huge companies that we talk about now were really kind of beginning to, um, to cut, to kind of crystallize. 2 times in the scene

How I Built Resilience: Kara Goldin of Hint Apr 1, 2021 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:38 Guy Raz Hint Water was at one time dubbed the unofficial drink of Silicon Valley because it was stocked at the offices of Google, Uber, and other tech companies.

How I Built Resilience: John Zimmer of Lyft Sep 26, 2020 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 13:33 Guy Raz And I'm oversimplifying here, but basically, if it passes, it will overturn a state law that would require companies like Uber and Lyft to treat their drivers as W-II employees, not contractors.

How I Built Resilience: Ajay Prakash and James Joun of Rinse Aug 27, 2020 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 6:44 Guy Raz State legislature passed a law clearly targeting Uber and Lyft that,

Vita Coco: Michael Kirban Aug 3, 2020 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 42:55 Guy Raz It was like Uber and Lyft, you know, like there were stories about Vitacoco guys taking the price tags off Zico products in stores and Zico calling up stores and saying, well, we'll, we'll sell you 50 cases and give you 25 cases for free,…

Cotopaxi: Davis Smith May 4, 2020 · 1 mention

Stripe: Patrick and John Collison (2018) Mar 9, 2020 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:49 Guy Raz They sit through pitch after pitch, PowerPoint after PowerPoint, hoping that today will be the day, that one of these pitches will be the next Uber or Airbnb.

Live From The HIBT Summit: Troy Carter Dec 12, 2019 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 12:32 Guy Raz I want to ask you about, um, since, since you, um, worked with Lady Gaga, you created Atom Factory, a management company, um, you've invested in Uber and Lyft and Warby Parker.

Compaq Computers: Rod Canion (2019) Mar 25, 2019 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 31:30 Guy Raz In a way, is, is that a cautionary tale for some of these powerhouses we see today, like Snapchat, or Uber, or Facebook?

Squarespace: Anthony Casalena Mar 4, 2019 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:32 Guy Raz Well, in most cities in America, Uber and Lyft have solved that problem.

Kickstarter: Perry Chen (2018) Dec 31, 2018 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 32:21 Guy Raz We think about companies like Uber or Airbnb or, you know, companies that connect people with other people, and in some ways, Kickstarter does the same thing.

Lyft's John Zimmer At The HIBT Summit Nov 29, 2018 · 13 mentions

  • ▶ 0:38 Guy Raz And I say one of the biggest, of course, because, well, there's Uber. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 3:13 Guy Raz Pretty soon after your, after your launch, um, Uber kind of stepped into your territory with, with, at that time, Uber was a premium black car service, and once Lyft got traction, Uber launched UberX, pretty, pretty soon after, and I want… 8 times in the scene
  • ▶ 8:11 Guy Raz I, I'm gonna, I'm gonna ask you this anyway, which is, when Uber ran into so many problems, we know what those were, um, many of course of their own making, um, culminating in the resignation of, of, of the founder, was there some, I don't… 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 13:06 Guy Raz And even with Lyft there are, even with Uber there are, right?

DoorDash: Tony Xu Nov 12, 2018 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 2:59 Guy Raz So you grab your phone, you click on Grubhub or Uber Eats or Postmates or DoorDash, and boom!
  • ▶ 35:20 Guy Raz Can this industry, the logistics industry, support DoorDash, Grubhub, Uber Eats, Postmates, on and on and on?

WeWork: Miguel McKelvey (2018) Sep 3, 2018 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 39:44 Guy Raz I wonder, I mean, you must look at some of these companies like Uber, right?

Angie's List: Angie Hicks (2016) Aug 20, 2018 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 20:38 Guy Raz And you kind of did this before the Airbnbs and the, the Ubers and the, you know, these, or the, the sharing economy kind of took off, right?

Lyft: John Zimmer (2017) Jun 25, 2018 · 12 mentions

  • ▶ 2:31 Guy Raz But still, even though this world of instant car rides is just a few years old, we're so used to it that, if you're like me, you start to get really antsy and anxious when the Uber or Lyft app says you have to wait for three minutes for… 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 27:21 Guy Raz Because Uber was still doing black, mainly black cars, right? 7 times in the scene
  • ▶ 31:53 Guy Raz You know, we think about, like, these ride-sharing, um, companies like Uber and Lyft as this thing, this permanent thing that we all come to depend on. 2 times in the scene

Lady Gaga & Atom Factory: Troy Carter (2018) May 28, 2018 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 39:14 Guy Raz And some pretty, pretty, like Uber, Warby Parker, Spotify, right? 2 times in the scene

Stripe: Patrick and John Collison May 7, 2018 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 1:52 Guy Raz They sit through pitch after pitch, PowerPoint after PowerPoint, hoping that today will be the day, that one of these pitches will be the next WeWork or Uber or Airbnb, an opportunity so rare, so coveted,

Kickstarter: Perry Chen Jul 31, 2017 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 31:59 Guy Raz We think about companies like Uber or Airbnb or, you know, companies that connect people with other people, and in some ways, Kickstarter does the same thing.

WeWork: Miguel McKelvey Jun 19, 2017 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 38:22 Guy Raz I wonder, I mean, you must look at some of these companies like Uber, right?

Compaq Computers: Rod Canion May 22, 2017 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 31:08 Guy Raz In a way, is, is that a cautionary tale for some of these powerhouses we see today, like Snapchat, or Uber, or Facebook?

Lady Gaga & Atom Factory: Troy Carter May 1, 2017 · 2 mentions

  • ▶ 38:52 Guy Raz And some pretty, pretty, like, Uber, Warby Parker, Spotify, right? 2 times in the scene

Lyft: John Zimmer Feb 13, 2017 · 17 mentions

  • ▶ 1:32 Guy Raz But still, even though this world of instant car rides is just a few years old, we're so used to it that, if you're like me, you start to get really antsy and anxious when the Uber or Lyft app says you have to wait for three minutes for… 4 times in the scene
  • ▶ 26:18 Guy Raz Because Uber was still doing black, mainly black cars, right? 5 times in the scene
  • ▶ 29:09 Guy Raz Like, you know, Uber obviously has, you know, been a pretty tough competitor, and at times have been accusations that, that, that they've kind of tried to sabotage you, or maybe you guys have to them. 3 times in the scene
  • ▶ 30:50 Guy Raz You know, we think about, like, these ride-sharing, um, companies like Uber and Lyft as this thing, this permanent thing that we all come to depend on. 2 times in the scene
  • ▶ 33:50 Guy Raz And by the way, if you've been following the news lately, you might have seen that the competition between Lyft and Uber has suddenly become political, and I mean really political, like Donald Trump political. 3 times in the scene

Angie's List: Angie Hicks Nov 28, 2016 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 20:06 Guy Raz And what's interesting about, uh, about taking this online is that, like, the business model, right, it's, is based on basically building a community of trust, and you kind of did this before the Airbnbs and the, the Ubers and the, you…

Airbnb: Joe Gebbia Oct 17, 2016 · 1 mention

  • ▶ 35:26 Guy Raz And you have some similar challenges to, to companies like Uber, um, with some cities saying, hey, you know, you guys should be regulated like hotels.
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