Lyft

3 statements across 2 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Mar 3, 2020 by Mike Maples Jr. · said 19 times in 9 episodes since 2016 · across every show →

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Mar 3, 2020 positive
Disclosure
Maples: Floodgate invested early in Zimride (Lyft), Twitter, Twitch, and Okta
“So, for example, we invested in Lyft when it was Zimride back in 2010, and it would be very easy for us to believe we knew more than we knew at the time we made that investment. Same with Twitter, same with Twitch, same with Okta.”
Mike Maples Jr. Mar 3, 2020 ▶ 18:43 #77 Mike Maples: Living in the Future
Mar 3, 2020
What-if
Maples: Lyft could not have succeeded in 2006 without smartphone adoption
“So back in 2006, when the smartest phone was a Blackberry, Lyft couldn't have worked no matter how good the idea was.”
Mike Maples Jr. Mar 3, 2020 ▶ 41:43 #77 Mike Maples: Living in the Future
Jan 21, 2025 positive
Insight
Lin: DoorDash unlocked driver supply via introverts and sub-rideshare vehicles
“It turned out that, well, A, there's some people who would prefer to deliver Food or a package over delivering people. They didn't want to have to have social interactions. And then there's other people with perfectly fine cars, but they're not perfectly fine …”
Alfred Lin Jan 21, 2025 ▶ 2:03:35 How to Win by Being Right and Contrarian: Lessons from Zappos to DoorDash
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