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Uride currently operates in 24 cities with thousands of drivers

Cody Ruberto · He launched an Uber competitor with just $3,000—& grew to $20M in revenue in 7 years. | Cody Rube... · PMF Show · Sep 30, 2024 · at 32:15

Cody Ruberto is the founder and CEO of Uride, an underserved-market rideshare startup.

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“Yeah, we're in we're in 24 cities right now. 23 of them are in Canada, and we just launched our first national market. We got a couple thousand drivers, and so drivers are growing.”

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