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Assertion Supported
Baker: Uber used a WeChat bot to onboard Chinese drivers until blocked
“One of the engineers on our China growth team built a WeChat bot. WeChat's, you know, like a mess, the messaging app, or the Facebook of, sorry, the Facebook, and also the Internet of China, really. And so we built this WeChat bot, Where, as a driver, you coul…”
Ed Baker Jun 23, 2017 ▶ 22:26 Scaling Growth | Gustaf Alstromer, YC Partner (formerly Airbnb) & Ed Baker (formerly Uber) · Y Combinator
Assertion Contradicted
Caldwell: YC Repeatedly Funded Failed Ride-Sharing Startups Before Uber
“How many times has YC funded that idea before Uber and it didn't work? This was actually a really common bad startup idea was ride sharing.”
Dalton Caldwell Feb 2, 2022 ▶ 7:10 How To Change The World? Get The Small Things Right – Dalton Caldwell and Michael Seibel · Y Combinator
Assertion Supported
Seibel: Early Uber avoided rider subsidies due to immense natural demand
“So in the extreme beginning of Uber, what was so interesting was that it launched in San Francisco, and it launched as Uber Black, which is a really expensive product, actually. It wasn't well subsidized. And the real value is that it was impossible to get a t…”
Michael Seibel Jan 24, 2020 ▶ 47:56 YC SUS: Michael Seibel and Eric Migicovsky discuss How to Launch an MVP · Y Combinator
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