As a business strategy, this kind of brinkmanship wouldn't make me sleep well at night.
Basically Uber goes into a city, hires drivers, outfits them with equipment and starts operations. And for what it's worth, the service is awesome.
By the time the city & existing cab and livery drivers notice and want to do something about it, they've look like the bad guys, are anti-competetive and they've turned the public against them.
It's clever, but I can't help but think they'll end up with a situation soon that doesn't end up working out in their favor.
Basically Uber goes into a city, hires drivers, outfits them with equipment and starts operations. And for what it's worth, the service is awesome.
By the time the city & existing cab and livery drivers notice and want to do something about it, they've look like the bad guys, are anti-competetive and they've turned the public against them.
It's clever, but I can't help but think they'll end up with a situation soon that doesn't end up working out in their favor.