Super Pumped
The Battle for Uber
Mike Isaac
In June 2017, Travis Kalanick, the hard-charging CEO of Uber, was ousted in a boardroom coup that capped a brutal year for the transportation giant. Uber had catapulted to the top of the tech world, yet for many came to symbolize everything wrong with Silicon Valley.Award-winning New York Times technology correspondent Mike Isaac’s Super Pumped pre...
Publish Date
2019
September 3
Goodreads rating
4.14
ISBN
9780393652246
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Aug 27, 2019
One of the juiciest books I read this summer was @MikeIsaac's book about UBER: "Super Pumped."
It's out on 9/3 & you won't regret buying it. It's sooo good!
Thought I knew a lot about UBER before reading, but was blown away by the details in his book! – sourceDec 30, 2019
My best books of 2019
@JonathanTaplin Move Fast & Break Things
@JonHaidt Coddling of the American Mind
@thejoelstein Defense of Elitism
@maryCyPsy Cyber Effect
@MikeIsaac Super Pumped – sourceSep 29, 2019
Reading Super Pumped, the Uber book. I’ve heard this story many times but it’s still amazing: – sourceDec 31, 2020
Adding some history of science and tech books that I enjoyed this year:
- Skunk Works
- The Code Book
- How Music Got Free
- The Infinite Machine
- A Crack in Creation
- Working in Public
- No Filter
- Super Pumped
- Losing the Signal
- Autonomy
- How Innovation Works – source