Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber

by Mike Isaac

“I wanted to make a few comments just to put all of this in perspective,” Gurley began, his towering frame always at odds onstage with the awkwardness of his personality. “This company is undoubtedly the most successful startup in the history of Silicon Valley. It grew faster, bigger, it touched more people customers, countries cities faster than ever before. “But I want to bring up a phrase you hear pretty often but I think is applicable,” Gurley continued, his tone turning grave. “With great success comes great responsibility. We are no longer considered a startup by the outside world. We are considered one of the largest, most important companies in the world. And our behavior, our corporate behavior, has to begin to equal and parallel that expectation or we’re gonna continue to have problems.”