Once the heat came down, even his own board members turned on Kalanick. They were shocked, shocked that there was gambling in the casino. Was the board aware the entire time of the corporate value “Always Be Hustlin’”? One hundred percent they were. Did they know what it meant? If they did not, they were negligent. I doubt they were negligent. There were many stories over the years indicating which way the company would go if a law that it didn’t like hampered its competitiveness. Was the board furious at Kalanick for designing such an aggressive culture? On the contrary, they were thrilled as
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