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At a TIME panel discussion held Wednesday, Sept. 19, at the Newseum in Washington, DC, Uber CEO Travis Kalanick spoke to TIME Executive Editor Michael Duffy about Uber's origins and what explosive Internet growth means for a real world enterprise_ --- Jul 27, 2023 3:27 PM UTC --- ## More From This Series [All Videos](https://time.com/video/) [Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Just Reached a Billion-Dollar Milestone](/video/1Juu43HH/) ### Uber Founder Travis Kalanick Just Reached a Billion-Dollar Milestone [Uber Co-Founder and CEO Travis Kalanick Resigns Wednesday](/video/nFOJmw63/) ### Uber Co-Founder and CEO Travis Kalanick Resigns Wednesday [Uber CEO Kalanick Indicted In South Korea](/video/8ErZ71Hb/) ### Uber CEO Kalanick Indicted In South Korea --- ## Transcript [ SOUND ] So I'm Tom Weber, Assistant Managing Editor of Time Magazine. So I'd like to introduce Travis Kalanick, the Co- Founder and CEO of Uber, which is a, a mobile startup that you probably know is getting a lot of attention as the car service of the future really. And I'd also like to introduce Michael Duffy. And he oversees the magazine's coverage of politics and national affairs. So, Michael and Travis. Than you. [ NOISE ] Travis, I wanna just start talking about uber right at the top here. Tell us just a little bit just how you thought. The idea of the company up. Yeah I mean it's, it's pretty straightforward. So my co- founder and I you know, both lived in San Francisco. And anybody who's been to San Francisco knows that it's very difficult to get a ride. And so we just wanted to push a button and get a ride. And we want it to, you know, we want it to be a classy ride. So, instead of pushing a button and taxi rolls up, you push a button and a town car rolls up. Talk to us a little. How many cities are you now in Travis? We're in 17. And is there a kind of pattern that's developed as you've gone into each one? The first pattern is that this thing spreads word of mouth, right. What's very interesting is that Like we see with a twitter or a Facebook where there's huge explosive growth and it seems to defy rational thought of how quickly these things grow. Like how much explosive growth [ LAUGH ] Like well for us, we're growing 26 % month over month, which means we're 16 times bigger today than we were six months ago, as an example. And it's not slowing down. And so, so what's interesting is when that kind of viral, internet explosive growth, goes into the real world. Right so, when it, you know you look at a city that might go wow, we want a new transportation system. We want an alternate way for folks to get around. That can take two decades to happen. And now it's taking months. Uh- huh. What cities would you like to go in next? Miami and Vegas. Cuz? Because they need us. Overseas, is Uber possible, Uber there? We are in London and Paris right now. We are about to be in a whole bunch more cities; probably 4 more cities, 3 or 4 more cities before the end of the year in Europe. Can you, is it different? Is there anything significantly, you know? We look at the markets city by city, not country by country. Country. Paris is more like San Francisco than New York is like San, than New York is like Paris. When was the last time you took, a real taxi? The last time I took a real taxi was actually in DC. It was crazy. It just, sometimes, you gotta do it. And, I had my bag, I was going to city council, because we were talking to them about this law that they were trying to pass. And, I put my bag in the back of, in the trunk and I forgot my bag in the trunk. [ LAUGH ] When my, when my team called to find out about like, how do we get the bag back [ LAUGH ], the number, the phone number that you need to call to get your bag, any lost, any lost item goes to the taxi commissioner's office. So, his assistant, answered the phone for the lost and found number. That just tells you, needless to say I didn't get my stuff back. [ LAUGH ] We're gonna stop there. Travis Mark, thank you very much. Yeah. 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