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    John Backus‏ @backus Nov 10

    Asking “how did Uber come up w/ their medallion legal strategy?” may be wrong. Travis did P2P file sharing startups for a decade where business-as-usual was: deploy, resist lawsuits, use PR to establish self as underdog fighting special interests. Dude was born in the darkness.

    4:32 PM - 10 Nov 2018
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      2. Maxim‏ @MaximHarper Nov 11
        Replying to @backus

        Maxim Retweeted Maxim

        Was always funny to contrast this to the copy on the Uber about page regarding origin stories!https://twitter.com/MaximHarper/status/645737756929454080 …

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        Maxim @MaximHarper
        .@travisk throwing himself out ofa moving taxi to avoid overcharge is quite the founding myth! http://www.fastcompany.stfi.re/3050250/what-makes-uber-run … pic.twitter.com/m1bClAorgE
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      3. John Backus‏ @backus Nov 11
        Replying to @MaximHarper

        Incredible. Ridiculous. I love it

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      4. Maxim‏ @MaximHarper Nov 11
        Replying to @backus

        I wish I knew about the Internet Archive Chrome extension and snipped the original article before the 2016 PR purge of early Uber content. Was a hilarious blog post

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      5. John Backus‏ @backus Nov 11
        Replying to @MaximHarper

        I bet you could find it if it was still up in 2016.

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      6. John Backus‏ @backus Nov 11
        Replying to @backus @MaximHarper

        Yeah it's archived http://web.archive.org/web/20150915232744/http://www.fastcompany.stfi.re/3050250/what-makes-uber-run?sf=zwzrjx …

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      7. John Backus‏ @backus Nov 11
        Replying to @backus @MaximHarper

        Oh wait the issue was just that stfi​.re website. The actual Fast Company article never went down:https://www.fastcompany.com/3050250/what-makes-uber-run …

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      8. Maxim‏ @MaximHarper Nov 11
        Replying to @backus

        I was talking about the Travis blog post. Pretty sure it was on Tumblr, though can't remember, deep in the original Uber-Cab blog rn: https://web.archive.org/web/20150626015147/http://ubercab.tumblr.com/page/5 …

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      9. John Backus‏ @backus Nov 11
        Replying to @MaximHarper

        Oh shit I gotta dig thru this, thanks. I pulled the archives for the old Red Swoosh blog recently. Have you seen that before? One highlight was Travis ranting about how every company getting funding seems to use p2p tech for no reason. Strikingly similar to blockchain rants today

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      2. Chris Fitzgerald‏ @Its_Fitz Nov 11
        Replying to @backus

        You’re the best goddamned follow on this platform.

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      3. John Backus‏ @backus Nov 11
        Replying to @Its_Fitz

        Might have to frame this tweet and put it on my desk. Thanks man!

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      4. Chris Fitzgerald‏ @Its_Fitz Nov 11
        Replying to @backus

        *tips cap*

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      2. Dave Craige ⚡️‏ @davecraige Nov 10
        Replying to @backus

        He was literally running an illegal file stealing business before Uber. $1B in lawsuits.

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      1. Matt Lockyer‏ @mattdlockyer Nov 11
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        pic.twitter.com/znUcRUzG2O

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      1.  ☝🏼يوسف 🇱🇾Youssef  🇺🇸‏ @YusufMakzum Nov 11
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        Many founder started in the darkness then graduated with a lightness degree!

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