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    1. Zack Kanter‏Verified account @zackkanter May 28
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      [in Uber] Me: so how do you like driving for Uber? Him: love it. been doing it 3 years. fits my lifestyle. Me: really? reading lots of bad press about it lately. Him: I subscribe to 50 Cent’s philosophy - “if haters gonna hate then let 'em hate and watch the money pile up.”

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    2. FeliciaSW‏ @feliciahsiehsw May 29
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      Replying to @zackkanter

      I still haven't heard a driver that added the car's expenses into the cost of working for Uber/Lyft. One time, about half the fare was tolls, and he didn't seem to make the connection in addition to the gas. Maybe he made it up in tips?

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    3. FeliciaSW‏ @feliciahsiehsw May 29
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      This might verify people's misconception that as long as there is cash flow, there is a profit. A lot of people think this when they look at a business, but they don't seem to consider the bottom line.

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      michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen May 29
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      Replying to @feliciahsiehsw @zackkanter

      Similar experience - I've talked with a lot of drivers about their business, and perhaps 80% seem to have seriously bad models.

      8:55 AM - 29 May 2019
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        2. Zack Kanter‏Verified account @zackkanter May 29
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          Replying to @michael_nielsen @feliciahsiehsw

          Uber/Lyft earnings analyses miss the importance of cashflow vs profit. Sure, you might make a low-ish wage after factoring in maintenance & depreciation - but large maintenance expenses happen later, and cash happens now. Drivers can 'borrow' from future at a zero interest rate.

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        3. Zack Kanter‏Verified account @zackkanter May 29
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          Replying to @zackkanter @michael_nielsen @feliciahsiehsw

          If you are paycheck-to-paycheck and need $3k, and you can earn $3k now but have to pay for a new $2k transmission in 2 years, that's a *great* option. Wage analyses miss the whole point: in periods where you don't have cash, cashflow is all that matters.

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        2. michael_nielsen‏ @michael_nielsen May 29
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          Replying to @michael_nielsen @feliciahsiehsw @zackkanter

          (One driver, though, knew everything down to the dime, and had a specific date set for retirement - he even told me how many years, months, and days it was away. That was an amazing conversation. He'd built and reviewed daily a big spreadsheet model, IIRC.)

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        3. FeliciaSW‏ @feliciahsiehsw May 29
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          Replying to @michael_nielsen @zackkanter

          For this driver, (s)he might retire rich. For the others, it's a question mark. It's useful to have a reference cost. i.e. the cost of driving a car is about $0.58/mile, the US government car mileage reimbursement rate.

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