Episode 106 — To Be an Outlaw

Ben and James discuss Uber’s recent scandals, and debate whether the company’s business actions can be separated from its culture.

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Links

• Susan Fowler Rigetti: Reflecting on One Very, Very Strange Year at Uber — SusanJFowler.com (susanjfowler.com/blog/2017/2/19/reflecting-on-…)

• Ben Thompson: The Uber Conflation — Stratechery (stratechery.com/2017/the-uber-conflation)

• Ben Thompson: Crisis at Uber, Uber’s Culture, Who is Responsible? — Stratechery Daily Update (stratechery.com/2017/crisis-at-uber-ubers-cult…)

• Brad Stone: The Upstarts — Hachette Book Group (hachettebookgroup.com/titles/brad-stone/the-up…)

• Ben Thompson: Tech Morality — Stratechery Daily Update (stratechery.com/2017/tech-morality-wikileaks-c…)

Hosts

• Ben Thompson, @benthompson (twitter.com/benthompson), Stratechery (stratechery.com)

• James Allworth, @jamesallworth (twitter.com/jamesallworth), Harvard Business Review (hbr.org/search?term=James+Allworth&sort=po…)

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