{"id":2118,"date":"2014-03-07T12:46:20","date_gmt":"2014-03-07T16:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/?p=2118"},"modified":"2015-02-13T14:58:50","modified_gmt":"2015-02-13T18:58:50","slug":"why-no-uber-here-in-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/blog\/why-no-uber-here-in-austin\/","title":{"rendered":"Why No UBER Here in Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>UPDATE: Uber is now on my credit card<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>LC&#8217;s Reverse Annual Fee credit card <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LCRAFCC?src=hash\">#LCRAFCC<\/a>. Good for Uber rides &#8216;up to $20&#8217; per year. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AmexDuck9?src=hash\">#AmexDuck9<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LCRAFCC?src=hash\">#LCRAFCC<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SXSW?src=hash\">#SXSW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LarryChiang\/status\/564494367314825216\">February 8, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>UPDATE Uber is now in Austin Texas<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\"><p>\nCheck out pics from our party last Tuesday night at the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BelmontAustin\">@BelmontAustin<\/a>! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/KeepAustinUber?src=hash\">#KeepAustinUber<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9SopyE1GOW\">https:\/\/t.co\/9SopyE1GOW<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1mMhqwjTH3\">pic.twitter.com\/1mMhqwjTH3<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Uber Austin (@Uber_ATX) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Uber_ATX\/status\/529461358899646464\">November 4, 2014<\/a>\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>By the FRONT ROW<br \/>\n<span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=ac38OSsbYQ4&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player\"><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/ac38OSsbYQ4&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>By Larry Chiang<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); font-size: medium;\">I get involved at Inflection points. The conversation &#8220;why no Uber car service here in Austin?&#8221; was started by my party alter-ego: &#8220;Larry Chiang&#8221;.<\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); font-size: medium;\">Nicki Dee. said, &#8220;\u00dcber IS here for SXSW..\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); font-size: medium;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); font-size: medium;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.yelp.com\/topic\/austin-why-no-uber-car-service-here-in-austin\">https:\/\/www.yelp.com\/topic\/austin-why-no-uber-car-service-here-in-austin<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); font-size: medium;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); font-size: medium;\">I helped Uber with their SXSW launch by hosting &#8220;Uber Cab&#8221; at Stanford Entrepreneur Week. We got Robert Scoble to interview.\u00a0 Lol, I invited Stanford Athletes to listen and maybe get an interview. Maybe start an Uber themselves.<br \/>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/b447BgPNQcI\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" lang=\"en\">\n<p>uber twitter p9tds <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VxnFYAn8ZX\">https:\/\/t.co\/VxnFYAn8ZX<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Larry Chiang (@LarryChiang) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LarryChiang\/status\/566308212467462144\">February 13, 2015<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div>\n<div>What A Super Model Can Teach a Harvard MBA About Credit <a href=\"https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/larrychiang\/what-a-super-model-can-teach-a-harvard-mba-about-credit\">https:\/\/www.slideshare.net\/larrychiang\/what-a-super-model-can-teach-a-harvard-mba-about-credit<\/a><\/div>\n<p>American Express&#8217; Under-Promoted Credit Truths at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week (MBFW)&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/inxTmZAj\">https:\/\/t.co\/inxTmZAj<\/a><\/p>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div>My Stanford Engineering video boils down 20,000 hours and moves you to the right on the entrepreneur bell curve<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=eudADPfTWiE&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player\"><embed src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/eudADPfTWiE&amp;hl=en&amp;fs=1\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"425\" height=\"344\"><\/embed><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\">CEO of Duck9<\/span><\/p>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\">MIT University EIR (Entrepreneur in Residence)<\/span><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.292969); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Duck9 = &#8220;Deep Underground Credit Knowledge&#8221; 9<\/div>\n<div>125 University Avenue\/ 100<\/div>\n<div>Palo Alto CA 94301<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/ass\">https:\/\/www.duck9.com\/ass<\/a><\/div>\n<div>650-566-9600<\/div>\n<div><span class=\"Apple-style-span\" style=\"-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469);\">650-566-9696 (direct)<\/span><\/div>\n<div>650-283-8008 (cell)<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>****************<\/div>\n<div>Editor of the BusinessWeek Channel &#8220;What They Don&#8217;t Teach at Business School&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><a href=\"https:\/\/whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog\">https:\/\/whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog<\/a><\/div>\n<div>CNN Video Channel:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/ireport.cnn.com\/people\/larrychiang\">https:\/\/ireport.cnn.com\/people\/larrychiang<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Read my last 10 tweets at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.Twitter.com\/LarryChiang\">https:\/\/www.Twitter.com\/LarryChiang<\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Author, NY Times Bestseller<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog\/?s=Ny+times+bestseller\">https:\/\/whattheydontteachyouatstanfordbusinessschool.com\/blog\/?s=Ny+times+bestseller<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;What They Will NEVER Teach You at Stanford Business School&#8221; comes out 11-11-14<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/embed\/c0d4562ea2049\">https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/embed\/c0d4562ea2049<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div>52 Cards. 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