The Taxi Slayer

Aaron Bare
4 min readMar 25, 2022

Uber became the highest-valued startup in the world by building a platform marketplace between car owners and passengers. Much like Airbnb, Uber tapped into the sharing economy and disrupted transportation as we know it. Uber also helped popularize a new economy — the gig economy — while wielding even more disruptive power. Society embraced Uber’s marketplace so heavily that Uber continues to grow as it pivots into bikes, delivery, and logistics. Uber even…

Aaron Bare

Author of Exponential Theory. Learn more at (www.aaronbare.com).