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0 pointsstephenbez11y ago0 comments

If one person can successfully run a competitive taxi company using $15k of the shelf software, why did Uber raise $5.9 billion (!) and have over a thousand employees?

This might be possible if you have a big breakthrough, but you are cloning a company.

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carrotleads11y ago

That doesn't signal that it cost $5.9B to runa taxi app company...

Just a signal that Uber has $5.9b to indulge in a fight with you...

A few 10's of million of which may be spent trying to buy you out..

Nothing wrong in cloning a company.. happens daily..

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