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Uber Talks 10: Tk
Uber Talks 10: Tk
Collected in Tokyo, in Mandarin
Owen G
Jun 21
Uber Talks 9: SQ
Uber Talks 9: SQ
Collected in Mandarin, in Singapore
Owen G
Jun 21
Uber Talks 8: Gia
Uber Talks 8: Gia
Living with a pure heart
Owen G
Jun 1
Not Every Problem is a Technological Problem
Not Every Problem is a Technological Problem
Naval describes 4 types of leverage — human, capital, media, and code. He argues that media and code are the most powerful, since they are…
Owen G
May 1
Uber Talks 7: Tugboat
Uber Talks 7: Tugboat
This conversation was captured on an Amtrak train from New York City to Washington D.C. (technically not an Uber ¯\_(ツ)_/¯)
Owen G
Nov 1, 2023
Uber Talks 6: Yar
Uber Talks 6: Yar
Another interesting Uber driver today.
Owen G
Oct 16, 2023
Uber Talks 5: JL
Uber Talks 5: JL
This Uber ride was a bit different.
Owen G
Oct 13, 2023
Money (addendum)
Money (addendum)
Now here is where it gets interesting in my opinion. Experience with money traditionally means luxury. But, when I say experience, I mean…
Owen G
Sep 25, 2023
Uber Talks 4: Noor
Uber Talks 4: Noor
Noor is from Pakistan. He drives Uber for 12 hours a day (2pm to 2am) 7 days a week and rarely takes holidays off. He used to be a security…
Owen G
Sep 25, 2023
Uber Talks 3: Manitoba
Uber Talks 3: Manitoba
I wasn’t sure what to make of my driver. A big, caucasian man with a voluminous scruffy beard and white cowboy hat rambled on and on to me…
Owen G
Jul 5, 2023
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It’s a little crazy to think that it’s been over 3 years since I’ve posted here. So much has happened in that timeframe. It’s almost…
Dhaval Patel
Jun 1, 2023
AI Wrote This.
AI Wrote This.
Dhaval Patel
Jun 1, 2023
Lessons I learned from my Virtual Internship at Amazon
Lessons I learned from my Virtual Internship at Amazon
Wow. 12 weeks flew by.
Owen G
Aug 8, 2020
How I landed a Software Engineering internship at Amazon
How I landed a Software Engineering internship at Amazon
In the midst of the unprecedented coronavirus pandemic, many families and individuals are finding their lives completely changing…
Owen G
Mar 28, 2020
Steve Jobs — The Movie
Steve Jobs — The Movie
“Musicians play their instruments. I play the orchestra.” — Michael Fassbender as Steve Jobs.
Dhaval Patel
Mar 26, 2020
Intro to Entrepreneurial History
Intro to Entrepreneurial History
We’ve all heard of Abraham Lincoln and the Civil War or how America’s Founding Fathers created the nation we live in today. Washington…
Dhaval Patel
Mar 22, 2020
Uber Talks 2: Tsering
Uber Talks 2: Tsering
It was my fault for scheduling a discussion at 8:00 am this semester, especially when I never woke up before 10:00 am for a class in 2019…
Owen G
Feb 6, 2020
5 Things We Can Learn From Leonardo (di ser Piero, not DiCaprio)
5 Things We Can Learn From Leonardo (di ser Piero, not DiCaprio)
Recently I finished a fantastic biography by Walter Isaacson detailing the life and works of one of my favorite historical figures of all…
Owen G
Jan 21, 2020
Ultralearning: Summary and Applications
Ultralearning: Summary and Applications
In AP Microeconomics class in high school, I stumbled upon a blog post that guaranteed that I could ace my finals in school without…
Owen G
Dec 31, 2019
Uber Talks 1: Mongoliaz
Uber Talks 1: Mongoliaz
As a college student, I use Uber for transportation a lot. In the series “Uber Talks”, I hope to compile the stories I gather from my…
Owen G
Dec 22, 2019
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