Should you watch Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber?
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Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
Series · 2022
Based on the shocking true story, strap in for the meteoric rise and fall of Uber founder, Travis Kalanick. With a lift from venture capitalist Bill Gurley and board member Arianna Huffington, Kalanick takes a win-at-all-costs approach to forge the fledgling start-up into a multi-billion-dollar tech titan. But every surge comes at a price – and as his visionary drive spirals out of control, it threatens to be the downfall of it all.
The sides of Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
- Travis Kalanick building Uber at any cost
- A venture capitalist backing a fledgling start-up
- A boardroom fight over who runs the company
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber is good for you if…
- you like a boardroom fight between a founder, his investors and his board.
- you want the true story of how Uber became a tech giant.
- you like following a founder whose win-at-all-costs drive goes too far.
Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber is bad for you if…
- you need more than deals, board meetings and phone calls.
- you can't stand a series carried by fast talk about funding and growth.
About: ambition · ego · money · control
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