Quotes from Travis Kalanick

The regulatory systems in place disincentive innovation. It's intense to fight the red tape.

The ability for somebody to put their arm out and get a taxi is fundamentally different then having a 10-minute pickup time. It just is.

If you're operating from strong principles, you can compromise when the person on the other side is operating from principles you respect.

We did a year of Uber in San Francisco before we went to a second city. You get those processes down, then you really get started.

In China, the government is involved in business in many different ways. They're involved in media and business. When you go to China, you have to rethink how you're doing everything. You have to become Chinese.

I talk a lot about justice. I'm about it. I'm also about civil disobedience.

I've had failures myself before Uber.

You can't control who you fall in love with.

Uber exists because of mobile telephones.

There will be a huge, huge positive impact for society when driverless cars become a thing.

I've been an entrepreneur since I was 18. I started a company with a bunch of buddies that got funded in my senior year, and that's when I finished school. It was called Scour, a peer-to-peer service, file-sharing.

As an entrepreneur, I try to push the limits. Pedal to the metal.

I prefer building rather than fundraising.

We have this culture valued at Uber, which we call the champions' mind-set. And champions' mind-set isn't always about winning. It's about putting everything you have on the field, every ounce of passion and energy you have. And if you get knocked down, overcoming adversity.

I'm a geek. A techie geek.

I think Uber is just very different; there's no model to copy. It may be the reason why we've been a lightning rod in so many ways, because we don't do anything conventional... And then I think also, as an entrepreneur, I'm a bit of a lone wolf.

Limos, from the beginning of time, they know who they're picking up, they usually have a credit card on file, they know where the pickup location is, and so there's essentially a prearrangement of sorts, and, of course, the limo customer knows the driver, knows the company, knows the rates. All we've done is make it more accessible.

Hamilton is my favorite political entrepreneur.

I used to be a computer engineer, and I can make really good code, and we can make systems that work really well, and we can make the application a great experience, but when you have to translate bits to atoms, you need folks who are used to working with city governments, with state governments, and so I like to say we're in a political campaign.

Imagine if we could create the most just workplace in the world. We would naturally be a magnet for all the great minds out there.

I believe in creating a workplace where a deep sense of justice underpins everything we do.

Immigration and openness to refugees is an important part of our country's success and, quite honestly, to Uber's.

There is a core independence and dignity you get when you control your own time.

There has to be a large number of people and routes that are lined up together. One part is liquidity and the other part is product - there's a lot that can go wrong.