Download or read book Bad Trip An Inside View of the Ride Share Inudstry written by Chris Poindexter and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-03-24 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hundreds of thousands of people are turning their cars into a ride hail taxi by driving for one of the major ride share companies. Thousands more wonder what it's like and how much they can make. Wonder no more! Bad Trip - An Inside View of the Ride Share Industry is an attempt to help people thinking about driving for a rideshare service calculate how much they can expect to make and the risks they'll face. With some basic information and a calculator, you can learn how to estimate driving income for one of the major rideshare companies, like Uber and Lyft. The theoretical estimates are backed up by thousands of miles carrying hundreds of passenger in actual, real world driving situations. The book documents the author's real world experience driving for both of the major rideshare giants. It covers everything from selecting a car, how to set it up for carrying passengers, finding the proper insurance and the realities of driving, both as a part-time job or as a full-time living. The book covers the good and the bad of rideshare driving in unflinching, unapologetic honesty and detail. The author covers the risks of driving and his own close calls with disaster and scary passengers. The author also shares his thoughts on the ride hailing industry and whether he thinks it can last. It's a view through the windshield of a ride share car and you'll want to fasten your seatbelt because it's going to be a bumpy ride!
Download or read book Wild Ride written by Adam Lashinsky and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2017 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Uber is one of the most fascinating and controversial businesses in the world, both beloved for its elegant ride-hailing concept and heady growth, and condemned for CEO Travis Kalanick's ruthless pursuit of success at all cost. In 'Wild Ride', Adam Lashinsky, veteran Fortune writer and author of 'Inside Apple', traces the story of Uber's meteoric rise: from its murky origins to its plans for expansion into radically different industries.
Download or read book Not a Bad Trip A Pittsburgh Cab Story written by Howie Ehrlichman and published by Word Association Publishers. This book was released on 2023-08-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I make my way into the building, remembering my instructions to find the man locked inside a cage." In 1977, Howie landed a summer job to offset college expenses. Forty years later, he finished his shift. Not a Bad Trip: A Pittsburgh Cab Story takes you along for the ride, offering an intimate view inside this often maligned and misunderstood profession. These stories provide snapshots across each decade from the era of iconic Checker dinosaurs ruling city streets through the inevitable transformation into today's Uber economy. Readers encounter people from all walks of life, uncovering the humanity inside high-profile celebrities while discovering the extraordinary within ordinary folks. Not a Bad Trip unravels mysteries philosophers have forever pondered, like How do I hail a cab? What makes the airport The Promised Land? Why does my mediocre ride-share driver have five stars? Even the perennial How much should I tip? Relax, Enjoy the ride. And, yes, look out the windows as the place-Pittsburgh, becomes the star of the show.
Download or read book Ubered 2 written by Evan Kail and published by . This book was released on 2018-11-22 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The following is an account of my continued life as an Uber and Lyft driver in the Twin Cities metro area, starting December of 2015 and stretching all the way through 2018. Rideshare services vary considerably from market to market, and at no point throughout this book did my market offer the 'pool' service. Finally, it should be noted this book is a sequel to Ubered : my life as a rideshare driver. If you have not read my first installment, I would strongly urge you to stop right here and read that first." --
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Download or read book Taxicab Industry in the D of C written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the District of Columbia and published by . This book was released on 1957 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ninety Percent of Everything written by Rose George and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2013-08-13 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Revealing the workings and dangers of freight shipping, the author sails from Rotterdam to Suez to Singapore to present an eye-opening glimpse into an overlooked world filled with suspect practices, dubious operators, and pirates.
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Download or read book Last Day on Mars written by Kevin Emerson and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2017-02-14 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Last Day on Mars is thrillingly ambitious and imaginative. Like a lovechild of Gravity and The Martian, it's a rousing space opera for any age, meticulously researched and relentlessly paced, that balances action, science, humor, and most importantly, two compelling main characters in Liam and Phoebe. A fantastic start to an epic new series.” —Soman Chainani, New York Times bestselling author of the School for Good and Evil series “Emerson's writing explodes off the page in this irresistible space adventure, filled with startling plot twists, diabolical aliens, and (my favorite!) courageous young heroes faced with an impossible task.” —Lisa McMann, New York Times bestselling author of the Unwanteds series It is Earth year 2213—but, of course, there is no Earth anymore. Not since it was burned to a cinder by the sun, which has mysteriously begun the process of going supernova. The human race has fled to Mars, but this was only a temporary solution while we have prepared for a second trip: a one-hundred-fifty-year journey to a distant star, our best guess at where we might find a new home. Liam Saunders-Chang is one of the last humans left on Mars. The son of two scientists who have been racing against time to create technology vital to humanity’s survival, Liam, along with his friend Phoebe, will be on the last starliner to depart before Mars, like Earth before it, is destroyed. Or so he thinks. Because before this day is over, Liam and Phoebe will make a series of profound discoveries about the nature of time and space and find out that the human race is just one of many in our universe locked in a dangerous struggle for survival.
Download or read book Banking On It written by Anne Boden and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2020-11-05 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ONE WOMAN'S QUEST TO REBUILD BRITAIN'S BROKEN BANKING SYSTEM 'If there was ever a business book suitable for TV adaptation, this is it' FT In the aftermath of the 2008 financial crash, the British banking industry had come to a standstill. Trust in the sector had been left in tatters and, despite the emergence of technologies which could revolutionise the customer experience, nobody wanted to upset the status quo. That was until Anne Boden decided to do something radical and start her own bank. Founder of Starling Bank, winner of Best British Bank three years running, in this awe-inspiring story Anne reveals how she broke through bureaucracy, successfully tackled prejudice to realise her vision for the future of consumer banking and revolutionised the entire industry forever. ***ONE OF THE TIMES TOP 5 BEST BUSINESS BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2020*** 'A banking blockbuster' The Observer Magazine 'Sent shockwaves through the tight-knit world of UK tech and venture capital' Yahoo Finance
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