The Travis Kalanick of Super Pumped enjoys the sound of his own voice, speaking in grand soliloquies intended to project strength but just as often reveal insecurity and weakness or garden-variety hubris. If Uber was part of the “tech bubble” that Bill Gurley is asked about at the SXSW panel that ends this episode, then surely founders like Kalanick are the ones filling that bubble with hot air. It makes him a killer at pitch meetings, where he can wow venture capitalists with a grandiose vision to…
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