Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick on Competing in China: "I just couldn't believe it."
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Brief Summary
The episode highlights the rapid product copying in China and the challenges it poses for innovation.
Key points
- The Frenetic Intensity of Copying. The intensity of copying in China was beyond belief, showcasing their incredible speed.
Transcript
there's no way I could express the frenetic intensity of copying that they would do on everything that we would roll out in China and it was so epically intense that I basically had a massive amount of respect for their ability to copy what we did i just couldn't believe it we would do real hard work we'd dial it and it would be epic and it would be awesome we'd roll it out and then like two weeks later boom they've got it
