1 00:00:34,576 --> 00:00:35,952 Previously on   Super Pumped. 2 00:00:37,495 --> 00:00:39,164 It's what you call triage, Travis. 3 00:00:39,205 --> 00:00:41,041 You're the guy dying of liver failure. 4 00:00:41,082 --> 00:00:42,375 I'm the guy trying to help you kick the bottle. 5 00:00:42,417 --> 00:00:44,210 I'm alive and doing the thing. 6 00:00:44,252 --> 00:00:46,546 I brought in Holder. I'm solving this. 7 00:00:46,588 --> 00:00:48,423 Real American heroes. 8 00:00:48,465 --> 00:00:50,383 Yeah, how cool that both of my boys are kickin' ass. 9 00:00:50,425 --> 00:00:51,676 Yeah. 10 00:00:51,718 --> 00:00:54,929 Go faster! 11 00:00:54,971 --> 00:00:56,097 This is Bonnie Kalanick. 12 00:00:56,139 --> 00:00:57,724 Please leave me a message, 13 00:00:57,766 --> 00:00:59,684 and I'll get back to you. Thanks. 14 00:00:59,726 --> 00:01:01,394 What are your recommendations? 15 00:01:01,436 --> 00:01:03,897 I have them outlined. It is not a short list. 16 00:01:03,938 --> 00:01:08,359 Sexism, lying, lack of diversity. 17 00:01:08,401 --> 00:01:12,614 These are all bad enough, but it's only the beginning. 18 00:01:12,655 --> 00:01:15,408 The Holder Report specifically recommends your removal. 19 00:01:15,450 --> 00:01:17,077 It's always a friend who does it. 20 00:01:17,118 --> 00:01:19,746 I cannot let anything take me down, not even you. 21 00:01:19,788 --> 00:01:21,915 I'll make sure the Board knows you took care of it. 22 00:01:21,956 --> 00:01:23,792 They'll endorse a leave of absence for you. 23 00:01:23,833 --> 00:01:25,418 How long you been planning all this? 24 00:01:25,460 --> 00:01:27,253 Wait, is this legal? 25 00:01:27,295 --> 00:01:28,922 It's not really illegal 26 00:01:28,963 --> 00:01:30,590 if the laws are bullshit in the first place. 27 00:01:30,632 --> 00:01:32,342 You ever heard of Greyball? 28 00:02:41,703 --> 00:02:44,247 The God-child that comes to change the world 29 00:02:44,289 --> 00:02:47,834 isn't born all pink-cheeked in a fleecy diaper. 30 00:02:47,876 --> 00:02:50,503 He comes out wailing and covered in slime 31 00:02:50,545 --> 00:02:52,338 like all the rest. 32 00:02:52,380 --> 00:02:55,341 Some motherfuckers want to kill him on sight. 33 00:02:55,383 --> 00:02:57,302 And if industrious city 34 00:02:57,343 --> 00:02:59,512 and state regulator motherfuckers have their way, 35 00:02:59,554 --> 00:03:01,681 yellow cabs might still dominate. 36 00:03:01,723 --> 00:03:03,850 Did Uber do it all the right way? 37 00:03:03,892 --> 00:03:08,479 I think it's clear the answer to that is, "Fuck no." 38 00:03:08,521 --> 00:03:11,691 Were they using secret and perhaps illegal technology 39 00:03:11,733 --> 00:03:14,485 to fool those regulators who were trying to enforce 40 00:03:14,527 --> 00:03:16,029 those annoying fucking laws 41 00:03:16,070 --> 00:03:17,322 preventing unlicensed livery cars 42 00:03:17,363 --> 00:03:19,199 from picking up passengers? 43 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:21,367 And did Uber find its ass on the hot seat 44 00:03:21,409 --> 00:03:22,702 due to these allegations? 45 00:03:22,744 --> 00:03:24,579 Hell. 46 00:03:24,621 --> 00:03:26,539 Like I said, 47 00:03:26,581 --> 00:03:30,126 covered in slime, fighting to survive. 48 00:03:31,836 --> 00:03:35,048 But I'm glad we talked 49 00:03:35,089 --> 00:03:37,634 Oh, I 50 00:03:37,675 --> 00:03:41,137 Oh, I'm still alive 51 00:03:41,179 --> 00:03:43,806 Yeah, I... 52 00:03:45,683 --> 00:03:47,560 - So, should we call him? - No. 53 00:03:47,602 --> 00:03:49,312 - Well, can I call him? - No. 54 00:03:49,354 --> 00:03:50,563 Fuck. 55 00:03:51,773 --> 00:03:52,982 Oh, this is bad. 56 00:03:54,567 --> 00:03:56,486 Ain't good. Greyball. 57 00:03:56,527 --> 00:03:57,987 What the fuck? 58 00:03:58,029 --> 00:03:59,864 What were you guys thinking? 59 00:03:59,906 --> 00:04:01,824 Or was it the standard not thinking that seems to have-- 60 00:04:01,866 --> 00:04:04,410 Survival. Winning. Growth. Trying not to get fired. 61 00:04:04,452 --> 00:04:06,704 Those are the basic thought patterns following TK's orders. 62 00:04:06,746 --> 00:04:08,414 Anticipating his other orders-- 63 00:04:08,456 --> 00:04:10,792 All the shit you picked TK to fucking get done. 64 00:04:10,833 --> 00:04:12,377 We were the "get 'er done" squad, man. 65 00:04:12,418 --> 00:04:14,212 Yeah, I never once, not once, told any-- 66 00:04:14,254 --> 00:04:16,089 TK gives the order. Emil seconds it. 67 00:04:16,130 --> 00:04:18,299 Of course, now they're not here to field the questions 68 00:04:18,341 --> 00:04:20,718 or give the new instructions or clean it up. 69 00:04:20,760 --> 00:04:22,428 Oh, shit. 70 00:04:22,470 --> 00:04:25,306 I mean, if we're rattled, fuck. 71 00:04:25,348 --> 00:04:29,769 Look, you can just feel the panic 72 00:04:29,811 --> 00:04:31,646 coursing through all of them. 73 00:04:31,688 --> 00:04:34,107 No one really seems to know what to do without those guys here. 74 00:04:34,148 --> 00:04:38,403 Without TK, uh, truth is I don't know what to do. 75 00:04:38,444 --> 00:04:40,113 Yeah, I see that. 76 00:04:41,322 --> 00:04:43,783 So... can I call him? 77 00:04:43,825 --> 00:04:45,743 No! 78 00:04:45,785 --> 00:04:49,289 And if TK reaches out to you, do not answer that phone, man. 79 00:04:49,330 --> 00:04:51,541 No victory down that path. No honor. Not now. 80 00:04:52,667 --> 00:04:53,835 Only more destruction. 81 00:05:23,323 --> 00:05:26,993 Lord, make me a channel of thy peace. 82 00:05:27,035 --> 00:05:31,789 That where there is hatred, I may bring love. 83 00:05:31,831 --> 00:05:33,249 That where there is wrong, 84 00:05:33,291 --> 00:05:36,461 I may bring the spirit of forgiveness. 85 00:05:36,502 --> 00:05:39,881 That where there is discord, I may bring harmony. 86 00:05:39,922 --> 00:05:43,468 That where there is error, I may bring truth. 87 00:05:43,509 --> 00:05:47,680 That where there is doubt, I may bring faith. 88 00:05:47,722 --> 00:05:52,393 That where there is despair, I may bring hope. 89 00:06:11,329 --> 00:06:12,622 Good morning, Bill. 90 00:06:23,633 --> 00:06:25,385 Is it? 91 00:06:26,552 --> 00:06:28,721 I know why you're here. 92 00:06:28,763 --> 00:06:31,599 We're here because of all of it. 93 00:06:31,641 --> 00:06:33,518 And now, Greyball. 94 00:06:35,436 --> 00:06:36,854 Shit. 95 00:06:36,896 --> 00:06:38,064 Please. 96 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:46,989 That Greyball story is shaking some shit up. 97 00:06:47,031 --> 00:06:48,866 Yeah, I'm in the "shaking shit up" game. 98 00:06:48,908 --> 00:06:50,701 Your story is just the beginning. 99 00:06:50,743 --> 00:06:52,954 There's gonna be more fallout. You know that, right? 100 00:06:52,995 --> 00:06:55,706 You see me packing my laptop, right? 101 00:06:55,748 --> 00:06:57,333 You have something firm? 102 00:06:57,375 --> 00:06:58,751 A bunch "off the record," 103 00:06:58,793 --> 00:07:00,044 "didn't hear it from me." 104 00:07:00,086 --> 00:07:02,588 Yeah. Someone's gonna fall. 105 00:07:04,549 --> 00:07:06,134 Is it Kalanick? 106 00:07:07,802 --> 00:07:09,429 This latest news, 107 00:07:09,470 --> 00:07:11,431 in addition to the rest of it, is the breaker. 108 00:07:11,472 --> 00:07:13,933 The company looks like a runaway tech weapon 109 00:07:13,975 --> 00:07:15,601 run by some kind of miscreant. 110 00:07:15,643 --> 00:07:18,771 Fidelity's client base is broad and varied, 111 00:07:18,813 --> 00:07:21,357 representative of our entire country. 112 00:07:21,399 --> 00:07:23,901 There's a lot of competition out there. 113 00:07:23,943 --> 00:07:26,279 Our difference-maker is trust. 114 00:07:26,320 --> 00:07:28,614 Our clients trust us. 115 00:07:28,656 --> 00:07:30,366 And as head of the firm, that's not something 116 00:07:30,408 --> 00:07:32,368 I'm willing to risk on Travis Kalanick any longer, 117 00:07:32,410 --> 00:07:35,621 who's proven himself publicly untrustworthy. 118 00:07:38,791 --> 00:07:40,835 Well, I know you agree. 119 00:07:40,877 --> 00:07:44,297 I understand he built this incredible company, 120 00:07:44,338 --> 00:07:45,923 and that's a rare thing. 121 00:07:45,965 --> 00:07:47,258 More than rare. 122 00:07:47,300 --> 00:07:48,718 Sure. 123 00:07:48,759 --> 00:07:50,344 It's even beyond a business cycle. 124 00:07:50,386 --> 00:07:52,722 It's a once-in-a-generation event. 125 00:07:52,763 --> 00:07:56,058 But, Bill, you and I are from the same mold, 126 00:07:56,100 --> 00:07:59,228 and we're supposed to focus on things bigger than profits. 127 00:07:59,270 --> 00:08:01,481 On culture. 128 00:08:01,522 --> 00:08:04,901 And Travis bred a toxic one, and you know it. 129 00:08:04,942 --> 00:08:07,361 You get into this to make money. 130 00:08:08,946 --> 00:08:11,824 I mean... 131 00:08:11,866 --> 00:08:14,494 there are a lot of different ways to make money. 132 00:08:18,164 --> 00:08:19,332 You get into this to... 133 00:08:20,541 --> 00:08:22,001 to build something. 134 00:08:24,170 --> 00:08:26,339 To back someone often... 135 00:08:26,380 --> 00:08:28,508 someone very young. 136 00:08:30,051 --> 00:08:31,177 To empower them to... 137 00:08:33,513 --> 00:08:36,641 to build a world that was not there before them. 138 00:08:36,682 --> 00:08:38,935 You sure as hell don't get into it 139 00:08:38,976 --> 00:08:41,562 to boost them up, just to butcher them. 140 00:08:46,692 --> 00:08:49,529 It's a difficult decision, that's all. 141 00:08:51,989 --> 00:08:53,449 Come on, hoss. 142 00:08:53,491 --> 00:08:55,535 You've already made it. 143 00:08:55,576 --> 00:08:57,328 As you would say to me, 144 00:08:57,370 --> 00:09:00,289 you do the thing even if it's hard... 145 00:09:00,331 --> 00:09:02,208 because it's right. 146 00:09:05,962 --> 00:09:07,713 He's got loyalists on the Board, 147 00:09:07,755 --> 00:09:09,215 and he's got those super-voting shares. 148 00:09:09,257 --> 00:09:10,466 You know this. 149 00:09:17,098 --> 00:09:20,184 This is gonna be very difficult to execute. 150 00:09:20,226 --> 00:09:22,228 That's why you're the man to do it. 151 00:09:26,774 --> 00:09:30,194 Uh, no, I do not want to talk to fucking Olivia Lungociu. 152 00:09:30,236 --> 00:09:31,779 Especially today. 153 00:09:31,821 --> 00:09:33,948 Give me Hazelbaker, though. Call her cell. 154 00:09:33,990 --> 00:09:35,700 Don't go through the office line. 155 00:09:35,741 --> 00:09:37,660 I don't want them to know we're rolling calls. 156 00:09:37,702 --> 00:09:41,414 Shit. Okay, uh, just get me, um, whoever's reachable in comms. 157 00:09:41,455 --> 00:09:43,207 Yo. Good, yeah. Hey, it's TK. 158 00:09:43,249 --> 00:09:45,293 Listen, I know I'm on leave, but this is crucial. 159 00:09:45,334 --> 00:09:47,003 It's just too important to-- 160 00:09:47,044 --> 00:09:48,963 You're not supposed to. 161 00:09:49,005 --> 00:09:51,674 You know, I'm still the boss, so if you don't do it, 162 00:09:51,716 --> 00:09:53,593 I'll just find somebody else who will. 163 00:09:53,634 --> 00:09:56,178 By the way, I'm the guy that voluntarily went on leave. 164 00:09:56,220 --> 00:09:58,806 Voluntarily, as in my choice. 165 00:09:58,848 --> 00:10:02,560 I stepped back so that I could step in again when I have to. 166 00:10:02,602 --> 00:10:04,687 No, no, I decide what is supposed to happen, 167 00:10:04,729 --> 00:10:06,397 and that statement needs to hit my phone 168 00:10:06,439 --> 00:10:08,441 within the next ten seconds, okay? 169 00:10:08,482 --> 00:10:10,318 Now, hang up and do it. 170 00:10:10,359 --> 00:10:13,904 Hey, Pen, can you follow up and make sure this fucking idiot 171 00:10:13,946 --> 00:10:15,573 sends me what they're supposed to send me? 172 00:10:15,615 --> 00:10:17,199 Great, thank you. Get me Gil. 173 00:10:17,241 --> 00:10:19,118 Gil, what is up, dude? Listen... 174 00:10:21,829 --> 00:10:24,624 you and I both know you were hoping to hear my voice today 175 00:10:24,665 --> 00:10:28,878 to guide you through all this fucking bullshit, right? 176 00:10:28,919 --> 00:10:31,422 Nobody is gonna find out anything, man. 177 00:10:31,464 --> 00:10:33,007 Just listen to me, listen... 178 00:10:39,930 --> 00:10:43,267 Gil, Gil, Gil, Gil, listen to me. 179 00:10:43,309 --> 00:10:45,436 Okay, I don't give a shit what they said. 180 00:10:45,478 --> 00:10:47,480 I'm still CEO. I'm still on the board. 181 00:10:47,521 --> 00:10:49,482 I'm still the stockholder with the controls. 182 00:10:49,523 --> 00:10:51,984 You're gonna take my call and do what is best for the company. 183 00:10:52,026 --> 00:10:54,695 Thank you for your condolences. Really does a heart good. 184 00:10:55,738 --> 00:10:56,989 Here's what I need. 185 00:11:02,536 --> 00:11:04,288 It was a really nice service, Dad. 186 00:11:04,330 --> 00:11:05,831 I know you wanted to be there. 187 00:11:05,873 --> 00:11:08,501 We couldn't wait, though. Felt wrong. 188 00:11:08,542 --> 00:11:11,545 It's just the way she would have wanted it, you know? 189 00:11:16,384 --> 00:11:18,094 - Hi. - Hey. 190 00:11:30,398 --> 00:11:31,857 You know, your limo got here before me. 191 00:11:31,899 --> 00:11:34,151 I saw it parked out there. 192 00:11:34,193 --> 00:11:35,611 What were you doing? 193 00:11:35,653 --> 00:11:36,904 Rolling calls? 194 00:11:38,239 --> 00:11:40,616 No, I was getting myself together 195 00:11:40,658 --> 00:11:42,618 so I wouldn't snot all over Dad. 196 00:11:42,660 --> 00:11:44,495 Fuck. 197 00:11:44,537 --> 00:11:46,789 Look, I didn't want to argue, all right? Not today. 198 00:11:46,831 --> 00:11:48,332 Yeah, I didn't want any petty jealousies. 199 00:11:48,374 --> 00:11:49,625 Not today. 200 00:11:55,131 --> 00:11:56,465 Okay. 201 00:11:57,758 --> 00:11:59,260 Ask. Dare you. 202 00:12:00,594 --> 00:12:03,013 Mom told you before. 203 00:12:03,055 --> 00:12:04,557 No, you gotta say it. 204 00:12:04,598 --> 00:12:06,642 If you have the balls. Go ahead. Ask. 205 00:12:08,102 --> 00:12:09,937 I'm in a jam you know you can fix, 206 00:12:09,979 --> 00:12:12,022 - and you're gonna make me ask? - Just say the words. 207 00:12:12,064 --> 00:12:14,316 I mean, if it matters enough to you, you will, right? 208 00:12:16,444 --> 00:12:19,071 I appreciate you picking up the funeral expenses, okay? 209 00:12:19,113 --> 00:12:20,740 I do. 210 00:12:20,781 --> 00:12:22,074 But it's not enough. 211 00:12:22,116 --> 00:12:23,951 I got overextended. I need help. 212 00:12:25,244 --> 00:12:26,454 Money help. 213 00:12:27,788 --> 00:12:29,415 At a time like this. 214 00:12:29,457 --> 00:12:32,251 Mom's dead, Dad is barely breathing. 215 00:12:32,293 --> 00:12:33,753 Man! 216 00:12:33,794 --> 00:12:35,755 Have some class. 217 00:12:35,796 --> 00:12:37,840 - I'll lose my house. - So let me get this straight. 218 00:12:37,882 --> 00:12:40,217 Me doing my business out in the car, that's bad, 219 00:12:40,259 --> 00:12:42,845 but the money I get from it, that's good. 220 00:12:42,887 --> 00:12:45,431 And so is you asking me for some. 221 00:12:45,473 --> 00:12:47,057 Fair. 222 00:12:47,099 --> 00:12:48,434 Here's a novel idea. 223 00:12:48,476 --> 00:12:50,060 Why don't you try being a person? 224 00:12:50,102 --> 00:12:52,021 I don't loan money. 225 00:12:52,062 --> 00:12:54,064 I give it freely to friends and family 226 00:12:54,106 --> 00:12:56,609 who love me and get me. 227 00:12:56,650 --> 00:12:59,111 So, I'll have to say no to you. 228 00:12:59,153 --> 00:13:00,446 But here's a suggestion. 229 00:13:00,488 --> 00:13:02,281 As a possible revenue generator? 230 00:13:02,323 --> 00:13:03,783 Why don't you license the footage of that cat video? 231 00:13:03,824 --> 00:13:06,744 - You're an asshole. - Oh, no. Right. 232 00:13:06,786 --> 00:13:08,204 The cat fucking died. 233 00:13:10,998 --> 00:13:12,458 I gotta go. 234 00:13:21,300 --> 00:13:22,468 Well, whoever told you that... 235 00:13:24,011 --> 00:13:25,638 Off the record? Well, good. 236 00:13:25,679 --> 00:13:27,473 I can't say they're lying or confirm. 237 00:13:27,515 --> 00:13:28,933 But I'm not in the business 238 00:13:28,974 --> 00:13:30,434 of publicly embarrassing my own people. 239 00:13:30,476 --> 00:13:32,311 One, it's not right. 240 00:13:32,353 --> 00:13:34,605 And two, it doesn't exactly make the second version of Travis 241 00:13:34,647 --> 00:13:36,482 want to do business with me. 242 00:13:36,524 --> 00:13:39,068 So, if you'd like to confirm, call me for comment. 243 00:13:39,109 --> 00:13:41,987 Otherwise, Olivia, please don't. 244 00:13:48,702 --> 00:13:49,995 All right, everybody. 245 00:13:54,875 --> 00:13:56,335 First matter. 246 00:13:56,377 --> 00:13:58,254 Travis's leave of absence, 247 00:13:58,295 --> 00:14:00,005 one that we hoped would have teeth 248 00:14:00,047 --> 00:14:02,007 and set our company culture on the road to recovery 249 00:14:02,049 --> 00:14:05,511 has turned out to be nothing short of a sham. 250 00:14:05,553 --> 00:14:08,472 We know he's still contacting folks. 251 00:14:08,514 --> 00:14:10,224 Engineers have metadata 252 00:14:10,266 --> 00:14:11,976 saying that he's even getting into the code. 253 00:14:12,017 --> 00:14:13,686 Can he do that? 254 00:14:13,727 --> 00:14:16,188 I didn't even know he knew how to do that. 255 00:14:16,230 --> 00:14:17,982 Well, he could figure out pretty much anything. 256 00:14:24,363 --> 00:14:26,490 That was him right there, wasn't it? 257 00:14:29,785 --> 00:14:32,663 You know, I saw this movie the other day. 258 00:14:32,705 --> 00:14:34,540 Life,   with Ryan Reynolds. 259 00:14:34,582 --> 00:14:36,584 He's on the Space Station, and there's this... 260 00:14:36,625 --> 00:14:39,378 this tiny alien that gets picked up by a spacecraft. 261 00:14:39,420 --> 00:14:41,338 It seems like a miracle at first. 262 00:14:41,380 --> 00:14:43,507 Well, it turns out that this thing, 263 00:14:43,549 --> 00:14:47,553 it's hardwired to feed and survive. 264 00:14:47,595 --> 00:14:51,140 Well, it turns out to be a threat, 265 00:14:51,181 --> 00:14:54,101 so they try to contain it in this, uh, in this box... 266 00:14:55,853 --> 00:14:58,439 but it grows in size and strength. 267 00:15:00,065 --> 00:15:02,026 And then it started killing everybody. 268 00:15:02,067 --> 00:15:05,154 Well, their last hope is they lure it into an escape pod, 269 00:15:05,195 --> 00:15:07,573 they shoot it out into deep space, 270 00:15:07,615 --> 00:15:09,491 and they save humanity, what have you. 271 00:15:09,533 --> 00:15:10,743 The point is... 272 00:15:12,953 --> 00:15:15,289 Travis is the alien. 273 00:15:15,331 --> 00:15:18,083 He will destroy Uber, our reputations, 274 00:15:18,125 --> 00:15:20,085 our livelihoods, and we will be screwed. 275 00:15:20,127 --> 00:15:22,087 And if we don't put him in a box and keep him there, 276 00:15:22,129 --> 00:15:24,381 we'll all be dead. 277 00:15:24,423 --> 00:15:26,425 What kind of a box are we talking about here? 278 00:15:26,467 --> 00:15:28,135 Because this leave of absence was a joke, 279 00:15:28,177 --> 00:15:30,429 and as everyone knows, he can't just be fired. 280 00:15:30,471 --> 00:15:32,389 Not with the shares and bylaws as is. 281 00:15:32,431 --> 00:15:33,891 Even with my weight of the shares, 282 00:15:33,933 --> 00:15:35,935 all I can do is block him, not remove. 283 00:15:42,900 --> 00:15:45,861 That's why we have to have him resign. 284 00:15:45,903 --> 00:15:48,030 Never gonna happen. 285 00:15:48,072 --> 00:15:50,407 He loves Uber. He breathes it like air. 286 00:15:50,449 --> 00:15:53,494 What-- What's the-- the leverage? 287 00:15:54,995 --> 00:15:56,372 The press. 288 00:15:56,413 --> 00:15:58,415 They're all over this. 289 00:15:58,457 --> 00:16:00,125 Travis is concerned about how he's gonna look 290 00:16:00,167 --> 00:16:02,127 when he gets kicked out of his own company, 291 00:16:02,169 --> 00:16:05,214 so we draft two letters. 292 00:16:05,255 --> 00:16:06,715 One, our grievances. 293 00:16:06,757 --> 00:16:08,550 All of them. 294 00:16:08,592 --> 00:16:10,052 And we demand he resign. 295 00:16:10,094 --> 00:16:12,805 The second one's his resignation. 296 00:16:12,846 --> 00:16:14,640 We frame it as him stepping down 297 00:16:14,682 --> 00:16:17,601 in order to deal with family matters. 298 00:16:17,643 --> 00:16:20,521 But we let him know that if he signs one, 299 00:16:20,562 --> 00:16:23,273 the press will never see the other. 300 00:16:24,692 --> 00:16:26,568 And if he doesn't, what about then? 301 00:16:28,237 --> 00:16:30,322 Well, I guess we convert the preferred stock to common, 302 00:16:30,364 --> 00:16:32,908 and all the investors and the employees get votes. 303 00:16:32,950 --> 00:16:34,910 A proxy fight? 304 00:16:34,952 --> 00:16:38,497 At the cost of us losing our dividends and claims on assets? 305 00:16:40,708 --> 00:16:43,293 I'd say that's the nuclear fucking option. 306 00:16:43,335 --> 00:16:44,920 It is. 307 00:16:44,962 --> 00:16:46,380 And that's exactly why 308 00:16:46,422 --> 00:16:48,382 we have got to get him to step down. 309 00:16:48,424 --> 00:16:49,925 What the hell happens 310 00:16:49,967 --> 00:16:51,552 in that movie with the alien anyway, Bill? 311 00:16:51,593 --> 00:16:54,513 They able to send that thing back to space? 312 00:16:54,555 --> 00:16:56,015 No, it landed in the water on Earth 313 00:16:56,056 --> 00:16:57,516 and some fishermen opened it up, and... 314 00:16:58,976 --> 00:17:00,769 that's where the movie ended. 315 00:17:04,356 --> 00:17:06,150 I need you in on this with me. 316 00:17:06,191 --> 00:17:08,861 Not halfway, not just forward facing, but for real. 317 00:17:10,362 --> 00:17:12,114 Arianna, I know how much this matters to you. 318 00:17:13,574 --> 00:17:16,326 I truly believe that in the long run, 319 00:17:16,368 --> 00:17:19,538 this is what's best for Travis too. 320 00:17:19,580 --> 00:17:21,707 I like that you make this appeal to me 321 00:17:21,749 --> 00:17:24,293 knowing I care about him holistically, 322 00:17:24,334 --> 00:17:27,546 but I have a duty to do the right thing for the company 323 00:17:27,588 --> 00:17:29,173 and for Travis. 324 00:17:29,214 --> 00:17:30,758 And I will. 325 00:17:34,219 --> 00:17:35,679 So you're with us then? 326 00:17:38,390 --> 00:17:40,059 Garrett? 327 00:17:44,229 --> 00:17:45,689 We have to have your support. 328 00:17:45,731 --> 00:17:47,566 Like you said, you have enough shares 329 00:17:47,608 --> 00:17:49,276 to block anything the rest of us want to do 330 00:17:49,318 --> 00:17:50,986 if you line up with Travis. 331 00:17:51,028 --> 00:17:52,571 Yeah, well, it's important to remember 332 00:17:52,613 --> 00:17:54,156 that every single thing Travis Kalanick did 333 00:17:54,198 --> 00:17:55,449 was to further Uber. 334 00:17:55,491 --> 00:17:57,242 It's important to remember 335 00:17:57,284 --> 00:17:59,078 what the world looked like before Uber. 336 00:17:59,119 --> 00:18:01,580 It's important to remember this was a worthy revolution. 337 00:18:01,622 --> 00:18:03,248 They're all worthy. 338 00:18:04,625 --> 00:18:06,668 That's why they happen. 339 00:18:06,710 --> 00:18:09,046 But most revolutionaries don't become the best leaders. 340 00:18:09,088 --> 00:18:10,422 They become fascists. 341 00:18:10,464 --> 00:18:12,049 And one by one throughout history, 342 00:18:12,091 --> 00:18:14,009 they end up getting rid of horrible regimes. 343 00:18:14,051 --> 00:18:16,345 They set out to do better, but they end up doing worse. 344 00:18:16,386 --> 00:18:19,014 Until they get unseated by the next monster. 345 00:18:19,056 --> 00:18:21,016 And if you think I'm exaggerating, 346 00:18:21,058 --> 00:18:24,728 you name me one group of rebels who didn't become fascists. 347 00:18:24,770 --> 00:18:27,439 Well, the American Revolutionaries. 348 00:18:30,984 --> 00:18:34,738 Bill, Uber itself was the revolution. 349 00:18:34,780 --> 00:18:37,282 The people running it hardly matter at this point. 350 00:18:40,327 --> 00:18:42,121 Yeah, TK, he has to go. 351 00:18:43,497 --> 00:18:44,790 He likes it too much. 352 00:18:46,083 --> 00:18:48,210 - What? - The winning. 353 00:18:48,252 --> 00:18:50,295 The power. The carnage. 354 00:18:50,337 --> 00:18:52,339 If he's left in place, 355 00:18:52,381 --> 00:18:55,425 all the treasure gained in the uprising will be lost. 356 00:18:57,511 --> 00:19:00,472 You know, we'd better draft this letter. 357 00:19:00,514 --> 00:19:03,267 I need to know for myself just how bad it is 358 00:19:03,308 --> 00:19:04,935 before I go along with this. 359 00:19:09,106 --> 00:19:12,943 In case you don't know, my name is Arianna Huffington, 360 00:19:12,985 --> 00:19:16,446 and I'm a board member of this company. 361 00:19:16,488 --> 00:19:18,157 And I'm here to listen. 362 00:20:42,783 --> 00:20:44,159 Yes, ma'am. 363 00:20:44,201 --> 00:20:46,245 Deliver the letters. 364 00:20:46,286 --> 00:20:47,955 You know what this means. 365 00:20:47,996 --> 00:20:49,873 As do you. 366 00:20:49,915 --> 00:20:51,541 He's not in the office, but he's back in town. 367 00:20:51,583 --> 00:20:53,085 His assistant knows where. 368 00:20:53,126 --> 00:20:55,045 Deliver the letters. 369 00:21:02,177 --> 00:21:04,638 We're a go. 370 00:21:08,267 --> 00:21:10,686 I'm not gonna be able to get within 50 yards of him. 371 00:21:13,313 --> 00:21:15,649 I'm gonna need you two to deliver those. 372 00:21:17,693 --> 00:21:19,611 Yeah, about these letters, Bill. 373 00:21:19,653 --> 00:21:21,363 We're not up for it. 374 00:21:24,241 --> 00:21:25,784 You don't want to deliver them? 375 00:21:25,826 --> 00:21:28,287 We don't want them delivered at all. 376 00:21:28,328 --> 00:21:30,289 Look, fellas, I understand this is a shit detail, 377 00:21:30,330 --> 00:21:31,623 but let me tell you-- 378 00:21:31,665 --> 00:21:32,874 Not sure you do understand. 379 00:21:32,916 --> 00:21:34,293 You're you. 380 00:21:34,334 --> 00:21:36,962 Your Bill fricking Gurley. 381 00:21:37,004 --> 00:21:38,797 You've got standing in this business. 382 00:21:38,839 --> 00:21:40,465 Money. You'll be fine. 383 00:21:40,507 --> 00:21:43,593 But we're us. 384 00:21:43,635 --> 00:21:45,554 Closer to the beginning. 385 00:21:45,595 --> 00:21:47,306 This isn't gonna be our last fund, 386 00:21:47,347 --> 00:21:50,767 and if we deliver an execution letter to a founder-- 387 00:21:50,809 --> 00:21:53,103 If we go out in the world with Benchmark on our résumés 388 00:21:53,145 --> 00:21:54,813 after doing this, 389 00:21:54,855 --> 00:21:57,274 they're not gonna let us in a single door. 390 00:22:00,694 --> 00:22:01,903 All right. 391 00:22:03,697 --> 00:22:04,906 Complaint lodged. 392 00:22:06,366 --> 00:22:07,826 But you know what? 393 00:22:07,868 --> 00:22:09,286 I've got enough wood on my mallet 394 00:22:09,328 --> 00:22:10,871 to know what you seem to be missing. 395 00:22:12,372 --> 00:22:14,374 The difference maker is reputation. 396 00:22:14,416 --> 00:22:18,545 You gotta walk it like you talk it, because, fellas, so few do. 397 00:22:20,672 --> 00:22:23,633 I'm gonna need you to take those and put those in his hand, 398 00:22:23,675 --> 00:22:25,844 or those résumés that you're so concerned about 399 00:22:25,886 --> 00:22:27,846 are gonna come into play a hell of a lot sooner 400 00:22:27,888 --> 00:22:29,598 than what you think. 401 00:22:29,639 --> 00:22:31,391 Mine included. 402 00:22:36,355 --> 00:22:38,190 The testimony that Mr. Comey has submitted 403 00:22:38,231 --> 00:22:40,817 for today's hearing is very disturbing. 404 00:22:40,859 --> 00:22:43,528 For example, on January 27th, 405 00:22:43,570 --> 00:22:45,822 after summoning Director Comey to dinner, 406 00:22:45,864 --> 00:22:48,784 the president appears to have threatened the director's job 407 00:22:48,825 --> 00:22:50,285 while telling him, quote, 408 00:22:50,327 --> 00:22:52,204 "I need loyalty. I expect loyalty." 409 00:22:52,245 --> 00:22:54,122 He asked specifically 410 00:22:54,164 --> 00:22:59,002 of loyalty in the context of asking me to stay. 411 00:23:00,253 --> 00:23:01,922 Wow. 412 00:23:01,963 --> 00:23:03,340 A loyalty test. 413 00:23:03,382 --> 00:23:05,550 I mean, that is an absurdity, 414 00:23:05,592 --> 00:23:08,053 of course, coming from a president to an FBI director, 415 00:23:08,095 --> 00:23:10,222 legal constitutional questions, whatever. 416 00:23:10,263 --> 00:23:12,849 But, I mean, kind of get it, right? 417 00:23:12,891 --> 00:23:15,227 A guy sees his enemies lining up against him, 418 00:23:15,268 --> 00:23:17,729 he wants to know who his allies are. 419 00:23:17,771 --> 00:23:19,189 Which is to say-- 420 00:23:19,231 --> 00:23:21,858 - Mr. Kalanick-- - "TK" to my friends. 421 00:23:21,900 --> 00:23:25,570 TK, I appreciate you kept this interview on the books, 422 00:23:25,612 --> 00:23:28,573 even if it is at a hotel instead of the offices, but-- 423 00:23:28,615 --> 00:23:30,200 No buts. No nothing. 424 00:23:30,242 --> 00:23:32,494 I need a CFO, Malcolm. 425 00:23:32,536 --> 00:23:34,996 Someone to ride herd over the numbers 426 00:23:35,038 --> 00:23:36,706 and placate the fucking Board. 427 00:23:36,748 --> 00:23:39,501 I need a strong number two, a loyal number two. 428 00:23:39,543 --> 00:23:42,254 I will need that as soon as I step back 429 00:23:42,295 --> 00:23:44,589 into actively managing the company. 430 00:23:44,631 --> 00:23:48,552 And when might that happen? Is there a date for your return? 431 00:23:48,593 --> 00:23:50,345 It's really my call. 432 00:23:50,387 --> 00:23:52,431 Whenever I feel they've grown enough without me. 433 00:23:52,472 --> 00:23:54,850 They don't need to call me for every little detail, you know. 434 00:23:54,891 --> 00:23:56,518 They need to take some initiative. 435 00:23:56,560 --> 00:23:58,770 They need to make some decisions and stand by them. 436 00:23:58,812 --> 00:24:01,189 I thought this would be a good chance to give them that. 437 00:24:01,231 --> 00:24:04,818 And, look, I'm not gonna ask for loyalty and honesty 438 00:24:04,860 --> 00:24:07,404 without giving it back, so I'll also say this: 439 00:24:07,446 --> 00:24:09,573 I needed a reset. 440 00:24:09,614 --> 00:24:11,074 Change in perspective. 441 00:24:11,116 --> 00:24:15,620 So have you set a timetable to go back? 442 00:24:15,662 --> 00:24:18,915 Because when would this start for me? 443 00:24:18,957 --> 00:24:20,459 I haven't picked you yet, brother. 444 00:24:20,500 --> 00:24:23,128 If there are other interviews lined up, 445 00:24:23,170 --> 00:24:24,254 I can step out. 446 00:24:27,048 --> 00:24:30,635 And you should be begging me for this gig. 447 00:24:30,677 --> 00:24:32,554 I mean, you have the credentials, 448 00:24:32,596 --> 00:24:35,098 but do you have the hunger? 449 00:24:35,140 --> 00:24:36,099 I don't know. 450 00:24:37,809 --> 00:24:39,311 I'm not sure it's for me. 451 00:24:41,271 --> 00:24:44,774 Well, if that was a loyalty test, you failed. 452 00:24:44,816 --> 00:24:47,319 And know this: in a few weeks, I am roaring back, 453 00:24:47,360 --> 00:24:50,238 and I will have a loyal fucking lieutenant by my side 454 00:24:50,280 --> 00:24:52,324 snapping necks, and it could have been you 455 00:24:52,365 --> 00:24:54,993 if you had the fucking nut sack for it. 456 00:24:58,371 --> 00:24:59,998 Thanks for meeting me, TK. 457 00:25:00,040 --> 00:25:01,666 You don't get to call me that anymore. 458 00:25:13,053 --> 00:25:14,513 Reconsidered already? 459 00:25:14,554 --> 00:25:15,889 Smart. 460 00:25:15,931 --> 00:25:17,849 Let's do this interview right. 461 00:25:23,730 --> 00:25:27,859 Well, now I know how Neo felt when Agent Smith showed up. 462 00:25:27,901 --> 00:25:29,861 Except I'm the one in the black suit. 463 00:25:29,903 --> 00:25:31,613 Nah, we're not here to kill you. 464 00:25:31,655 --> 00:25:33,448 Just to encourage you to kill yourself. 465 00:25:33,490 --> 00:25:35,867 In a professional sense only, of course. 466 00:25:35,909 --> 00:25:37,994 Yeah, I don't believe that for a fucking second. 467 00:25:38,036 --> 00:25:40,580 It would be great for you if I'd off myself, right? 468 00:25:40,622 --> 00:25:42,707 You wouldn't have to hand me whatever's in that 469 00:25:42,749 --> 00:25:44,709 and face my reaction to it. 470 00:25:44,751 --> 00:25:48,630 We've been authorized and empowered by Uber's board 471 00:25:48,672 --> 00:25:50,048 to present you with these. 472 00:25:50,090 --> 00:25:52,842 To present you with this opportunity. 473 00:25:52,884 --> 00:25:54,886 Wow. You just made the word "opportunity" 474 00:25:54,928 --> 00:25:56,471 sound like a eulogy. 475 00:25:56,513 --> 00:25:58,431 - That's a special gift. - Read it, man. 476 00:25:59,933 --> 00:26:01,685 So Bill didn't have the stones 477 00:26:01,726 --> 00:26:03,103 to come over himself. 478 00:26:04,396 --> 00:26:06,731 The thinking was, we all... 479 00:26:06,773 --> 00:26:09,192 you know, the three of us here could just do this 480 00:26:09,234 --> 00:26:12,320 without personal rancor, without vitriol, 481 00:26:12,362 --> 00:26:14,739 without dredging up history. 482 00:26:14,781 --> 00:26:16,157 There's some incendiary shit in here. 483 00:26:17,951 --> 00:26:19,953 What are you trying to do, fucking embarrass me? 484 00:26:19,995 --> 00:26:21,580 Embarrass the company? 485 00:26:21,621 --> 00:26:22,914 No one wants to. 486 00:26:22,956 --> 00:26:24,165 That's what this is for. 487 00:26:25,500 --> 00:26:27,252 Sign it, TK. 488 00:26:27,294 --> 00:26:29,129 And we'll be gone from here, 489 00:26:29,170 --> 00:26:30,714 and you can move on. 490 00:26:30,755 --> 00:26:33,258 What is there in what you know about me 491 00:26:33,300 --> 00:26:34,801 and/or my history that makes you think 492 00:26:34,843 --> 00:26:38,263 I would ever sign this fucking bullshit? 493 00:26:38,305 --> 00:26:40,974 Well, it's more about your future than it is your history. 494 00:26:41,016 --> 00:26:44,311 I mean, your past actions got us here, no doubt. 495 00:26:44,352 --> 00:26:46,146 But if you want to move forward, 496 00:26:46,187 --> 00:26:48,940 if you want the company to move forward, this is the way. 497 00:26:48,982 --> 00:26:51,610 You've been given until 6:00 p.m. 498 00:26:51,651 --> 00:26:54,070 to sign and step down quietly. 499 00:26:54,112 --> 00:26:56,114 If you do so, we promise that the press 500 00:26:56,156 --> 00:26:57,949 will never hear about any of this. 501 00:26:57,991 --> 00:27:02,912 About how it's not really a resignation, but an ouster. 502 00:27:02,954 --> 00:27:06,207 Otherwise, everyone will find out. 503 00:27:06,249 --> 00:27:08,293 You will be publicly humiliated, 504 00:27:08,335 --> 00:27:10,295 and you will have a very hard time 505 00:27:10,337 --> 00:27:12,255 ever raising money for anything again. 506 00:27:12,297 --> 00:27:14,215 Wow. 507 00:27:14,257 --> 00:27:16,968 You know, that would work... 508 00:27:17,010 --> 00:27:19,137 if you had any leverage, 509 00:27:19,179 --> 00:27:20,430 but you don't. 510 00:27:20,472 --> 00:27:21,890 You can't ouster me. 511 00:27:21,931 --> 00:27:24,142 I control the Board vote with my shares. 512 00:27:24,184 --> 00:27:25,977 If you think I'm scared of public reaction, 513 00:27:26,019 --> 00:27:27,937 think about this: I'll go first. 514 00:27:27,979 --> 00:27:30,440 I'll go to the fucking press. New York Times. 515 00:27:30,482 --> 00:27:32,484 Wall Street Journal. I'm gonna crush Gurley and you, 516 00:27:32,525 --> 00:27:33,860 and the rest of you bean counters 517 00:27:33,902 --> 00:27:36,112 for making this move and failing. 518 00:27:36,154 --> 00:27:38,531 You guys are gonna be like the limp dick dudes 519 00:27:38,573 --> 00:27:40,617 in a gangbang video standing by the wall 520 00:27:40,659 --> 00:27:43,953 trying to work up a chubby while the real men fuck the porn star. 521 00:27:43,995 --> 00:27:47,374 Hopeless, pathetic, and caught on film forever. 522 00:27:47,415 --> 00:27:50,126 - Jesus. - Whoa, Travis. 523 00:27:50,168 --> 00:27:51,795 The Board can't force me out. You know that. 524 00:27:51,836 --> 00:27:53,338 Gurley definitely knows that. 525 00:27:53,380 --> 00:27:54,756 And yet, here we stand, 526 00:27:54,798 --> 00:27:56,466 with the resignation letter 527 00:27:56,508 --> 00:27:57,759 we very much expect you to sign. 528 00:27:57,801 --> 00:27:59,010 So... 529 00:28:02,222 --> 00:28:03,390 Yeah. 530 00:28:04,891 --> 00:28:06,267 Okay, tell me the rest. 531 00:28:08,853 --> 00:28:10,271 The board members, 532 00:28:10,313 --> 00:28:11,856 they're prepared to convert shares, 533 00:28:11,898 --> 00:28:13,942 broaden the voting base. 534 00:28:13,983 --> 00:28:16,695 What might be referred to as the nuclear option. 535 00:28:16,736 --> 00:28:18,279 That would be horrible for them. 536 00:28:18,321 --> 00:28:20,156 That would make them basically powerless. 537 00:28:20,198 --> 00:28:22,033 It's like River Kwai. At a certain point, 538 00:28:22,075 --> 00:28:24,202 if the only way to win the war is to bring down the bridge, 539 00:28:24,244 --> 00:28:25,704 you do it. 540 00:28:25,745 --> 00:28:27,372 Even if you might die in the process. 541 00:28:27,414 --> 00:28:29,708 They and we believe this is the only way 542 00:28:29,749 --> 00:28:31,209 to save the company. 543 00:28:31,251 --> 00:28:32,544 There's only one person in this room 544 00:28:32,585 --> 00:28:34,254 who has proved again and again 545 00:28:34,295 --> 00:28:36,047 that he knows what's best for this company, 546 00:28:36,089 --> 00:28:37,966 and that person is the one who built it into an empire. 547 00:28:38,007 --> 00:28:39,592 And like almost all empires, 548 00:28:39,634 --> 00:28:41,469 the very things that built it will destroy it 549 00:28:41,511 --> 00:28:43,513 if they aren't willing to shift to the new realities 550 00:28:43,555 --> 00:28:45,432 of the new world they created. 551 00:28:45,473 --> 00:28:47,434 Now, we aren't here to argue this shit out, man. 552 00:28:47,475 --> 00:28:49,769 We're here to give you the chance to save your reputation, 553 00:28:49,811 --> 00:28:51,604 to save the company you love, 554 00:28:51,646 --> 00:28:54,232 and to have some fucking dignity in defeat. 555 00:28:54,274 --> 00:28:57,152 Dignity in defeat is what losers hang on to 556 00:28:57,193 --> 00:28:59,028 to forget that that's what they are. 557 00:29:00,905 --> 00:29:03,241 You have the letter. 558 00:29:03,283 --> 00:29:05,910 If you sign it, the press never finds out why. 559 00:29:05,952 --> 00:29:09,247 If you don't, you will still be kicked out of the company, 560 00:29:09,289 --> 00:29:11,541 but the world will know everything. 561 00:29:11,583 --> 00:29:13,752 You will be the one who looks impotent. 562 00:29:13,793 --> 00:29:15,295 Your choice. 563 00:29:17,255 --> 00:29:18,590 Sign the fucking letter. 564 00:29:52,624 --> 00:29:55,543 Before you talk, I want you to breathe. 565 00:29:55,585 --> 00:29:57,796 So you knew about it. 566 00:29:57,837 --> 00:30:00,548 I can imagine it is quite the jolt. 567 00:30:00,590 --> 00:30:03,176 Did you assent to this? Did you join--? 568 00:30:03,218 --> 00:30:07,263 Travis, it is important to focus on right now. 569 00:30:07,305 --> 00:30:09,265 On this moment. 570 00:30:09,307 --> 00:30:11,267 How it got here, 571 00:30:11,309 --> 00:30:13,436 that is the autopsy we will do later. 572 00:30:13,478 --> 00:30:17,982 But now, you have to consider not your own emotions 573 00:30:18,024 --> 00:30:20,318 or not only your own emotions, 574 00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:22,570 but how to serve Uber 575 00:30:22,612 --> 00:30:25,657 and the teams of people you put together here. 576 00:30:25,698 --> 00:30:27,492 Yeah, well, I think fast, as you know, 577 00:30:27,534 --> 00:30:28,952 so I've done all that already, 578 00:30:28,993 --> 00:30:30,328 but what I need from you is to back me 579 00:30:30,370 --> 00:30:31,830 as you have always done. 580 00:30:31,871 --> 00:30:33,790 I need to know that I have your support. 581 00:30:33,832 --> 00:30:37,001 My support for you, holistically, in all ways, 582 00:30:37,043 --> 00:30:38,628 is never in doubt. 583 00:30:38,670 --> 00:30:40,588 I said the same to Bill Gurley not long ago. 584 00:30:40,630 --> 00:30:43,091 Okay, I can count on that? 585 00:30:43,132 --> 00:30:45,844 You can always count on me. 586 00:30:45,885 --> 00:30:48,179 But, you know, 587 00:30:48,221 --> 00:30:50,390 thinking quickly, even for you, 588 00:30:50,431 --> 00:30:52,183 isn't always best. 589 00:30:53,685 --> 00:30:55,353 Perhaps if we talk it through together, 590 00:30:55,395 --> 00:30:57,021 we will land at the right decision, 591 00:30:57,063 --> 00:31:00,483 the right process, the right approach. 592 00:31:00,525 --> 00:31:02,068 Yeah, we will have time to do that 593 00:31:02,110 --> 00:31:03,987 after I crush these fuckers, 594 00:31:04,028 --> 00:31:05,864 but right now, I gotta rally the troops. 595 00:31:05,905 --> 00:31:07,365 I'm gonna lock in my allies. 596 00:31:07,407 --> 00:31:09,826 So, thank you, Arianna. Talk to you soon. 597 00:31:21,337 --> 00:31:23,715 They're trying to oust me. You believe that shit? 598 00:31:23,756 --> 00:31:25,258 My mom is barely in the ground-- 599 00:31:25,300 --> 00:31:27,051 Trav, why are you here? 600 00:31:27,093 --> 00:31:28,595 What can I do for you? 601 00:31:28,636 --> 00:31:30,430 You know a lot of those guys on the board. 602 00:31:30,471 --> 00:31:32,473 Garret, Graves. They like you. They respect you. 603 00:31:32,515 --> 00:31:34,517 I want to reach out to them, tell them to stand down. 604 00:31:34,559 --> 00:31:37,353 You've disempowered me with all of them. 605 00:31:37,395 --> 00:31:39,022 But luckily, you don't need them. 606 00:31:39,063 --> 00:31:40,356 Or Uber. 607 00:31:40,398 --> 00:31:43,026 Your shares make you a rich man. 608 00:31:43,067 --> 00:31:45,069 Whether you sell them now in the private market, 609 00:31:45,111 --> 00:31:46,571 or wait until the company goes public, 610 00:31:46,613 --> 00:31:48,197 it's just varying shades of rich. 611 00:31:48,239 --> 00:31:49,741 And I know a half a dozen companies 612 00:31:49,782 --> 00:31:51,284 that you could step in and run and grow. 613 00:31:51,326 --> 00:31:53,244 Hold on... 614 00:31:53,286 --> 00:31:55,747 Okay, look, you're still getting your advisor shares, all right? 615 00:31:55,788 --> 00:31:57,582 - Full fucking value. 616 00:31:57,624 --> 00:31:59,584 You know, I always thought that the childish, 617 00:31:59,626 --> 00:32:01,294 destructive part of you 618 00:32:01,336 --> 00:32:03,046 would be pulled up by the brilliant business side, 619 00:32:03,087 --> 00:32:05,048 that you'd evolve, but it went the other way. 620 00:32:05,089 --> 00:32:07,133 I cannot believe I'm getting this shit from you right now. 621 00:32:07,175 --> 00:32:09,594 Today. You've always at my back. You've always-- 622 00:32:09,636 --> 00:32:12,388 Don't say "ride or die." I don't want to hear that shit. 623 00:32:12,430 --> 00:32:14,098 Because I was. 624 00:32:14,140 --> 00:32:15,433 I have been. 625 00:32:15,475 --> 00:32:17,310 But were you? 626 00:32:17,352 --> 00:32:19,270 At some point, you decided that you didn't want someone 627 00:32:19,312 --> 00:32:20,605 who would challenge you. 628 00:32:20,647 --> 00:32:22,398 You wanted something else. Her. 629 00:32:22,440 --> 00:32:24,108 Because why? 630 00:32:24,150 --> 00:32:26,486 When you looked at me, it reminded you of before? 631 00:32:26,527 --> 00:32:28,112 Before you were you? 632 00:32:28,154 --> 00:32:29,864 Of your failures? 633 00:32:29,906 --> 00:32:31,866 You didn't want to be held accountable anymore, 634 00:32:31,908 --> 00:32:33,451 so you chose an accessory. 635 00:32:33,493 --> 00:32:35,244 And oh, by the way, 636 00:32:35,286 --> 00:32:37,121 I was suggesting that you sign on at another company 637 00:32:37,163 --> 00:32:38,706 because despite being a jerk, 638 00:32:38,748 --> 00:32:40,124 you're a hell of a business operator. 639 00:32:40,166 --> 00:32:42,043 I am more than some fucking operator, 640 00:32:42,085 --> 00:32:43,753 I am a founder. 641 00:32:43,795 --> 00:32:45,213 And I already have a company. 642 00:33:00,061 --> 00:33:02,480 Can't talk to you, TK. You know this. 643 00:33:02,522 --> 00:33:04,649 I know, but I need you, bro. This is the time. 644 00:33:04,691 --> 00:33:06,484 This is the call. 645 00:33:06,526 --> 00:33:08,361 This is when you finally prove you got my back 646 00:33:08,403 --> 00:33:10,655 and that my faith in you was warranted. 647 00:33:10,697 --> 00:33:12,949 It was. It is. 648 00:33:12,991 --> 00:33:15,326 But like you always said, Uber was the thing. 649 00:33:15,368 --> 00:33:16,661 Right? 650 00:33:16,703 --> 00:33:17,829 Every decision, all about Uber. 651 00:33:17,870 --> 00:33:19,205 Yeah, what could be more Uber 652 00:33:19,247 --> 00:33:20,707 than helping me save fucking Uber? 653 00:33:20,748 --> 00:33:22,834 That's the most Uber thing ever, right? 654 00:33:22,875 --> 00:33:24,627 And you're on the inside, man. You are listened to. 655 00:33:24,669 --> 00:33:26,963 And you only have your voting shares 656 00:33:27,005 --> 00:33:28,548 because I gave them to you. 657 00:33:28,589 --> 00:33:31,092 Right? Show me the lie in any of that. 658 00:33:31,134 --> 00:33:32,677 No lies. 659 00:33:32,719 --> 00:33:34,679 Then this is what we're gonna do. 660 00:33:34,721 --> 00:33:36,431 But I don't know, TK. 661 00:33:36,472 --> 00:33:38,641 I don't think I can do what you want me to do. 662 00:33:38,683 --> 00:33:40,601 Things are pretty out of control right now. 663 00:33:40,643 --> 00:33:43,521 No, not pretty out of control. Shit is totally out of control. 664 00:33:43,563 --> 00:33:46,357 Agreed. Let's get it fucking under control. 665 00:33:46,399 --> 00:33:48,359 If we band together, 666 00:33:48,401 --> 00:33:49,861 we take a stand, 667 00:33:49,902 --> 00:33:51,821 they see that they cannot move us, 668 00:33:51,863 --> 00:33:54,782 they will fold like a fucking... 669 00:33:54,824 --> 00:33:56,367 Tent? 670 00:33:56,409 --> 00:33:58,703 Like a sucker at a poker table 671 00:33:58,745 --> 00:34:00,955 when Texas Dolly shows him the nuts 672 00:34:00,997 --> 00:34:02,623 for the deed to his house. 673 00:34:02,665 --> 00:34:05,334 Sad and silent and gutted forever. 674 00:34:05,376 --> 00:34:08,004 That is what we can do to Gurley and Drummond 675 00:34:08,046 --> 00:34:09,922 and the rest of these motherfuckers! 676 00:34:14,969 --> 00:34:16,179 No. 677 00:34:17,638 --> 00:34:19,557 No, it's gone too far. 678 00:34:19,599 --> 00:34:21,017 I can't line up with you. I gotta lay back 679 00:34:21,059 --> 00:34:22,226 and stick with the company. 680 00:34:22,268 --> 00:34:24,687 You have to stick with the company? 681 00:34:24,729 --> 00:34:26,939 I am the fucking company! 682 00:34:26,981 --> 00:34:30,568 You answered a goddamn tweet with another tweet, 683 00:34:30,610 --> 00:34:32,528 and I made you CEO! 684 00:34:32,570 --> 00:34:33,905 And I kept you in the company, 685 00:34:33,946 --> 00:34:35,865 even though we saw in five minutes 686 00:34:35,907 --> 00:34:37,700 you couldn't do the CEO job, 687 00:34:37,742 --> 00:34:39,869 and I had to step in and do all of it! 688 00:34:39,911 --> 00:34:41,829 The strategic work! The scut work! 689 00:34:41,871 --> 00:34:44,248 The fucking work! 690 00:34:44,290 --> 00:34:46,334 I'd say "Et tu, Brute," 691 00:34:46,375 --> 00:34:48,753 but you'd probably think it was a fucking Dave Matthews lyric! 692 00:34:50,296 --> 00:34:51,881 Well, thinking about it now, 693 00:34:51,923 --> 00:34:54,425 maybe Caesar deserved what he got, man. 694 00:34:54,467 --> 00:34:55,927 Oh, deserved? 695 00:34:55,968 --> 00:34:58,179 And what do you think you deserve? 696 00:34:58,221 --> 00:34:59,931 I made you a fucking billionaire, 697 00:34:59,972 --> 00:35:02,266 and you're sticking the knife between my ribs 698 00:35:02,308 --> 00:35:05,269 to the fucking handle with a smile on your face. 699 00:35:05,311 --> 00:35:06,771 I'm not smiling. 700 00:35:06,813 --> 00:35:08,272 Yeah, you tell yourself that, 701 00:35:08,314 --> 00:35:09,690 and maybe it'll help you sleep at night. 702 00:35:09,732 --> 00:35:11,192 Oh, and fuck you! 703 00:35:14,487 --> 00:35:15,947 How'd he take it? 704 00:35:15,988 --> 00:35:17,448 Not well. 705 00:35:17,490 --> 00:35:18,783 As expected. 706 00:35:19,992 --> 00:35:21,452 But he did take it? 707 00:35:21,494 --> 00:35:22,954 Yeah. 708 00:35:22,995 --> 00:35:24,956 He said he'd let us know by end of day. 709 00:35:27,625 --> 00:35:28,835 Goddamn it. 710 00:35:28,876 --> 00:35:30,419 Every minute he drags this out, 711 00:35:30,461 --> 00:35:31,921 the chances of a leak 712 00:35:31,963 --> 00:35:33,673 and us looking like fuck-ups increase. 713 00:35:53,651 --> 00:35:55,319 - Whoo! Yeah! 714 00:35:55,361 --> 00:35:56,988 Whoo! Let's go! 715 00:35:57,029 --> 00:35:58,322 Hey, Camp! 716 00:36:00,825 --> 00:36:02,493 All right, um, sub? 717 00:36:05,163 --> 00:36:06,956 My man. 718 00:36:06,998 --> 00:36:08,166 TK. 719 00:36:09,542 --> 00:36:11,502 Look, no one wanted this to end up here. 720 00:36:11,544 --> 00:36:13,504 Yeah, I can tell you're really burdened by it. 721 00:36:13,546 --> 00:36:14,505 You almost short-armed that chicken wing 722 00:36:14,547 --> 00:36:15,673 you threw downfield. 723 00:36:15,715 --> 00:36:17,383 Oh no, wait, you nailed it, 724 00:36:17,425 --> 00:36:18,843 'cause you're not thinking about me at all. 725 00:36:18,885 --> 00:36:20,887 Well, what use would that be, brother? 726 00:36:20,928 --> 00:36:23,222 I'm out here on the field, and out here, I'm an airbender. 727 00:36:23,264 --> 00:36:25,057 Oh. 728 00:36:25,099 --> 00:36:26,767 At Uber, on Uber calls, I'm dealing with Uber shit. 729 00:36:26,934 --> 00:36:28,728 - I'm Uber brass, right?. - Right. That's why I exist, 730 00:36:28,769 --> 00:36:30,354 so you can be an airbender. 731 00:36:30,396 --> 00:36:32,773 Because I am never not dealing with Uber shit. 732 00:36:32,815 --> 00:36:36,402 That's the pact we made all those fucking years ago. 733 00:36:36,444 --> 00:36:38,529 Can't go back on it now. 734 00:36:38,571 --> 00:36:40,865 Things happen. Things change. 735 00:36:40,907 --> 00:36:43,201 Things don't just change. We make them change. 736 00:36:43,242 --> 00:36:45,703 Or we stop them from changing. We have the agency. 737 00:36:45,745 --> 00:36:47,872 That's what makes us who we are. 738 00:36:47,914 --> 00:36:50,041 That's why we've been able to do everything that we've done, 739 00:36:50,082 --> 00:36:51,375 and we're not finished. 740 00:36:51,417 --> 00:36:54,212 Entropy. Inertia. Forward motion. 741 00:36:54,253 --> 00:36:55,963 It's the nature of the world, man. 742 00:36:56,005 --> 00:36:57,465 The sooner you realize what can't be changed, 743 00:36:57,506 --> 00:36:58,883 the sooner you'll have some peace. 744 00:36:58,925 --> 00:37:01,010 I don't want peace. I want war. 745 00:37:01,052 --> 00:37:03,387 I'm built for that, and I wage it better than anybody. 746 00:37:03,429 --> 00:37:06,390 Yeah, well, maybe just find a quiet place in the grass 747 00:37:06,432 --> 00:37:08,726 or on some trail, and like... 748 00:37:08,768 --> 00:37:10,645 just let that all go. 749 00:37:10,686 --> 00:37:13,522 Dude, this is my fucking life. It's not some ashram. 750 00:37:13,564 --> 00:37:14,899 I'm losing my company. 751 00:37:17,068 --> 00:37:18,444 It was never your company. 752 00:37:19,737 --> 00:37:22,156 It wasn't your idea. 753 00:37:22,198 --> 00:37:23,908 It was mine. 754 00:37:23,950 --> 00:37:25,785 And you weren't the fucking founder, I was. 755 00:37:26,953 --> 00:37:28,621 Wow. 756 00:37:28,663 --> 00:37:32,208 You loved saying that, didn't you, airbender? 757 00:37:32,250 --> 00:37:34,043 Look at you. You're still shaking from the adrenaline hit. 758 00:37:34,085 --> 00:37:35,711 I bet that threw off more endorphins 759 00:37:35,753 --> 00:37:37,672 than five years of your fucking wilderness walks. 760 00:37:39,257 --> 00:37:41,092 Nah. 761 00:37:41,133 --> 00:37:43,302 See, it's not how I'm built. 762 00:37:43,344 --> 00:37:47,515 I don't get off on the conflict or the ego or the power. 763 00:37:47,556 --> 00:37:48,766 That's why I'm still at Uber... 764 00:37:50,351 --> 00:37:51,602 and you won't be. 765 00:37:53,354 --> 00:37:55,064 Let's go. Come on, let's go! 766 00:38:03,281 --> 00:38:05,700 I want to show you something. 767 00:38:11,622 --> 00:38:13,249 How did you get that? 768 00:38:13,291 --> 00:38:14,542 I don't know. 769 00:38:14,583 --> 00:38:15,960 Encrypted email came in. 770 00:38:16,002 --> 00:38:17,753 Hidden address. 771 00:38:17,795 --> 00:38:19,463 Confirm they're real. 772 00:38:19,505 --> 00:38:21,674 I can't do that. 773 00:38:23,801 --> 00:38:26,804 I'm aware of the Hobson's choice you've all given Travis. 774 00:38:26,846 --> 00:38:28,306 That if he willingly resigns-- 775 00:38:28,347 --> 00:38:30,641 I can't speak to any of this, Olivia. 776 00:38:30,683 --> 00:38:31,767 Then let me. 777 00:38:33,102 --> 00:38:34,979 I know promises were made to Travis. 778 00:38:35,021 --> 00:38:36,647 We're off the record still, yes? 779 00:38:36,689 --> 00:38:38,607 We are. 780 00:38:38,649 --> 00:38:40,526 If he resigns... 781 00:38:42,153 --> 00:38:44,238 I see no further reason to punish him. 782 00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:46,991 Because your interests will have been served. 783 00:38:47,033 --> 00:38:48,284 Your company saved. 784 00:38:48,326 --> 00:38:49,994 Perfectly said. 785 00:38:50,036 --> 00:38:51,329 But if you think about the broader interests... 786 00:38:51,370 --> 00:38:54,498 You mean for your career, Olivia. 787 00:38:54,540 --> 00:38:56,667 After you break the story? 788 00:38:56,709 --> 00:38:58,419 Sure. 789 00:38:58,461 --> 00:39:01,005 It'll be good for me. 790 00:39:01,047 --> 00:39:05,009 But I meant, what about your responsibility? 791 00:39:05,051 --> 00:39:08,179 If Travis gets to just resign without a public accounting, 792 00:39:08,220 --> 00:39:10,014 then what stops the next guy sitting in that chair 793 00:39:10,056 --> 00:39:11,682 from acting just like him? 794 00:39:11,724 --> 00:39:13,267 And if you let that happen, 795 00:39:13,309 --> 00:39:16,645 you're co-conspirators, like it or not. 796 00:39:16,687 --> 00:39:19,440 I need you to confirm, or I can't run it. 797 00:39:33,704 --> 00:39:37,541 So yeah, while there aren't many of us, 798 00:39:37,583 --> 00:39:40,461 those of us who are here are pretty badass. 799 00:39:40,503 --> 00:39:42,880 And we've just got to hang in and stick together, 800 00:39:42,922 --> 00:39:44,507 and we'll make it. 801 00:39:44,548 --> 00:39:46,217 That's what I came here to share with you. 802 00:39:47,385 --> 00:39:49,762 If you go home, they win. 803 00:39:49,804 --> 00:39:53,516 If you leave and go somewhere else, they win. 804 00:39:53,557 --> 00:39:56,685 If you switch industries, they win. 805 00:39:57,728 --> 00:39:58,938 So be better. 806 00:40:00,231 --> 00:40:04,902 Be smarter, tougher, grittier. 807 00:40:12,118 --> 00:40:13,744 And more fucking valuable 808 00:40:13,786 --> 00:40:16,580 until you are utterly undeniable 809 00:40:16,622 --> 00:40:20,751 and you can't be removed even with a pickaxe and a chisel. 810 00:40:20,793 --> 00:40:22,920 And once we do some of that, 811 00:40:22,962 --> 00:40:25,589 then we can talk about remaking it. 812 00:40:25,631 --> 00:40:28,175 Thanks. 813 00:40:30,970 --> 00:40:33,013 Oh, great, thank you so much for organizing this. 814 00:40:33,055 --> 00:40:34,473 We should be in touch. 815 00:40:37,768 --> 00:40:39,311 What the fuck? 816 00:40:40,729 --> 00:40:42,273 Did you track me here through the app? 817 00:40:42,314 --> 00:40:44,233 I heard you're still all up in the code. 818 00:40:44,275 --> 00:40:45,943 No, just Find My Friends. 819 00:40:45,985 --> 00:40:47,236 We're linked. 820 00:40:47,278 --> 00:40:49,155 Well, that's gonna change. 821 00:40:49,196 --> 00:40:50,823 Look, Austin, 822 00:40:50,865 --> 00:40:52,950 these guys are all bailing on me, 823 00:40:52,992 --> 00:40:55,161 but I can still run this company, 824 00:40:55,202 --> 00:40:56,662 and you know that. 825 00:40:56,704 --> 00:40:59,623 But I need you behind me, 826 00:40:59,665 --> 00:41:01,917 'cause with you behind me, I get the grunts behind me. 827 00:41:01,959 --> 00:41:03,669 And once the Board sees that, they'll back down. 828 00:41:03,711 --> 00:41:05,463 So I came to find you, because I need you. 829 00:41:05,504 --> 00:41:07,465 I need you to help me organize everybody. 830 00:41:07,506 --> 00:41:09,467 You and me, man, together. 831 00:41:09,508 --> 00:41:11,594 We can... 832 00:41:13,387 --> 00:41:14,680 Can't. 833 00:41:20,227 --> 00:41:21,645 Even you, huh? 834 00:41:21,687 --> 00:41:23,564 I would never do anything to hurt you. 835 00:41:23,606 --> 00:41:24,899 What the fuck do you call this? 836 00:41:24,940 --> 00:41:27,193 I guess I call it the new reality, 837 00:41:27,234 --> 00:41:29,820 one where the results don't make up for everything 838 00:41:29,862 --> 00:41:31,405 that helped to get them. 839 00:41:31,447 --> 00:41:32,907 So, you want to just kill them with kindness. 840 00:41:32,948 --> 00:41:34,658 Pass out little paper cups of juice, 841 00:41:34,700 --> 00:41:36,827 roll out the mats for naptime? 842 00:41:38,537 --> 00:41:40,331 Maybe we just treat them like people. 843 00:41:40,372 --> 00:41:43,000 Oh, so you got a better fucking way? 844 00:41:43,042 --> 00:41:44,835 No. 845 00:41:44,877 --> 00:41:47,171 Just saying we'd better find one. 846 00:42:02,937 --> 00:42:04,355 You brought them with you? 847 00:42:04,396 --> 00:42:06,732 You are exhausted. 848 00:42:06,774 --> 00:42:09,151 Of course you are. 849 00:42:09,193 --> 00:42:13,197 I am exhausted just thinking about what you've been through. 850 00:42:17,618 --> 00:42:19,411 You know, no one else 851 00:42:19,453 --> 00:42:22,206 sees a real person when they look at me. 852 00:42:22,248 --> 00:42:25,417 Well, for a long time, you didn't want them to. 853 00:42:25,459 --> 00:42:27,878 You wanted them to see a sector. 854 00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:29,588 An industry. 855 00:42:29,630 --> 00:42:31,549 A unicorn. 856 00:42:31,590 --> 00:42:34,385 But unicorns don't need downtime, 857 00:42:34,426 --> 00:42:36,804 because they don't exist. 858 00:42:36,845 --> 00:42:38,681 Human beings do. 859 00:42:38,722 --> 00:42:40,849 Do you just have this stuff at the ready all the time? 860 00:42:40,891 --> 00:42:42,226 When I care about someone, 861 00:42:42,268 --> 00:42:44,353 I think about them and what they need 862 00:42:44,395 --> 00:42:46,855 and their situation. 863 00:42:46,897 --> 00:42:48,691 Then it just comes to me. 864 00:42:48,732 --> 00:42:51,735 Well, it's served you well, the... 865 00:42:53,028 --> 00:42:54,572 The whole "person" thing. 866 00:42:54,613 --> 00:42:58,075 I like to think it serves all of us well. 867 00:43:08,961 --> 00:43:10,546 I didn't serve her well. 868 00:43:11,630 --> 00:43:12,923 My mom. 869 00:43:12,965 --> 00:43:14,592 That is one thing 870 00:43:14,633 --> 00:43:17,094 that is definitely not your fault. 871 00:43:17,136 --> 00:43:19,263 No, I was supposed to be there. I should have been there, 872 00:43:19,305 --> 00:43:21,223 but these fuckers kept me so occupied with bullshit 873 00:43:21,265 --> 00:43:24,602 that now she's gone. 874 00:43:24,643 --> 00:43:27,479 They were trying to kill me, they ended up killing her. 875 00:43:28,814 --> 00:43:30,149 How'd I let her die? 876 00:43:30,190 --> 00:43:32,067 I mean, fuck! What... 877 00:43:34,153 --> 00:43:36,447 Why would I let myself get so focused 878 00:43:36,488 --> 00:43:38,282 that I forget about her, and-- 879 00:43:38,324 --> 00:43:40,159 - and what kind of man...? - Shh! Travis. 880 00:43:43,454 --> 00:43:46,123 You're almost there. You're almost ready to let-- 881 00:43:46,165 --> 00:43:48,083 - You are letting go. 882 00:43:48,125 --> 00:43:49,293 No, I'm not. 883 00:43:49,335 --> 00:43:50,961 I'm not letting go of anything. 884 00:43:51,003 --> 00:43:54,381 You know, when I tell you to breathe, 885 00:43:54,423 --> 00:43:56,717 there's a scientific basis to it. 886 00:43:56,759 --> 00:43:58,135 - Come. 887 00:43:58,177 --> 00:43:59,678 Sit again. 888 00:44:03,015 --> 00:44:05,100 The somatic system 889 00:44:05,142 --> 00:44:08,646 responds to the quantity of carbon dioxide 890 00:44:08,687 --> 00:44:10,314 in your bloodstream. 891 00:44:14,193 --> 00:44:16,654 This regulates it. 892 00:44:16,695 --> 00:44:18,864 Not looking to be regulated. 893 00:44:21,867 --> 00:44:24,328 You're already breathing better just sitting here with me now. 894 00:44:24,370 --> 00:44:26,830 - Aren't you? - I know. Yeah, I am. 895 00:44:26,872 --> 00:44:30,709 Because I won't fight with you. It's not something I do. 896 00:44:30,751 --> 00:44:34,296 So you can let the guard all the way down. 897 00:44:34,338 --> 00:44:36,632 Continue the letting go. 898 00:44:37,883 --> 00:44:39,176 You have to. 899 00:44:39,218 --> 00:44:40,678 If I let my guard down, 900 00:44:40,719 --> 00:44:42,096 then the enemy troops can just march in. 901 00:44:42,137 --> 00:44:43,514 Travis! 902 00:44:43,555 --> 00:44:46,183 Is that such a bad thing? 903 00:44:46,225 --> 00:44:49,853 You are still owning a huge percentage of this company. 904 00:44:49,895 --> 00:44:52,356 You are still the guy who did this. 905 00:44:52,398 --> 00:44:55,025 Now, you can be the guy who does the next thing. 906 00:44:55,067 --> 00:44:58,195 And let these fuckers win after everything they did? 907 00:44:58,237 --> 00:44:59,863 They are going to win. 908 00:45:01,156 --> 00:45:02,366 They've won. 909 00:45:03,867 --> 00:45:06,995 The question is only the terms of that victory. 910 00:45:07,037 --> 00:45:08,455 I see this now. 911 00:45:08,497 --> 00:45:11,375 And if you allow yourself to think, 912 00:45:11,417 --> 00:45:13,127 you will see it too. 913 00:45:22,219 --> 00:45:24,596 So what? 914 00:45:24,638 --> 00:45:29,852 What do you think would be acceptable terms for me? 915 00:45:31,103 --> 00:45:34,481 I think you step down. 916 00:45:34,523 --> 00:45:37,359 The press never hears about the meeting with Cohler and Fenton. 917 00:45:38,569 --> 00:45:41,488 It goes out as Travis Kalanick, 918 00:45:41,530 --> 00:45:43,699 in the wake of the death of his mother, 919 00:45:43,741 --> 00:45:48,078 has decided that he has made Uber so strong, so powerful, 920 00:45:48,120 --> 00:45:50,789 that it can thrive in his absence... 921 00:45:52,291 --> 00:45:56,044 and that it is time to focus on himself. 922 00:45:56,086 --> 00:45:58,255 I told myself I would never let another company 923 00:45:58,297 --> 00:45:59,506 be taken from me. 924 00:45:59,548 --> 00:46:00,758 So don't let it be taken. 925 00:46:00,799 --> 00:46:02,760 Give it up. Let go. Be free. 926 00:46:02,801 --> 00:46:06,346 But if I'm Uber and Uber is me, then what am I without it? 927 00:46:06,388 --> 00:46:09,224 You are Travis Kalanick. 928 00:46:09,266 --> 00:46:12,686 The man who gave the world the chance to travel freely, 929 00:46:12,728 --> 00:46:14,104 how and where they want. 930 00:46:14,146 --> 00:46:16,231 No one can ever say different. 931 00:46:16,273 --> 00:46:19,777 Just imagine yourself without this burden. 932 00:46:19,818 --> 00:46:22,946 Waking up without Board oversights. 933 00:46:22,988 --> 00:46:25,991 Without the press hounding you. 934 00:46:26,033 --> 00:46:29,119 Without Bill Gurley telling you how to act like a champion. 935 00:46:31,997 --> 00:46:36,210 You are the man your mother loved and respected 936 00:46:36,251 --> 00:46:39,296 and hoped you would become. 937 00:46:47,304 --> 00:46:48,931 All right, I'll sign it. 938 00:46:48,972 --> 00:46:50,599 Bring them in. 939 00:46:50,641 --> 00:46:52,309 I'll tell them. 940 00:46:54,937 --> 00:46:56,146 One condition. 941 00:46:58,440 --> 00:47:01,568 Bill Gurley is out. 942 00:47:01,610 --> 00:47:03,487 One champion to another, 943 00:47:03,529 --> 00:47:05,322 if I'm not wearing the belt, neither is he. 944 00:47:05,364 --> 00:47:06,949 He's off the fucking board. 945 00:47:06,990 --> 00:47:08,492 Someone else from his company can sit on it, 946 00:47:08,534 --> 00:47:10,160 but not that motherfucker. 947 00:47:10,202 --> 00:47:11,954 He'll agree. 948 00:47:11,995 --> 00:47:13,497 I'll make sure of it. 949 00:47:33,308 --> 00:47:35,853 She'll give it to you once she takes care of my one condition. 950 00:47:53,745 --> 00:47:55,873 So it's done? 951 00:47:55,914 --> 00:47:57,541 Yes. 952 00:47:57,583 --> 00:48:00,002 But I need to tell you what I agreed to. 953 00:48:00,043 --> 00:48:03,338 You stepping off the board was the final piece, 954 00:48:03,380 --> 00:48:05,090 but he's out. 955 00:48:08,760 --> 00:48:11,138 There'll never be another one that trusts me, will there? 956 00:48:12,764 --> 00:48:14,308 A founder. 957 00:48:14,349 --> 00:48:17,185 Probably not, Bill, 958 00:48:17,227 --> 00:48:19,062 but Uber will come clean now, 959 00:48:19,104 --> 00:48:20,856 go public, 960 00:48:20,898 --> 00:48:24,860 and your last name will be Billionaire. 961 00:48:24,902 --> 00:48:28,238 So... does it matter? 962 00:48:38,707 --> 00:48:41,209 I know what you say about me, what you think about me. 963 00:48:41,251 --> 00:48:42,794 What people think. 964 00:48:42,836 --> 00:48:44,713 Am I good with it? 965 00:48:44,755 --> 00:48:46,381 Does it matter? 966 00:48:48,508 --> 00:48:49,968 No. 967 00:48:50,010 --> 00:48:51,386 It does not. 968 00:48:57,976 --> 00:48:59,728 You know, the times we live in, 969 00:48:59,770 --> 00:49:02,564 they condemn what I've had to do to make this thing work. 970 00:49:02,606 --> 00:49:05,943 But here's the truth, my truth: sometimes, to change the world, 971 00:49:05,984 --> 00:49:08,070 you need to do whatever is necessary 972 00:49:08,111 --> 00:49:10,447 to take a "no" and turn it into a "yes." 973 00:49:10,489 --> 00:49:13,617 If that means acting like an asshole, being an asshole, 974 00:49:13,659 --> 00:49:15,077 I'm an asshole. 975 00:49:15,118 --> 00:49:16,703 And I'm not alone in that. 976 00:49:16,745 --> 00:49:18,121 To paraphrase everybody's favorite poet: 977 00:49:18,163 --> 00:49:20,624 "The asshole now is later to win." 978 00:49:20,666 --> 00:49:22,960 Here's a roster for you. Gates: asshole. 979 00:49:23,001 --> 00:49:24,795 Jobs: asshole. 980 00:49:24,836 --> 00:49:28,131 Bezos, I would say it, but I'm actually scared to. 981 00:49:28,173 --> 00:49:29,967 And if you think I'm wrong about any of that, 982 00:49:30,008 --> 00:49:32,219 just go read the court cases, the articles for yourself. 983 00:49:32,260 --> 00:49:33,595 You know what? Don't! 984 00:49:33,637 --> 00:49:35,931 Just sit there farting into your couch 985 00:49:35,973 --> 00:49:37,599 and dreaming about everything you would do 986 00:49:37,641 --> 00:49:39,643 if you weren't so goddamn nice. 987 00:49:43,230 --> 00:49:45,148 At least admit this: 988 00:49:45,190 --> 00:49:48,568 you love riding in my cars, 989 00:49:48,610 --> 00:49:51,321 you love that they show up at your whim, 990 00:49:51,363 --> 00:49:53,198 and you love all the stuff that's come since 991 00:49:53,240 --> 00:49:56,159 as a direct result of my innovations. 992 00:49:56,201 --> 00:49:57,619 So be virtuous, 993 00:49:57,661 --> 00:49:59,246 be better than me and write me off. 994 00:49:59,287 --> 00:50:02,207 But while you're cheering for me getting screwed, 995 00:50:02,249 --> 00:50:05,293 just remember how secretly grateful you are 996 00:50:05,335 --> 00:50:07,963 for everything I did for you. 997 00:50:08,005 --> 00:50:09,840 Everything I gave you. 998 00:50:41,204 --> 00:50:44,207 Signing that resignation letter was a mistake. 999 00:50:46,543 --> 00:50:48,045 By the way, it's not binding. 1000 00:50:48,086 --> 00:50:50,714 I won't be bound by some mistake 1001 00:50:50,756 --> 00:50:54,384 like my leave of absence, which is now officially over. 1002 00:50:54,426 --> 00:50:57,054 So who's ready for our next stage of growth? 1003 00:50:57,095 --> 00:50:58,889 - Yeah? 1004 00:50:58,930 --> 00:51:01,516 We're gonna go beyond moving people to moving things, 1005 00:51:01,558 --> 00:51:04,603 delivering anything and everything that anybody needs 1006 00:51:04,644 --> 00:51:06,730 by land, by air, by fucking sea! 1007 00:51:06,772 --> 00:51:09,232 I am ready for my second act! 1008 00:51:09,274 --> 00:51:12,110 Who amongst you is ready as well? 1009 00:51:18,492 --> 00:51:20,285 Now, you can carry on without me if you want, 1010 00:51:20,327 --> 00:51:22,412 and you'll make money, at least for a little while. 1011 00:51:22,454 --> 00:51:25,290 But when you look back and you're retired, 1012 00:51:25,332 --> 00:51:29,628 won't you be prouder to have followed me today. 1013 00:51:30,837 --> 00:51:32,839 Now we, together, 1014 00:51:32,881 --> 00:51:35,550 have already built the most important transportation company 1015 00:51:35,592 --> 00:51:37,094 the world has ever seen. 1016 00:51:38,386 --> 00:51:39,763 Who's ready to see 1017 00:51:39,805 --> 00:51:41,264 what we build next? 1018 00:51:45,769 --> 00:51:46,937 Come on! 1019 00:52:07,290 --> 00:52:09,167 Tech company CEO, Travis Kalanick, 1020 00:52:09,209 --> 00:52:11,461 has been forced out from Uber, 1021 00:52:11,503 --> 00:52:13,588 the ride-hailing company he helped build. 1022 00:52:13,630 --> 00:52:16,424 This has come in a report by the   New York Times. 1023 00:52:16,466 --> 00:52:19,761 It's gone on to say that five of Uber's major investors 1024 00:52:19,803 --> 00:52:22,639 have demanded that the chief executive resign immediately. 1025 00:52:22,681 --> 00:52:25,183 And this includes one of Uber's biggest shareholders, 1026 00:52:25,225 --> 00:52:27,352 the venture capital firm, Benchmark, 1027 00:52:27,394 --> 00:52:29,646 which has, uh, one of its partners, Bill Gurley, 1028 00:52:29,688 --> 00:52:31,857 on Uber's board. 1029 00:52:31,898 --> 00:52:33,775 They mention making the demand for Kalanick to resign 1030 00:52:33,817 --> 00:52:35,652 in a letter that was submitted... 1031 00:52:35,694 --> 00:52:38,446 - Bricked my fucking phone. - ...while he was in Chicago. 1032 00:52:38,488 --> 00:52:41,741 Of course, uh, we know that a number of key executives... 1033 00:52:46,705 --> 00:52:48,748 You just couldn't help yourself, huh? 1034 00:52:48,790 --> 00:52:50,041 Had to leak it. 1035 00:52:51,459 --> 00:52:52,752 You want to know if it was me? 1036 00:52:54,379 --> 00:52:56,047 Does it matter? 1037 00:52:56,089 --> 00:52:58,466 Hundred different ways all this could have gone. 1038 00:52:58,508 --> 00:53:01,011 You forced this one on us. 1039 00:53:01,052 --> 00:53:02,679 I for-- 1040 00:53:02,721 --> 00:53:04,347 You sent your kindergartners over to lie to me. 1041 00:53:04,389 --> 00:53:06,016 They said this would not go public. 1042 00:53:06,057 --> 00:53:07,642 They said the death would be an honorable one. 1043 00:53:07,684 --> 00:53:10,187 Well, in my experience, even a good death sucks. 1044 00:53:10,228 --> 00:53:13,690 You fucking VCs, man. 1045 00:53:13,732 --> 00:53:17,861 Just screw you over every time with a song on their lips. 1046 00:53:17,903 --> 00:53:19,362 But here's the thing about dead men. 1047 00:53:19,404 --> 00:53:21,031 You should let them lie 1048 00:53:21,072 --> 00:53:22,407 instead of hanging around haunting lobbies, 1049 00:53:22,449 --> 00:53:24,034 living like ghosts. 1050 00:53:24,075 --> 00:53:25,911 I just came here to get my shit and say goodbye. 1051 00:53:25,952 --> 00:53:28,705 Well, we'll send it wherever. I saw them packing it. 1052 00:53:31,750 --> 00:53:33,501 You can't go up there. 1053 00:53:33,543 --> 00:53:36,004 You're dead, too, you know. You're gone as I am. 1054 00:53:36,046 --> 00:53:38,006 I took your ass out with me, 1055 00:53:38,048 --> 00:53:40,217 so I don't know why you're swaggering around 1056 00:53:40,258 --> 00:53:43,386 like you're John fucking Wayne from   The Searchers. 1057 00:53:43,428 --> 00:53:47,515 Because my entire sense of self 1058 00:53:47,557 --> 00:53:49,726 isn't wrapped up in what happens at Uber 1059 00:53:49,768 --> 00:53:51,561 or any of my companies. 1060 00:53:51,603 --> 00:53:53,146 Yeah, you tell yourself you don't care, 1061 00:53:53,188 --> 00:53:54,522 if that makes you feel better, 1062 00:53:54,564 --> 00:53:56,900 but for warriors, 1063 00:53:56,942 --> 00:53:59,402 the field of battle's all that ever matters. 1064 00:53:59,444 --> 00:54:01,112 You tell yourself that. 1065 00:54:05,450 --> 00:54:08,411 You know what? Fuck it, TK. You're right. 1066 00:54:08,453 --> 00:54:10,455 We're both casualties of the same war. 1067 00:54:10,497 --> 00:54:12,082 And you know what else? 1068 00:54:12,123 --> 00:54:14,459 We're both gonna have the same last name 1069 00:54:14,501 --> 00:54:16,461 the rest of our lives. 1070 00:54:16,503 --> 00:54:18,838 Make sure you do something with it. 1071 00:54:28,348 --> 00:54:30,892 Amy, gather the kids up, please. 1072 00:54:30,934 --> 00:54:32,644 Make sure they're all there. 1073 00:54:32,686 --> 00:54:34,104 I'll be home for dinner. 1074 00:54:36,147 --> 00:54:40,443 I know you think I'm going to burn some sage or something. 1075 00:54:40,485 --> 00:54:42,946 And actually, yes, that would be a good idea. 1076 00:54:42,988 --> 00:54:44,781 I will. 1077 00:54:44,823 --> 00:54:48,785 But first, this space, formerly called the War Room, 1078 00:54:48,827 --> 00:54:53,081 is a symbol of much that was wrong with this company. 1079 00:54:53,123 --> 00:54:58,378 And for that, it will for now on be known as the Peace Room. 1080 00:55:02,424 --> 00:55:05,302 Unsealed on a porch 1081 00:55:05,343 --> 00:55:08,596 A letter sat 1082 00:55:08,638 --> 00:55:10,807 Then you said 1083 00:55:10,849 --> 00:55:14,060 I wanna leave it again 1084 00:55:16,187 --> 00:55:18,189 Once I saw her 1085 00:55:18,231 --> 00:55:23,153 On a beach Of weathered sand 1086 00:55:23,194 --> 00:55:24,821 And on the sand 1087 00:55:24,863 --> 00:55:28,825 I wanna leave it again Yeah 1088 00:55:28,867 --> 00:55:31,661 On a weekend 1089 00:55:31,703 --> 00:55:34,706 Wanna wish it all away Yeah 1090 00:55:34,748 --> 00:55:38,585 And they called and I said That I want what I said 1091 00:55:38,626 --> 00:55:41,671 And then I call out again 1092 00:55:44,507 --> 00:55:47,177 Fuck it. Fuck this town. Take me to the airport. 1093 00:55:50,221 --> 00:55:54,809 I said I don't know whether I'm the boxer or the bag 1094 00:55:54,851 --> 00:55:58,772 Oh, yeah 1095 00:55:58,813 --> 00:56:00,523 Can you see them 1096 00:56:01,691 --> 00:56:03,985 Out on the porch? 1097 00:56:04,027 --> 00:56:08,198 Yeah, but they don't wave 1098 00:56:09,240 --> 00:56:11,868 I see them 1099 00:56:11,910 --> 00:56:15,705 Round the front way, yeah 1100 00:56:15,747 --> 00:56:18,208 And I know and I know 1101 00:56:18,249 --> 00:56:21,711 I don't want to stay 1102 00:56:21,753 --> 00:56:23,213 Make me cry 1103 00:57:09,968 --> 00:57:12,679 I see 1104 00:57:12,720 --> 00:57:16,975 I don't know There's something else 1105 00:57:19,060 --> 00:57:23,606 I wanna drum it all away 1106 00:57:23,648 --> 00:57:27,277 Oh, I said I don't I don't know 1107 00:57:27,318 --> 00:57:30,572 Whether I'm the boxer Or the bag 1108 00:57:30,613 --> 00:57:34,242 Oh, yeah 1109 00:57:34,284 --> 00:57:36,828 Can you see them 1110 00:57:36,870 --> 00:57:39,664 Out on the porch? 1111 00:57:39,706 --> 00:57:44,461 Yeah, but they don't wave 1112 00:57:44,502 --> 00:57:47,338 I see them 1113 00:57:47,380 --> 00:57:51,384 Round the front way, yeah 1114 00:57:51,426 --> 00:57:53,887 And I know and I know 1115 00:57:53,928 --> 00:57:57,765 I don't want to stay 1116 00:57:57,807 --> 00:57:59,350 Oh, no 1117 00:58:00,643 --> 00:58:06,191 I don't wanna stay 1118 00:58:07,609 --> 00:58:11,070 I don't wanna stay 1119 00:58:11,112 --> 00:58:12,739 Ooh 1120 00:58:14,157 --> 00:58:16,659 I don't wanna stay 1121 00:58:16,701 --> 00:58:17,994 Oh, no 1122 00:58:18,036 --> 00:58:19,829 Oh 1123 00:58:21,706 --> 00:58:22,999 Yeah 1124 00:58:30,173 --> 00:58:34,135 Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh 1125 00:58:37,847 --> 00:58:42,018 Oh 1126 00:58:43,978 --> 00:58:46,731 Oh, oh, oh, oh