1 00:00:04,155 --> 00:00:06,554 Previously, on "Super Pumped"... 2 00:00:07,355 --> 00:00:08,982 It's what you call triage, Travis. 3 00:00:09,066 --> 00:00:10,687 You're the guy dying of liver failure. 4 00:00:10,771 --> 00:00:12,468 I'm the guy trying to help you kick the bottle. 5 00:00:12,492 --> 00:00:14,138 I'm alive and doing the thing. 6 00:00:14,222 --> 00:00:16,474 I brought in Holder. I'm solving this. 7 00:00:16,558 --> 00:00:18,351 Real American heroes. 8 00:00:18,435 --> 00:00:20,475 Yeah, how cool that both of my boys are kickin' ass. 9 00:00:20,513 --> 00:00:21,604 Yeah. 10 00:00:21,688 --> 00:00:24,857 Go faster! 11 00:00:24,941 --> 00:00:26,025 This is Bonnie Kalanick. 12 00:00:26,109 --> 00:00:27,243 Please leave me a message, 13 00:00:27,328 --> 00:00:29,204 and I'll get back to you. Thanks. 14 00:00:29,696 --> 00:00:31,322 What are your recommendations? 15 00:00:31,406 --> 00:00:33,824 I have them outlined. It is not a short list. 16 00:00:33,908 --> 00:00:38,287 Sexism, lying, lack of diversity. 17 00:00:38,371 --> 00:00:42,541 These are all bad enough, but it's only the beginning. 18 00:00:42,625 --> 00:00:45,336 The Holder Report specifically recommends your removal. 19 00:00:45,420 --> 00:00:47,004 It's always a friend who does it. 20 00:00:47,088 --> 00:00:49,682 I cannot let anything take me down, not even you. 21 00:00:49,766 --> 00:00:51,963 I'll make sure the Board knows you took care of it. 22 00:00:52,047 --> 00:00:53,727 They'll endorse a leave of absence for you. 23 00:00:53,803 --> 00:00:55,346 How long you been planning all this? 24 00:00:55,430 --> 00:00:57,181 Wait, is this legal? 25 00:00:57,265 --> 00:00:58,849 It's not really illegal 26 00:00:58,933 --> 00:01:00,653 if the laws are bullshit in the first place. 27 00:01:01,343 --> 00:01:03,296 You ever heard of Grey ball? 28 00:01:05,857 --> 00:01:07,810 Opening theme music... 29 00:02:11,673 --> 00:02:14,175 The God-child that comes to change the world 30 00:02:14,259 --> 00:02:17,762 isn't born all pink-cheeked in a fleecy diaper. 31 00:02:17,846 --> 00:02:20,431 He comes out wailing and covered in slime 32 00:02:20,515 --> 00:02:22,266 like all the rest. 33 00:02:22,350 --> 00:02:25,269 Some motherfuckers want to kill him on sight. 34 00:02:25,353 --> 00:02:27,229 And if industrious city 35 00:02:27,313 --> 00:02:29,440 and state regulator motherfuckers have their way, 36 00:02:29,524 --> 00:02:31,609 yellow cabs might still dominate. 37 00:02:31,693 --> 00:02:33,778 Did Uber do it all the right way? 38 00:02:33,862 --> 00:02:38,407 I think it's clear the answer to that is, "Fuck no." 39 00:02:38,491 --> 00:02:41,619 Were they using secret and perhaps illegal technology 40 00:02:41,703 --> 00:02:44,413 to fool those regulators who were trying to enforce 41 00:02:44,497 --> 00:02:45,956 those annoying fucking laws 42 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:47,309 preventing unlicensed livery cars 43 00:02:47,333 --> 00:02:48,798 from picking up passengers? 44 00:02:48,883 --> 00:02:51,759 And did Uber find its ass on the hot seat 45 00:02:51,854 --> 00:02:53,509 due to these allegations? 46 00:02:53,813 --> 00:02:54,970 Hell. 47 00:02:55,055 --> 00:02:56,467 Like I said, 48 00:02:56,551 --> 00:03:00,339 covered in slime, fighting to survive. 49 00:03:01,806 --> 00:03:04,975 But I'm glad we talked. 50 00:03:05,059 --> 00:03:07,561 Oh, I. 51 00:03:07,645 --> 00:03:11,065 Oh, I'm still alive. 52 00:03:11,149 --> 00:03:14,019 Yeah, I... 53 00:03:15,653 --> 00:03:17,488 - So, should we call him? - No. 54 00:03:17,572 --> 00:03:19,240 - Well, can I call him? - No. 55 00:03:19,324 --> 00:03:20,776 Fuck. 56 00:03:21,743 --> 00:03:23,195 Oh, this is bad. 57 00:03:24,537 --> 00:03:26,413 Ain't good. Grey ball. 58 00:03:26,497 --> 00:03:27,915 What the fuck? 59 00:03:27,999 --> 00:03:29,792 What were you guys thinking? 60 00:03:29,876 --> 00:03:32,127 Or was it the standard not thinking that seems to have... 61 00:03:32,211 --> 00:03:34,525 Survival. Winning. Growth. Trying not to get fired. 62 00:03:34,609 --> 00:03:36,929 Those are the basic thought patterns following TK's orders. 63 00:03:36,984 --> 00:03:38,603 Anticipating his other orders... 64 00:03:38,687 --> 00:03:40,719 All the shit you picked TK to fucking get done. 65 00:03:40,803 --> 00:03:42,304 We were the "get 'er done" squad, man. 66 00:03:42,388 --> 00:03:44,140 Yeah, I never once, not once, told any... 67 00:03:44,224 --> 00:03:46,016 TK gives the order. Emil seconds it. 68 00:03:46,100 --> 00:03:48,227 Of course, now they're not here to field the questions 69 00:03:48,311 --> 00:03:50,646 or give the new instructions or clean it up. 70 00:03:50,730 --> 00:03:52,356 Oh, shit. 71 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:55,234 I mean, if we're rattled, fuck. 72 00:03:55,318 --> 00:03:56,921 Fuck. 73 00:03:57,763 --> 00:03:59,834 Look, you can just feel the panic 74 00:03:59,919 --> 00:04:01,574 coursing through all of them. 75 00:04:01,658 --> 00:04:04,404 No one really seems to know what to do without those guys here. 76 00:04:04,489 --> 00:04:08,330 Without TK, uh, truth is I don't know what to do. 77 00:04:08,414 --> 00:04:10,326 Yeah, I see that. 78 00:04:11,292 --> 00:04:13,711 So... can I call him? 79 00:04:13,795 --> 00:04:15,671 No! 80 00:04:15,755 --> 00:04:19,216 And if TK reaches out to you, do not answer that phone, man. 81 00:04:19,300 --> 00:04:21,863 No victory down that path. No honor. Not now. 82 00:04:22,637 --> 00:04:24,597 Only more destruction. 83 00:04:53,293 --> 00:04:56,921 Lord, make me a channel of thy peace. 84 00:04:57,005 --> 00:05:01,717 That where there is hatred, I may bring love. 85 00:05:01,801 --> 00:05:03,177 That where there is wrong, 86 00:05:03,261 --> 00:05:06,388 I may bring the spirit of forgiveness. 87 00:05:06,472 --> 00:05:09,808 That where there is discord, I may bring harmony. 88 00:05:09,892 --> 00:05:13,395 That where there is error, I may bring truth. 89 00:05:13,479 --> 00:05:17,608 That where there is doubt, I may bring faith. 90 00:05:18,157 --> 00:05:22,606 That where there is despair, I may bring hope. 91 00:05:41,299 --> 00:05:42,835 Good morning, Bill. 92 00:05:53,603 --> 00:05:55,598 Is it? 93 00:05:55,889 --> 00:05:58,649 I know why you're here. 94 00:05:58,733 --> 00:06:01,527 We're here because of all of it. 95 00:06:01,611 --> 00:06:03,445 And now, Grey ball. 96 00:06:05,406 --> 00:06:06,782 Shit. 97 00:06:06,866 --> 00:06:08,277 Please. 98 00:06:15,249 --> 00:06:16,977 That Grey ball story is shaking some shit up. 99 00:06:17,001 --> 00:06:18,794 Yeah, I'm in the "shaking shit up" game. 100 00:06:18,878 --> 00:06:20,629 Your story is just the beginning. 101 00:06:20,713 --> 00:06:22,881 There's gonna be more fallout. You know that, right? 102 00:06:22,965 --> 00:06:25,634 You see me packing my laptop, right? 103 00:06:25,718 --> 00:06:27,261 You have something firm? 104 00:06:27,345 --> 00:06:28,679 A bunch "off the record," 105 00:06:28,763 --> 00:06:29,972 "didn't hear it from me." 106 00:06:30,056 --> 00:06:32,801 Yeah. Someone's gonna fall. 107 00:06:34,519 --> 00:06:36,347 Is it Kalanick? 108 00:06:37,772 --> 00:06:39,356 This latest news, 109 00:06:39,440 --> 00:06:41,358 in addition to the rest of it, is the breaker. 110 00:06:41,442 --> 00:06:43,861 The company looks like a runaway tech weapon 111 00:06:43,945 --> 00:06:45,529 run by some kind of miscreant. 112 00:06:45,613 --> 00:06:48,699 Fidelity's client base is broad and varied, 113 00:06:48,783 --> 00:06:51,285 representative of our entire country. 114 00:06:51,369 --> 00:06:53,829 There's a lot of competition out there. 115 00:06:53,913 --> 00:06:56,206 Our difference-maker is trust. 116 00:06:56,290 --> 00:06:58,542 Our clients trust us. 117 00:06:58,626 --> 00:07:00,354 And as head of the firm, that's not something 118 00:07:00,378 --> 00:07:02,338 I'm willing to risk on Travis Kalanick any longer, 119 00:07:02,380 --> 00:07:05,834 who's proven himself publicly untrustworthy. 120 00:07:08,761 --> 00:07:10,763 Well, I know you agree. 121 00:07:10,847 --> 00:07:14,224 I understand he built this incredible company, 122 00:07:14,308 --> 00:07:15,851 and that's a rare thing. 123 00:07:15,935 --> 00:07:17,186 More than rare. 124 00:07:17,270 --> 00:07:18,645 Sure. 125 00:07:18,729 --> 00:07:20,272 It's even beyond a business cycle. 126 00:07:20,356 --> 00:07:22,649 It's a once-in-a-generation event. 127 00:07:22,733 --> 00:07:25,986 But, Bill, you and I are from the same mold, 128 00:07:26,070 --> 00:07:29,156 and we're supposed to focus on things bigger than profits. 129 00:07:29,693 --> 00:07:31,861 On culture. 130 00:07:31,946 --> 00:07:34,828 And Travis bred a toxic one, and you know it. 131 00:07:35,740 --> 00:07:38,402 You get into this to make money. 132 00:07:38,814 --> 00:07:41,650 I mean... 133 00:07:41,836 --> 00:07:44,707 there are a lot of different ways to make money. 134 00:07:48,134 --> 00:07:49,545 You get into this to... 135 00:07:50,511 --> 00:07:52,214 to build something. 136 00:07:53,962 --> 00:07:56,266 To back someone often... 137 00:07:56,600 --> 00:07:58,971 someone very young. 138 00:08:00,021 --> 00:08:01,998 To empower them to... 139 00:08:03,482 --> 00:08:06,567 to build a world that was not there before them. 140 00:08:08,345 --> 00:08:09,665 You sure as hell don't get into it 141 00:08:09,727 --> 00:08:11,799 to boost them up, just to butcher them. 142 00:08:16,662 --> 00:08:19,742 It's a difficult decision, that's all. 143 00:08:21,959 --> 00:08:23,977 Come on, hoss. 144 00:08:24,321 --> 00:08:25,462 You've already made it. 145 00:08:25,886 --> 00:08:27,596 As you would say to me, 146 00:08:27,681 --> 00:08:30,217 you do the thing even if it's hard... 147 00:08:30,301 --> 00:08:32,421 because it's right. 148 00:08:35,932 --> 00:08:37,641 He's got loyalists on the Board, 149 00:08:37,725 --> 00:08:39,203 and he's got those super-voting shares. 150 00:08:39,227 --> 00:08:40,679 You know this. 151 00:08:47,068 --> 00:08:50,112 This is gonna be very difficult to execute. 152 00:08:50,196 --> 00:08:52,559 That's why you're the man to do it. 153 00:08:56,744 --> 00:09:00,122 Uh, no, I do not want to talk to fucking Olivia Lungociu. 154 00:09:00,206 --> 00:09:01,707 Especially today. 155 00:09:01,791 --> 00:09:03,876 Give me Hazel baker, though. Call her cell. 156 00:09:03,960 --> 00:09:05,627 Don't go through the office line. 157 00:09:05,711 --> 00:09:07,588 I don't want them to know we're rolling calls. 158 00:09:07,672 --> 00:09:11,341 Shit. Okay, uh, just get me, um, whoever's reachable in comms. 159 00:09:11,425 --> 00:09:13,135 Yo. Good, yeah. Hey, it's TK. 160 00:09:13,219 --> 00:09:15,220 Listen, I know I'm on leave, but this is crucial. 161 00:09:15,304 --> 00:09:16,930 It's just too important to... 162 00:09:17,014 --> 00:09:18,891 You're not supposed to. 163 00:09:18,975 --> 00:09:21,602 You know, I'm still the boss, so if you don't do it, 164 00:09:21,686 --> 00:09:23,520 I'll just find somebody else who will. 165 00:09:23,604 --> 00:09:26,106 By the way, I'm the guy that voluntarily went on leave. 166 00:09:26,190 --> 00:09:28,734 Voluntarily, as in my choice. 167 00:09:28,818 --> 00:09:32,488 I stepped back so that I could step in again when I have to. 168 00:09:32,572 --> 00:09:34,615 No, no, I decide what is supposed to happen, 169 00:09:34,699 --> 00:09:36,325 and that statement needs to hit my phone 170 00:09:36,409 --> 00:09:38,368 within the next ten seconds, okay? 171 00:09:38,452 --> 00:09:40,245 Now, hang up and do it. 172 00:09:40,329 --> 00:09:43,832 Hey, Pen, can you follow up and make sure this fucking idiot 173 00:09:43,916 --> 00:09:45,556 sends me what they're supposed to send me? 174 00:09:45,585 --> 00:09:47,158 Great, thank you. Get me Gil. 175 00:09:47,242 --> 00:09:49,690 Gil, what is up, dude? Listen... 176 00:09:51,799 --> 00:09:54,551 you and I both know you were hoping to hear my voice today 177 00:09:54,635 --> 00:09:58,805 to guide you through all this fucking bullshit, right? 178 00:09:58,889 --> 00:10:01,350 Nobody is gonna find out anything, man. 179 00:10:01,434 --> 00:10:03,220 Just listen to me, listen... 180 00:10:09,900 --> 00:10:13,195 Gil, Gil, Gil, Gil, listen to me. 181 00:10:13,279 --> 00:10:15,364 Okay, I don't give a shit what they said. 182 00:10:15,448 --> 00:10:17,407 I'm still CEO. I'm still on the board. 183 00:10:17,491 --> 00:10:19,409 I'm still the stockholder with the controls. 184 00:10:19,493 --> 00:10:21,933 You're gonna take my call and do what is best for the company. 185 00:10:21,996 --> 00:10:24,908 Thank you for your condolences. Really does a heart good. 186 00:10:25,708 --> 00:10:27,202 Here's what I need. 187 00:10:32,506 --> 00:10:34,216 It was a really nice service, Dad. 188 00:10:34,300 --> 00:10:35,759 I know you wanted to be there. 189 00:10:35,843 --> 00:10:38,428 We couldn't wait, though. Felt wrong. 190 00:10:38,512 --> 00:10:41,473 It's just the way she would have wanted it, you know? 191 00:10:46,354 --> 00:10:48,307 - Hi. - Hey. 192 00:11:00,368 --> 00:11:01,845 You know, your limo got here before me. 193 00:11:01,869 --> 00:11:04,079 I saw it parked out there. 194 00:11:04,489 --> 00:11:05,865 What were you doing? 195 00:11:05,958 --> 00:11:07,452 Rolling calls? 196 00:11:08,209 --> 00:11:10,544 No, I was getting myself together 197 00:11:10,628 --> 00:11:12,546 so I wouldn't snot all over Dad. 198 00:11:12,630 --> 00:11:14,423 Fuck. 199 00:11:14,507 --> 00:11:16,717 Look, I didn't want to argue, all right? Not today. 200 00:11:16,801 --> 00:11:18,320 Yeah, I didn't want any petty jealousies. 201 00:11:18,344 --> 00:11:19,838 Not today. 202 00:11:25,101 --> 00:11:26,678 Okay. 203 00:11:27,728 --> 00:11:29,473 Ask. Dare you. 204 00:11:30,564 --> 00:11:32,941 Mom told you before. 205 00:11:33,025 --> 00:11:34,484 No, you gotta say it. 206 00:11:34,568 --> 00:11:36,971 If you have the balls. Go ahead. Ask. 207 00:11:38,072 --> 00:11:39,865 I'm in a jam you know you can fix, 208 00:11:39,949 --> 00:11:41,680 - and you're gonna make me ask? - Just say the words. 209 00:11:41,704 --> 00:11:44,427 I mean, if it matters enough to you, you will, right? 210 00:11:46,414 --> 00:11:48,999 I appreciate you picking up the funeral expenses, okay? 211 00:11:49,083 --> 00:11:50,667 I do. 212 00:11:50,751 --> 00:11:52,002 But it's not enough. 213 00:11:52,086 --> 00:11:54,369 I got overextended. I need help. 214 00:11:55,214 --> 00:11:56,381 Money help. 215 00:11:57,758 --> 00:11:59,343 At a time like this. 216 00:11:59,427 --> 00:12:02,179 Mom's dead, Dad is barely breathing. 217 00:12:02,263 --> 00:12:03,680 Man! 218 00:12:03,764 --> 00:12:05,682 Have some class. 219 00:12:05,766 --> 00:12:07,806 - I'll lose my house. - So let me get this straight. 220 00:12:07,852 --> 00:12:10,145 Me doing my business out in the car, that's bad, 221 00:12:10,229 --> 00:12:12,773 but the money I get from it, that's good. 222 00:12:12,857 --> 00:12:15,359 And so is you asking me for some. 223 00:12:15,443 --> 00:12:16,985 Fair. 224 00:12:17,069 --> 00:12:18,362 Here's a novel idea. 225 00:12:18,446 --> 00:12:19,988 Why don't you try being a person? 226 00:12:20,072 --> 00:12:21,948 I don't loan money. 227 00:12:22,032 --> 00:12:23,992 I give it freely to friends and family 228 00:12:24,076 --> 00:12:26,536 who love me and get me. 229 00:12:26,620 --> 00:12:29,039 So, I'll have to say no to you. 230 00:12:29,123 --> 00:12:30,374 But here's a suggestion. 231 00:12:30,458 --> 00:12:32,209 As a possible revenue generator? 232 00:12:32,293 --> 00:12:33,770 Why don't you license the footage of that cat video? 233 00:12:33,794 --> 00:12:36,672 - You're an asshole. - Oh, no. Right. 234 00:12:36,756 --> 00:12:38,417 The cat fucking died. 235 00:12:40,968 --> 00:12:42,671 I gotta go. 236 00:12:51,270 --> 00:12:52,713 Well, whoever told you that... 237 00:12:53,981 --> 00:12:55,565 Off the record? Well, good. 238 00:12:55,649 --> 00:12:57,401 I can't say they're lying or confirm. 239 00:12:57,485 --> 00:12:58,860 But I'm not in the business 240 00:12:58,944 --> 00:13:00,422 of publicly embarrassing my own people. 241 00:13:00,446 --> 00:13:02,239 One, it's not right. 242 00:13:02,323 --> 00:13:04,593 And two, it doesn't exactly make the second version of Travis 243 00:13:04,617 --> 00:13:06,410 want to do business with me. 244 00:13:06,494 --> 00:13:09,544 So, if you'd like to confirm, call me for comment. 245 00:13:09,751 --> 00:13:12,872 Otherwise, Olivia, please don't. 246 00:13:18,672 --> 00:13:20,208 All right, everybody. 247 00:13:24,845 --> 00:13:26,263 First matter. 248 00:13:26,347 --> 00:13:28,181 Travis's leave of absence, 249 00:13:28,265 --> 00:13:29,933 one that we hoped would have teeth 250 00:13:30,017 --> 00:13:31,995 and set our company culture on the road to recovery 251 00:13:32,019 --> 00:13:35,439 has turned out to be nothing short of a sham. 252 00:13:35,523 --> 00:13:38,400 We know he's still contacting folks. 253 00:13:38,484 --> 00:13:40,152 Engineers have met a data 254 00:13:40,236 --> 00:13:42,107 saying that he's even getting into the code. 255 00:13:42,513 --> 00:13:44,139 Can he do that? 256 00:13:44,224 --> 00:13:46,116 I didn't even know he knew how to do that. 257 00:13:46,200 --> 00:13:48,040 Well, he could figure out pretty much anything. 258 00:13:54,333 --> 00:13:56,703 That was him right there, wasn't it? 259 00:13:59,755 --> 00:14:02,591 You know, I saw this movie the other day. 260 00:14:02,675 --> 00:14:04,468 Life, with Ryan Reynolds. 261 00:14:04,552 --> 00:14:06,511 He's on the Space Station, and there's this... 262 00:14:06,595 --> 00:14:09,306 this tiny alien that gets picked up by a spacecraft. 263 00:14:09,390 --> 00:14:11,266 It seems like a miracle at first. 264 00:14:11,350 --> 00:14:13,435 Well, it turns out that this thing, 265 00:14:13,519 --> 00:14:17,481 it's hardwired to feed and survive. 266 00:14:17,565 --> 00:14:21,067 Well, it turns out to be a threat, 267 00:14:21,151 --> 00:14:24,314 so they try to contain it in this, uh, in this box... 268 00:14:25,823 --> 00:14:28,652 but it grows in size and strength. 269 00:14:30,035 --> 00:14:31,953 And then it started killing everybody. 270 00:14:32,037 --> 00:14:35,081 Well, their last hope is they lure it into an escape pod, 271 00:14:35,165 --> 00:14:37,501 they shoot it out into deep space, 272 00:14:37,585 --> 00:14:39,997 and they save humanity, what have you. 273 00:14:40,081 --> 00:14:41,534 The point is... 274 00:14:42,923 --> 00:14:45,217 Travis is the alien. 275 00:14:45,301 --> 00:14:48,011 He will destroy Uber, our reputations, 276 00:14:48,095 --> 00:14:50,013 our livelihoods, and we will be screwed. 277 00:14:50,097 --> 00:14:52,075 And if we don't put him in a box and keep him there, 278 00:14:52,099 --> 00:14:54,309 we'll all be dead. 279 00:14:54,393 --> 00:14:56,353 What kind of a box are we talking about here? 280 00:14:56,437 --> 00:14:58,063 Because this leave of absence was a joke, 281 00:14:58,147 --> 00:15:00,357 and as everyone knows, he can't just be fired. 282 00:15:00,441 --> 00:15:02,317 Not with the shares and bylaws as is. 283 00:15:02,401 --> 00:15:03,819 Even with my weight of the shares, 284 00:15:03,903 --> 00:15:06,346 all I can do is block him, not remove. 285 00:15:12,870 --> 00:15:15,789 That's why we have to have him resign. 286 00:15:15,873 --> 00:15:17,958 Never gonna happen. 287 00:15:18,042 --> 00:15:20,335 He loves Uber. He breathes it like air. 288 00:15:20,419 --> 00:15:23,707 What... What's the... The leverage? 289 00:15:24,965 --> 00:15:26,299 The press. 290 00:15:26,383 --> 00:15:28,343 They're all over this. 291 00:15:28,427 --> 00:15:30,600 Travis is concerned about how he's gonna look 292 00:15:30,684 --> 00:15:32,702 when he gets kicked out of his own company, 293 00:15:32,786 --> 00:15:35,141 so we draft two letters. 294 00:15:35,225 --> 00:15:36,643 One, our grievances. 295 00:15:36,727 --> 00:15:38,478 All of them. 296 00:15:38,562 --> 00:15:39,980 And we demand he resign. 297 00:15:40,064 --> 00:15:42,732 The second one's his resignation. 298 00:15:42,816 --> 00:15:44,568 We frame it as him stepping down 299 00:15:44,652 --> 00:15:47,529 in order to deal with family matters. 300 00:15:47,613 --> 00:15:50,448 But we let him know that if he signs one, 301 00:15:50,532 --> 00:15:53,486 the press will never see the other. 302 00:15:54,662 --> 00:15:57,025 And if he doesn't, what about then? 303 00:15:58,207 --> 00:16:00,310 Well, I guess we convert the preferred stock to common, 304 00:16:00,334 --> 00:16:02,836 and all the investors and the employees get votes. 305 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:04,838 A proxy fight? 306 00:16:04,922 --> 00:16:08,710 At the cost of us losing our dividends and claims on assets? 307 00:16:10,678 --> 00:16:13,221 I'd say that's the nuclear fucking option. 308 00:16:13,305 --> 00:16:14,848 It is. 309 00:16:14,932 --> 00:16:16,308 And that's exactly why 310 00:16:16,392 --> 00:16:18,310 we have got to get him to step down. 311 00:16:18,394 --> 00:16:19,853 What the hell happens 312 00:16:19,937 --> 00:16:21,539 in that movie with the alien anyway, Bill? 313 00:16:21,563 --> 00:16:24,441 They able to send that thing back to space? 314 00:16:24,525 --> 00:16:25,942 No, it landed in the water on Earth 315 00:16:26,026 --> 00:16:28,469 and some fishermen opened it up, and... 316 00:16:28,946 --> 00:16:30,982 that's where the movie ended. 317 00:16:34,326 --> 00:16:36,077 I need you in on this with me. 318 00:16:36,161 --> 00:16:39,074 Not halfway, not just forward facing, but for real. 319 00:16:40,332 --> 00:16:42,895 Arianna, I know how much this matters to you. 320 00:16:43,544 --> 00:16:46,254 I truly believe that in the long run, 321 00:16:46,338 --> 00:16:49,466 this is what's best for Travis too. 322 00:16:49,550 --> 00:16:51,635 I like that you make this appeal to me 323 00:16:51,719 --> 00:16:54,220 knowing I care about him holistically, 324 00:16:54,304 --> 00:16:57,474 but I have a duty to do the right thing for the company 325 00:16:57,558 --> 00:16:59,100 and for Travis. 326 00:16:59,184 --> 00:17:00,971 And I will. 327 00:17:04,189 --> 00:17:05,892 So you're with us then? 328 00:17:08,360 --> 00:17:10,272 Garrett? 329 00:17:14,199 --> 00:17:15,617 We have to have your support. 330 00:17:15,701 --> 00:17:17,494 Like you said, you have enough shares 331 00:17:17,578 --> 00:17:19,258 to block anything the rest of us want to do 332 00:17:19,288 --> 00:17:20,914 if you line up with Travis. 333 00:17:20,998 --> 00:17:22,499 Yeah, well, it's important to remember 334 00:17:22,583 --> 00:17:24,144 that every single thing Travis Kalanick did 335 00:17:24,168 --> 00:17:25,377 was to further Uber. 336 00:17:25,461 --> 00:17:27,170 It's important to remember 337 00:17:27,254 --> 00:17:29,005 what the world looked like before Uber. 338 00:17:29,089 --> 00:17:31,508 It's important to remember this was a worthy revolution. 339 00:17:31,592 --> 00:17:33,461 They're all worthy. 340 00:17:34,595 --> 00:17:36,596 That's why they happen. 341 00:17:36,680 --> 00:17:38,974 But most revolutionaries don't become the best leaders. 342 00:17:39,058 --> 00:17:40,350 They become fascists. 343 00:17:40,434 --> 00:17:41,977 And one by one throughout history, 344 00:17:42,061 --> 00:17:43,937 they end up getting rid of horrible regimes. 345 00:17:44,021 --> 00:17:46,272 They set out to do better, but they end up doing worse. 346 00:17:46,356 --> 00:17:48,942 Until they get unseated by the next monster. 347 00:17:49,026 --> 00:17:50,944 And if you think I'm exaggerating, 348 00:17:51,028 --> 00:17:54,656 you name me one group of rebels who didn't become fascists. 349 00:17:54,740 --> 00:17:57,652 Well, the American Revolutionaries. 350 00:18:01,336 --> 00:18:05,048 Bill, Uber itself was the revolution. 351 00:18:05,133 --> 00:18:07,495 The people running it hardly matter at this point. 352 00:18:10,297 --> 00:18:12,334 Yeah, TK, he has to go. 353 00:18:13,467 --> 00:18:15,003 He likes it too much. 354 00:18:16,053 --> 00:18:18,138 - What? - The winning. 355 00:18:18,222 --> 00:18:20,223 The power. The carnage. 356 00:18:20,307 --> 00:18:22,267 If he's left in place, 357 00:18:22,351 --> 00:18:25,638 all the treasure gained in the uprising will be lost. 358 00:18:27,481 --> 00:18:30,400 You know, we'd better draft this letter. 359 00:18:30,484 --> 00:18:33,194 I need to know for myself just how bad it is 360 00:18:33,278 --> 00:18:35,481 before I go along with this. 361 00:18:39,076 --> 00:18:42,871 In case you don't know, my name is Arianna Huffington, 362 00:18:42,955 --> 00:18:46,374 and I'm a board member of this company. 363 00:18:46,458 --> 00:18:48,370 And I'm here to listen. 364 00:20:12,753 --> 00:20:14,087 Yes, ma'am. 365 00:20:14,382 --> 00:20:16,383 Deliver the letters. 366 00:20:16,904 --> 00:20:18,530 You know what this means. 367 00:20:18,615 --> 00:20:19,801 As do you. 368 00:20:19,885 --> 00:20:21,698 He's not in the office, but he's back in town. 369 00:20:21,783 --> 00:20:23,198 His assistant knows where. 370 00:20:23,283 --> 00:20:25,258 Deliver the letters. 371 00:20:32,147 --> 00:20:34,851 We're a go. 372 00:20:38,237 --> 00:20:40,920 I'm not gonna be able to get within 50 yards of him. 373 00:20:43,283 --> 00:20:45,862 I'm gonna need you two to deliver those. 374 00:20:47,662 --> 00:20:49,538 Yeah, about these letters, Bill. 375 00:20:49,623 --> 00:20:51,576 We're not up for it. 376 00:20:54,211 --> 00:20:55,712 You don't want to deliver them? 377 00:20:55,796 --> 00:20:58,214 We don't want them delivered at all. 378 00:20:58,298 --> 00:21:00,218 Look, fellas, I understand this is a shit detail, 379 00:21:00,300 --> 00:21:01,551 but let me tell you... 380 00:21:01,635 --> 00:21:02,802 Not sure you do understand. 381 00:21:02,886 --> 00:21:04,220 You're you. 382 00:21:04,304 --> 00:21:06,890 Your Bill fricking Gurley. 383 00:21:06,974 --> 00:21:08,725 You've got standing in this business. 384 00:21:08,809 --> 00:21:10,393 Money. You'll be fine. 385 00:21:10,477 --> 00:21:13,521 But we're us. 386 00:21:13,605 --> 00:21:15,481 Closer to the beginning. 387 00:21:15,565 --> 00:21:17,233 This isn't gonna be our last fund, 388 00:21:17,317 --> 00:21:20,695 and if we deliver an execution letter to a founder... 389 00:21:20,779 --> 00:21:23,031 If we go out in the world with Benchmark on our résumés 390 00:21:23,115 --> 00:21:24,741 after doing this, 391 00:21:24,825 --> 00:21:27,487 they're not gonna let us in a single door. 392 00:21:30,664 --> 00:21:32,116 All right. 393 00:21:33,667 --> 00:21:35,119 Complaint lodged. 394 00:21:36,336 --> 00:21:37,754 But you know what? 395 00:21:37,838 --> 00:21:39,214 I've got enough wood on my mallet 396 00:21:39,298 --> 00:21:41,661 to know what you seem to be missing. 397 00:21:42,342 --> 00:21:44,302 The difference maker is reputation. 398 00:21:44,386 --> 00:21:48,758 You gotta walk it like you talk it, because, fellas, so few do. 399 00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:53,561 I'm gonna need you to take those and put those in his hand, 400 00:21:53,645 --> 00:21:55,772 or those résumés that you're so concerned about 401 00:21:55,856 --> 00:21:57,774 are gonna come into play a hell of a lot sooner 402 00:21:57,858 --> 00:21:59,525 than what you think. 403 00:21:59,609 --> 00:22:01,604 Mine included. 404 00:22:06,325 --> 00:22:08,117 The testimony that Mr. Comey has submitted 405 00:22:08,201 --> 00:22:10,745 for today's hearing is very disturbing. 406 00:22:10,829 --> 00:22:13,456 For example, on January 27th, 407 00:22:13,540 --> 00:22:15,750 after summoning Director Comey to dinner, 408 00:22:15,834 --> 00:22:18,711 the president appears to have threatened the director's job 409 00:22:18,795 --> 00:22:20,213 while telling him, quote, 410 00:22:20,297 --> 00:22:22,131 "I need loyalty. I expect loyalty." 411 00:22:22,215 --> 00:22:24,050 He asked specifically 412 00:22:24,134 --> 00:22:28,930 of loyalty in the context of asking me to stay. 413 00:22:30,223 --> 00:22:31,849 Wow. 414 00:22:31,933 --> 00:22:33,268 A loyalty test. 415 00:22:33,352 --> 00:22:35,478 I mean, that is an absurdity, 416 00:22:35,562 --> 00:22:37,981 of course, coming from a president to an FBI director, 417 00:22:38,065 --> 00:22:40,149 legal constitutional questions, whatever. 418 00:22:40,233 --> 00:22:42,777 But, I mean, kind of get it, right? 419 00:22:42,861 --> 00:22:45,154 A guy sees his enemies lining up against him, 420 00:22:45,238 --> 00:22:47,657 he wants to know who his allies are. 421 00:22:47,741 --> 00:22:49,117 Which is to say... 422 00:22:49,201 --> 00:22:51,786 - Mr. Kalanick... - "TK" to my friends. 423 00:22:51,870 --> 00:22:55,498 TK, I appreciate you kept this interview on the books, 424 00:22:55,582 --> 00:22:58,501 even if it is at a hotel instead of the offices, but... 425 00:22:58,585 --> 00:23:00,128 No buts. No nothing. 426 00:23:00,212 --> 00:23:02,422 I need a CFO, Malcolm. 427 00:23:02,506 --> 00:23:04,924 Someone to ride herd over the numbers 428 00:23:05,008 --> 00:23:06,634 and placate the fucking Board. 429 00:23:06,718 --> 00:23:09,429 I need a strong number two, a loyal number two. 430 00:23:09,513 --> 00:23:12,181 I will need that as soon as I step back 431 00:23:12,265 --> 00:23:14,517 into actively managing the company. 432 00:23:14,601 --> 00:23:18,479 And when might that happen? Is there a date for your return? 433 00:23:18,563 --> 00:23:20,273 It's really my call. 434 00:23:20,357 --> 00:23:22,358 Whenever I feel they've grown enough without me. 435 00:23:22,442 --> 00:23:24,837 They don't need to call me for every little detail, you know. 436 00:23:24,861 --> 00:23:26,446 They need to take some initiative. 437 00:23:26,530 --> 00:23:28,698 They need to make some decisions and stand by them. 438 00:23:28,782 --> 00:23:31,117 I thought this would be a good chance to give them that. 439 00:23:31,201 --> 00:23:34,746 And, look, I'm not gonna ask for loyalty and honesty 440 00:23:34,830 --> 00:23:36,986 without giving it back, so I'll also say this: 441 00:23:37,072 --> 00:23:39,500 I needed a reset. 442 00:23:39,584 --> 00:23:41,002 Change in perspective. 443 00:23:41,086 --> 00:23:45,548 So have you set a timetable to go back? 444 00:23:45,632 --> 00:23:48,843 Because when would this start for me? 445 00:23:48,927 --> 00:23:50,386 I haven't picked you yet, brother. 446 00:23:50,470 --> 00:23:53,056 If there are other interviews lined up, 447 00:23:53,140 --> 00:23:54,467 I can step out. 448 00:23:57,018 --> 00:24:00,563 And you should be begging me for this gig. 449 00:24:00,647 --> 00:24:02,482 I mean, you have the credentials, 450 00:24:02,566 --> 00:24:05,026 but do you have the hunger? 451 00:24:05,110 --> 00:24:06,353 I don't know. 452 00:24:07,779 --> 00:24:09,524 I'm not sure it's for me. 453 00:24:11,241 --> 00:24:14,702 Well, if that was a loyalty test, you failed. 454 00:24:14,786 --> 00:24:17,246 And know this: In a few weeks, I am roaring back, 455 00:24:17,330 --> 00:24:20,166 and I will have a loyal fucking lieutenant by my side 456 00:24:20,250 --> 00:24:22,251 snapping necks, and it could have been you 457 00:24:22,335 --> 00:24:25,206 if you had the fucking nut sack for it. 458 00:24:28,341 --> 00:24:29,926 Thanks for meeting me, TK. 459 00:24:30,010 --> 00:24:31,594 You don't get to call me that anymore. 460 00:24:43,023 --> 00:24:44,440 Reconsidered already? 461 00:24:44,524 --> 00:24:45,817 Smart. 462 00:24:45,901 --> 00:24:48,062 Let's do this interview right. 463 00:24:53,700 --> 00:24:57,787 Well, now I know how Neo felt when Agent Smith showed up. 464 00:24:57,871 --> 00:24:59,789 Except I'm the one in the black suit. 465 00:24:59,873 --> 00:25:01,541 Nah, we're not here to kill you. 466 00:25:01,625 --> 00:25:03,376 Just to encourage you to kill yourself. 467 00:25:03,460 --> 00:25:05,795 In a professional sense only, of course. 468 00:25:05,879 --> 00:25:07,922 Yeah, I don't believe that for a fucking second. 469 00:25:08,006 --> 00:25:10,508 It would be great for you if I'd off myself, right? 470 00:25:10,592 --> 00:25:12,635 You wouldn't have to hand me whatever's in that 471 00:25:12,719 --> 00:25:14,637 and face my reaction to it. 472 00:25:14,721 --> 00:25:18,558 We've been authorized and empowered by Uber's board 473 00:25:18,642 --> 00:25:19,976 to present you with these. 474 00:25:20,060 --> 00:25:22,770 To present you with this opportunity. 475 00:25:22,854 --> 00:25:25,150 Wow. You just made the word "opportunity" 476 00:25:25,299 --> 00:25:26,399 sound like a eulogy. 477 00:25:26,483 --> 00:25:28,886 - That's a special gift. - Read it, man. 478 00:25:29,903 --> 00:25:31,612 So Bill didn't have the stones 479 00:25:31,696 --> 00:25:33,316 to come over himself. 480 00:25:34,366 --> 00:25:36,659 The thinking was, we all... 481 00:25:36,743 --> 00:25:39,120 you know, the three of us here could just do this 482 00:25:39,204 --> 00:25:42,248 without personal rancor, without vitriol, 483 00:25:42,332 --> 00:25:44,667 without dredging up history. 484 00:25:44,751 --> 00:25:47,154 There's some incendiary shit in here. 485 00:25:47,921 --> 00:25:49,881 What are you trying to do, fucking embarrass me? 486 00:25:49,965 --> 00:25:51,507 Embarrass the company? 487 00:25:51,591 --> 00:25:52,842 No one wants to. 488 00:25:52,926 --> 00:25:54,378 That's what this is for. 489 00:25:55,470 --> 00:25:57,180 Sign it, TK. 490 00:25:57,264 --> 00:25:59,056 And we'll be gone from here, 491 00:25:59,140 --> 00:26:00,641 and you can move on. 492 00:26:00,725 --> 00:26:03,186 What is there in what you know about me 493 00:26:03,270 --> 00:26:04,750 and/or my history that makes you think 494 00:26:04,813 --> 00:26:08,191 I would ever sign this fucking bullshit? 495 00:26:08,275 --> 00:26:10,902 Well, it's more about your future than it is your history. 496 00:26:10,986 --> 00:26:14,238 I mean, your past actions got us here, no doubt. 497 00:26:14,322 --> 00:26:16,073 But if you want to move forward, 498 00:26:16,157 --> 00:26:18,868 if you want the company to move forward, this is the way. 499 00:26:18,952 --> 00:26:21,537 You've been given until 6:00 p.m. 500 00:26:21,621 --> 00:26:23,998 to sign and step down quietly. 501 00:26:24,082 --> 00:26:26,042 If you do so, we promise that the press 502 00:26:26,126 --> 00:26:27,877 will never hear about any of this. 503 00:26:27,961 --> 00:26:32,840 About how it's not really a resignation, but an ouster. 504 00:26:32,924 --> 00:26:36,135 Otherwise, everyone will find out. 505 00:26:36,219 --> 00:26:38,221 You will be publicly humiliated, 506 00:26:38,305 --> 00:26:40,223 and you will have a very hard time 507 00:26:40,307 --> 00:26:42,183 ever raising money for anything again. 508 00:26:42,267 --> 00:26:44,143 Wow. 509 00:26:44,227 --> 00:26:46,896 You know, that would work... 510 00:26:46,980 --> 00:26:49,065 if you had any leverage, 511 00:26:49,149 --> 00:26:50,358 but you don't. 512 00:26:50,442 --> 00:26:51,817 You can't ouster me. 513 00:26:51,901 --> 00:26:54,070 I control the Board vote with my shares. 514 00:26:54,154 --> 00:26:55,905 If you think I'm scared of public reaction, 515 00:26:55,989 --> 00:26:57,865 think about this: I'll go first. 516 00:26:57,949 --> 00:27:00,368 I'll go to the fucking press. New York Times. 517 00:27:00,452 --> 00:27:02,471 Wall Street Journal. I'm gonna crush Gurley and you, 518 00:27:02,495 --> 00:27:03,788 and the rest of you bean counters 519 00:27:03,872 --> 00:27:06,040 for making this move and failing. 520 00:27:06,124 --> 00:27:08,459 You guys are gonna be like the limp dick dudes 521 00:27:08,543 --> 00:27:10,545 in a gang bang video standing by the wall 522 00:27:10,629 --> 00:27:13,881 trying to work up a chubby while the real men fuck the porn star. 523 00:27:13,965 --> 00:27:17,301 Hopeless, pathetic, and caught on film forever. 524 00:27:17,385 --> 00:27:20,054 - Jesus. - Whoa, Travis. 525 00:27:20,138 --> 00:27:21,782 The Board can't force me out. You know that. 526 00:27:21,806 --> 00:27:23,266 Gurley definitely knows that. 527 00:27:23,350 --> 00:27:24,684 And yet, here we stand, 528 00:27:24,768 --> 00:27:26,394 with the resignation letter 529 00:27:26,478 --> 00:27:27,718 we very much expect you to sign. 530 00:27:27,771 --> 00:27:29,223 So... 531 00:27:32,192 --> 00:27:33,603 Yeah. 532 00:27:34,861 --> 00:27:36,480 Okay, tell me the rest. 533 00:27:38,823 --> 00:27:40,199 The board members, 534 00:27:40,283 --> 00:27:41,784 they're prepared to convert shares, 535 00:27:41,868 --> 00:27:43,869 broaden the voting base. 536 00:27:43,953 --> 00:27:46,622 What might be referred to as the nuclear option. 537 00:27:46,706 --> 00:27:48,207 That would be horrible for them. 538 00:27:48,291 --> 00:27:50,084 That would make them basically powerless. 539 00:27:50,168 --> 00:27:51,961 It's like River Kwai. At a certain point, 540 00:27:52,045 --> 00:27:54,190 if the only way to win the war is to bring down the bridge, 541 00:27:54,214 --> 00:27:55,631 you do it. 542 00:27:55,715 --> 00:27:57,300 Even if you might die in the process. 543 00:27:57,384 --> 00:27:59,635 They and we believe this is the only way 544 00:27:59,719 --> 00:28:01,137 to save the company. 545 00:28:01,221 --> 00:28:02,531 There's only one person in this room 546 00:28:02,555 --> 00:28:04,181 who has proved again and again 547 00:28:04,265 --> 00:28:05,975 that he knows what's best for this company, 548 00:28:06,059 --> 00:28:07,953 and that person is the one who built it into an empire. 549 00:28:07,977 --> 00:28:09,520 And like almost all empires, 550 00:28:09,604 --> 00:28:11,397 the very things that built it will destroy it 551 00:28:11,481 --> 00:28:13,501 if they aren't willing to shift to the new realities 552 00:28:13,525 --> 00:28:15,359 of the new world they created. 553 00:28:15,443 --> 00:28:17,361 Now, we aren't here to argue this shit out, man. 554 00:28:17,445 --> 00:28:19,726 We're here to give you the chance to save your reputation, 555 00:28:19,781 --> 00:28:21,532 to save the company you love, 556 00:28:21,616 --> 00:28:24,160 and to have some fucking dignity in defeat. 557 00:28:24,244 --> 00:28:27,079 Dignity in defeat is what losers hang on to 558 00:28:27,163 --> 00:28:29,566 to forget that that's what they are. 559 00:28:30,875 --> 00:28:33,169 You have the letter. 560 00:28:33,253 --> 00:28:35,838 If you sign it, the press never finds out why. 561 00:28:35,922 --> 00:28:39,175 If you don't, you will still be kicked out of the company, 562 00:28:39,259 --> 00:28:41,469 but the world will know everything. 563 00:28:41,553 --> 00:28:43,679 You will be the one who looks impotent. 564 00:28:43,763 --> 00:28:45,508 Your choice. 565 00:28:47,225 --> 00:28:48,803 Sign the fucking letter. 566 00:29:22,594 --> 00:29:25,471 Before you talk, I want you to breathe. 567 00:29:25,555 --> 00:29:27,723 So you knew about it. 568 00:29:27,807 --> 00:29:30,476 I can imagine it is quite the jolt. 569 00:29:30,560 --> 00:29:33,104 Did you assent to this? Did you join...? 570 00:29:33,188 --> 00:29:37,191 Travis, it is important to focus on right now. 571 00:29:37,275 --> 00:29:39,193 On this moment. 572 00:29:39,277 --> 00:29:41,195 How it got here, 573 00:29:41,279 --> 00:29:43,364 that is the autopsy we will do later. 574 00:29:43,448 --> 00:29:47,910 But now, you have to consider not your own emotions 575 00:29:47,994 --> 00:29:50,246 or not only your own emotions, 576 00:29:50,330 --> 00:29:52,498 but how to serve Uber 577 00:29:52,582 --> 00:29:55,584 and the teams of people you put together here. 578 00:29:55,668 --> 00:29:57,420 Yeah, well, I think fast, as you know, 579 00:29:57,504 --> 00:29:58,879 so I've done all that already, 580 00:29:58,963 --> 00:30:00,316 but what I need from you is to back me 581 00:30:00,340 --> 00:30:01,757 as you have always done. 582 00:30:01,841 --> 00:30:03,718 I need to know that I have your support. 583 00:30:03,802 --> 00:30:06,929 My support for you, holistically, in all ways, 584 00:30:07,013 --> 00:30:08,556 is never in doubt. 585 00:30:08,640 --> 00:30:10,516 I said the same to Bill Gurley not long ago. 586 00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:13,018 Okay, I can count on that? 587 00:30:13,102 --> 00:30:15,771 You can always count on me. 588 00:30:15,855 --> 00:30:18,107 But, you know, 589 00:30:18,191 --> 00:30:20,317 thinking quickly, even for you, 590 00:30:20,401 --> 00:30:22,396 isn't always best. 591 00:30:23,655 --> 00:30:25,281 Perhaps if we talk it through together, 592 00:30:25,365 --> 00:30:26,949 we will land at the right decision, 593 00:30:27,033 --> 00:30:30,411 the right process, the right approach. 594 00:30:30,495 --> 00:30:31,996 Yeah, we will have time to do that 595 00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:33,914 after I crush these fuckers, 596 00:30:33,998 --> 00:30:35,791 but right now, I gotta rally the troops. 597 00:30:35,875 --> 00:30:37,293 I'm gonna lock in my allies. 598 00:30:37,377 --> 00:30:40,039 So, thank you, Arianna. Talk to you soon. 599 00:30:51,307 --> 00:30:53,642 They're trying to oust me. You believe that shit? 600 00:30:53,726 --> 00:30:55,186 My mom is barely in the ground... 601 00:30:55,270 --> 00:30:56,979 Trav, why are you here? 602 00:30:57,063 --> 00:30:58,522 What can I do for you? 603 00:30:58,606 --> 00:31:00,357 You know a lot of those guys on the board. 604 00:31:00,441 --> 00:31:02,401 Garret, Graves. They like you. They respect you. 605 00:31:02,485 --> 00:31:04,505 I want to reach out to them, tell them to stand down. 606 00:31:04,529 --> 00:31:07,281 You've disempowered me with all of them. 607 00:31:07,365 --> 00:31:08,949 But luckily, you don't need them. 608 00:31:09,033 --> 00:31:10,284 Or Uber. 609 00:31:10,368 --> 00:31:12,953 Your shares make you a rich man. 610 00:31:13,037 --> 00:31:14,997 Whether you sell them now in the private market, 611 00:31:15,081 --> 00:31:16,559 or wait until the company goes public, 612 00:31:16,583 --> 00:31:18,125 it's just varying shades of rich. 613 00:31:18,209 --> 00:31:19,668 And I know a half a dozen companies 614 00:31:19,752 --> 00:31:21,272 that you could step in and run and grow. 615 00:31:21,296 --> 00:31:23,172 Hold on... 616 00:31:23,256 --> 00:31:25,734 Okay, look, you're still getting your advisor shares, all right? 617 00:31:25,758 --> 00:31:27,510 Full fucking value. 618 00:31:27,594 --> 00:31:29,512 You know, I always thought that the childish, 619 00:31:29,596 --> 00:31:31,222 destructive part of you 620 00:31:31,306 --> 00:31:33,033 would be pulled up by the brilliant business side, 621 00:31:33,057 --> 00:31:34,975 that you'd evolve, but it went the other way. 622 00:31:35,059 --> 00:31:37,121 I cannot believe I'm getting this shit from you right now. 623 00:31:37,145 --> 00:31:39,522 Today. You've always at my back. You've always... 624 00:31:39,606 --> 00:31:42,316 Don't say "ride or die." I don't want to hear that shit. 625 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:44,026 Because I was. 626 00:31:44,110 --> 00:31:45,361 I have been. 627 00:31:45,445 --> 00:31:47,238 But were you? 628 00:31:47,322 --> 00:31:49,258 At some point, you decided that you didn't want someone 629 00:31:49,282 --> 00:31:50,533 who would challenge you. 630 00:31:50,617 --> 00:31:52,326 You wanted something else. Her. 631 00:31:52,410 --> 00:31:54,036 Because why? 632 00:31:54,120 --> 00:31:56,413 When you looked at me, it reminded you of before? 633 00:31:56,497 --> 00:31:58,040 Before you were you? 634 00:31:58,124 --> 00:31:59,792 Of your failures? 635 00:31:59,876 --> 00:32:01,794 You didn't want to be held accountable anymore, 636 00:32:01,878 --> 00:32:03,379 so you chose an accessory. 637 00:32:03,463 --> 00:32:05,172 And oh, by the way, 638 00:32:05,256 --> 00:32:07,109 I was suggesting that you sign on at another company 639 00:32:07,133 --> 00:32:08,634 because despite being a jerk, 640 00:32:08,718 --> 00:32:10,112 you're a hell of a business operator. 641 00:32:10,136 --> 00:32:11,971 I am more than some fucking operator, 642 00:32:12,055 --> 00:32:13,681 I am a founder. 643 00:32:13,765 --> 00:32:15,426 And I already have a company. 644 00:32:30,031 --> 00:32:32,408 Can't talk to you, TK. You know this. 645 00:32:32,492 --> 00:32:34,577 I know, but I need you, bro. This is the time. 646 00:32:34,661 --> 00:32:36,412 This is the call. 647 00:32:36,496 --> 00:32:38,296 This is when you finally prove you got my back 648 00:32:38,373 --> 00:32:40,583 and that my faith in you was warranted. 649 00:32:40,667 --> 00:32:42,877 It was. It is. 650 00:32:42,961 --> 00:32:45,254 But like you always said, Uber was the thing. 651 00:32:45,338 --> 00:32:46,589 Right? 652 00:32:46,673 --> 00:32:47,816 Every decision, all about Uber. 653 00:32:47,840 --> 00:32:49,133 Yeah, what could be more Uber 654 00:32:49,217 --> 00:32:50,634 than helping me save fucking Uber? 655 00:32:50,718 --> 00:32:52,761 That's the most Uber thing ever, right? 656 00:32:52,845 --> 00:32:54,615 And you're on the inside, man. You are listened to. 657 00:32:54,639 --> 00:32:56,891 And you only have your voting shares 658 00:32:56,975 --> 00:32:58,475 because I gave them to you. 659 00:32:58,559 --> 00:33:01,020 Right? Show me the lie in any of that. 660 00:33:01,104 --> 00:33:02,605 No lies. 661 00:33:02,689 --> 00:33:04,607 Then this is what we're gonna do. 662 00:33:04,691 --> 00:33:06,358 But I don't know, TK. 663 00:33:06,442 --> 00:33:08,569 I don't think I can do what you want me to do. 664 00:33:08,653 --> 00:33:10,529 Things are pretty out of control right now. 665 00:33:10,613 --> 00:33:13,449 No, not pretty out of control. Shit is totally out of control. 666 00:33:13,533 --> 00:33:16,285 Agreed. Let's get it fucking under control. 667 00:33:16,369 --> 00:33:18,287 If we band together, 668 00:33:18,371 --> 00:33:19,788 we take a stand, 669 00:33:19,872 --> 00:33:21,749 they see that they cannot move us, 670 00:33:21,833 --> 00:33:24,710 they will fold like a fucking... 671 00:33:24,794 --> 00:33:26,295 Tent? 672 00:33:26,379 --> 00:33:28,631 Like a sucker at a poker table 673 00:33:28,715 --> 00:33:30,883 when Texas Dolly shows him the nuts 674 00:33:30,967 --> 00:33:32,551 for the deed to his house. 675 00:33:32,635 --> 00:33:35,262 Sad and silent and gutted forever. 676 00:33:35,346 --> 00:33:37,932 That is what we can do to Gurley and Drummond 677 00:33:38,016 --> 00:33:39,850 and the rest of these motherfuckers! 678 00:33:44,939 --> 00:33:46,392 No. 679 00:33:47,608 --> 00:33:49,485 No, it's gone too far. 680 00:33:49,569 --> 00:33:51,005 I can't line up with you. I gotta lay back 681 00:33:51,029 --> 00:33:52,154 and stick with the company. 682 00:33:52,238 --> 00:33:54,615 You have to stick with the company? 683 00:33:54,699 --> 00:33:56,867 I am the fucking company! 684 00:33:56,951 --> 00:34:00,496 You answered a goddamn tweet with another tweet, 685 00:34:00,580 --> 00:34:02,456 and I made you CEO! 686 00:34:02,540 --> 00:34:03,832 And I kept you in the company, 687 00:34:03,916 --> 00:34:05,793 even though we saw in five minutes 688 00:34:05,877 --> 00:34:07,628 you couldn't do the CEO job, 689 00:34:07,712 --> 00:34:09,797 and I had to step in and do all of it! 690 00:34:09,881 --> 00:34:11,757 The strategic work! The scut work! 691 00:34:11,841 --> 00:34:14,176 The fucking work! 692 00:34:14,260 --> 00:34:16,261 I'd say "Et tu, Brute," 693 00:34:16,345 --> 00:34:19,228 but you'd probably think it was a fucking Dave Matthews lyric! 694 00:34:20,266 --> 00:34:21,809 Well, thinking about it now, 695 00:34:21,893 --> 00:34:24,353 maybe Caesar deserved what he got, man. 696 00:34:24,437 --> 00:34:25,854 Oh, deserved? 697 00:34:25,938 --> 00:34:28,107 And what do you think you deserve? 698 00:34:28,191 --> 00:34:29,858 I made you a fucking billionaire, 699 00:34:29,942 --> 00:34:32,194 and you're sticking the knife between my ribs 700 00:34:32,278 --> 00:34:35,197 to the fucking handle with a smile on your face. 701 00:34:35,281 --> 00:34:36,699 I'm not smiling. 702 00:34:36,783 --> 00:34:38,200 Yeah, you tell yourself that, 703 00:34:38,284 --> 00:34:39,678 and maybe it'll help you sleep at night. 704 00:34:39,702 --> 00:34:41,405 Oh, and fuck you! 705 00:34:44,457 --> 00:34:45,874 How'd he take it? 706 00:34:45,958 --> 00:34:47,376 Not well. 707 00:34:47,460 --> 00:34:48,996 As expected. 708 00:34:49,962 --> 00:34:51,380 But he did take it? 709 00:34:51,464 --> 00:34:52,881 Yeah. 710 00:34:52,965 --> 00:34:55,408 He said he'd let us know by end of day. 711 00:34:57,595 --> 00:34:58,762 Goddamn it. 712 00:34:58,846 --> 00:35:00,347 Every minute he drags this out, 713 00:35:00,431 --> 00:35:01,849 the chances of a leak 714 00:35:01,933 --> 00:35:04,376 and us looking like fuck-ups increase. 715 00:35:23,621 --> 00:35:25,247 Whoo! Yeah! 716 00:35:25,331 --> 00:35:26,915 Whoo! Let's go! 717 00:35:26,999 --> 00:35:28,535 Hey, Camp! 718 00:35:30,795 --> 00:35:32,706 All right, um, sub? 719 00:35:35,133 --> 00:35:36,884 My man. 720 00:35:36,968 --> 00:35:38,379 TK. 721 00:35:39,512 --> 00:35:41,430 Look, no one wanted this to end up here. 722 00:35:41,514 --> 00:35:43,432 Yeah, I can tell you're really burdened by it. 723 00:35:43,516 --> 00:35:44,433 You almost short-armed that chicken wing 724 00:35:44,517 --> 00:35:45,601 you threw down field. 725 00:35:45,685 --> 00:35:47,311 Oh no, wait, you nailed it, 726 00:35:47,395 --> 00:35:48,831 'cause you're not thinking about me at all. 727 00:35:48,855 --> 00:35:50,814 Well, what use would that be, brother? 728 00:35:50,898 --> 00:35:53,218 I'm out here on the field, and out here, I'm an air bender. 729 00:35:55,069 --> 00:35:56,880 At Uber, on Uber calls, I'm dealing with Uber shit. 730 00:35:56,904 --> 00:35:58,715 - I'm Uber brass, right? - Right. That's why I exist, 731 00:35:58,739 --> 00:36:00,282 so you can be an air bender. 732 00:36:00,366 --> 00:36:02,701 Because I am never not dealing with Uber shit. 733 00:36:02,785 --> 00:36:06,330 That's the pact we made all those fucking years ago. 734 00:36:06,414 --> 00:36:08,457 Can't go back on it now. 735 00:36:08,541 --> 00:36:10,793 Things happen. Things change. 736 00:36:10,877 --> 00:36:13,128 Things don't just change. We make them change. 737 00:36:13,212 --> 00:36:15,631 Or we stop them from changing. We have the agency. 738 00:36:15,715 --> 00:36:17,800 That's what makes us who we are. 739 00:36:17,884 --> 00:36:20,028 That's why we've been able to do everything that we've done, 740 00:36:20,052 --> 00:36:21,303 and we're not finished. 741 00:36:21,387 --> 00:36:24,139 Entropy. Inertia. Forward motion. 742 00:36:24,223 --> 00:36:25,891 It's the nature of the world, man. 743 00:36:25,975 --> 00:36:27,452 The sooner you realize what can't be changed, 744 00:36:27,476 --> 00:36:28,811 the sooner you'll have some peace. 745 00:36:28,895 --> 00:36:30,938 I don't want peace. I want war. 746 00:36:31,022 --> 00:36:33,315 I'm built for that, and I wage it better than anybody. 747 00:36:33,399 --> 00:36:36,318 Yeah, well, maybe just find a quiet place in the grass 748 00:36:36,402 --> 00:36:38,654 or on some trail, and like... 749 00:36:38,738 --> 00:36:40,572 just let that all go. 750 00:36:40,656 --> 00:36:43,450 Dude, this is my fucking life. It's not some ashram. 751 00:36:43,534 --> 00:36:45,112 I'm losing my company. 752 00:36:47,038 --> 00:36:48,657 It was never your company. 753 00:36:49,707 --> 00:36:52,084 It wasn't your idea. 754 00:36:52,168 --> 00:36:53,836 It was mine. 755 00:36:53,920 --> 00:36:56,444 And you weren't the fucking founder, I was. 756 00:36:56,923 --> 00:36:58,549 Wow. 757 00:36:58,633 --> 00:37:02,181 You loved saying that, didn't you, air bender? 758 00:37:02,266 --> 00:37:04,031 Look at you. You're still shaking from the adrenaline hit. 759 00:37:04,055 --> 00:37:05,639 I bet that threw off more endorphins 760 00:37:05,723 --> 00:37:07,643 than five years of your fucking wilderness walks. 761 00:37:09,227 --> 00:37:11,019 Nah. 762 00:37:11,103 --> 00:37:13,230 See, it's not how I'm built. 763 00:37:13,314 --> 00:37:17,442 I don't get off on the conflict or the ego or the power. 764 00:37:17,526 --> 00:37:19,009 That's why I'm still at Uber... 765 00:37:20,321 --> 00:37:21,815 and you won't be. 766 00:37:23,324 --> 00:37:25,277 Let's go. Come on, let's go! 767 00:37:33,251 --> 00:37:35,913 I want to show you something. 768 00:37:41,592 --> 00:37:43,177 How did you get that? 769 00:37:43,261 --> 00:37:44,469 I don't know. 770 00:37:44,553 --> 00:37:45,888 Encrypted email came in. 771 00:37:45,972 --> 00:37:47,681 Hidden address. 772 00:37:47,765 --> 00:37:49,391 Confirm they're real. 773 00:37:49,475 --> 00:37:51,887 I can't do that. 774 00:37:53,771 --> 00:37:56,732 I'm aware of the Hobson's choice you've all given Travis. 775 00:37:56,816 --> 00:37:58,233 That if he willingly resigns... 776 00:37:58,317 --> 00:38:00,569 I can't speak to any of this, Olivia. 777 00:38:00,653 --> 00:38:01,980 Then let me. 778 00:38:03,072 --> 00:38:04,907 I know promises were made to Travis. 779 00:38:04,991 --> 00:38:06,575 We're off the record still, yes? 780 00:38:06,659 --> 00:38:08,535 We are. 781 00:38:08,619 --> 00:38:10,739 If he resigns... 782 00:38:12,123 --> 00:38:14,166 I see no further reason to punish him. 783 00:38:14,250 --> 00:38:16,919 Because your interests will have been served. 784 00:38:17,003 --> 00:38:18,212 Your company saved. 785 00:38:18,296 --> 00:38:19,922 Perfectly said. 786 00:38:20,006 --> 00:38:21,316 But if you think about the broader interests... 787 00:38:21,340 --> 00:38:24,426 You mean for your career, Olivia. 788 00:38:24,510 --> 00:38:26,595 After you break the story? 789 00:38:26,679 --> 00:38:28,347 Sure. 790 00:38:28,431 --> 00:38:30,933 It'll be good for me. 791 00:38:31,017 --> 00:38:34,937 But I meant, what about your responsibility? 792 00:38:35,021 --> 00:38:38,106 If Travis gets to just resign without a public accounting, 793 00:38:38,190 --> 00:38:40,002 then what stops the next guy sitting in that chair 794 00:38:40,026 --> 00:38:41,610 from acting just like him? 795 00:38:41,694 --> 00:38:43,195 And if you let that happen, 796 00:38:43,279 --> 00:38:46,573 you're co-conspirators, like it or not. 797 00:38:46,657 --> 00:38:49,653 I need you to confirm, or I can't run it. 798 00:39:03,674 --> 00:39:07,469 So yeah, while there aren't many of us, 799 00:39:07,553 --> 00:39:10,389 those of us who are here are pretty bad ass. 800 00:39:10,473 --> 00:39:12,808 And we've just got to hang in and stick together, 801 00:39:12,892 --> 00:39:14,434 and we'll make it. 802 00:39:14,518 --> 00:39:17,001 That's what I came here to share with you. 803 00:39:17,355 --> 00:39:19,690 If you go home, they win. 804 00:39:19,774 --> 00:39:23,443 If you leave and go somewhere else, they win. 805 00:39:23,527 --> 00:39:26,898 If you switch industries, they win. 806 00:39:27,698 --> 00:39:28,865 So be better. 807 00:39:30,201 --> 00:39:35,115 Be smarter, tougher, grittier. 808 00:39:42,088 --> 00:39:43,672 And more fucking valuable 809 00:39:43,756 --> 00:39:46,508 until you are utterly undeniable 810 00:39:46,592 --> 00:39:50,679 and you can't be removed even with a pickaxe and a chisel. 811 00:39:50,763 --> 00:39:52,848 And once we do some of that, 812 00:39:52,932 --> 00:39:55,517 then we can talk about remaking it. 813 00:39:55,601 --> 00:39:58,103 Thanks. 814 00:40:00,940 --> 00:40:02,941 Oh, great, thank you so much for organizing this. 815 00:40:03,025 --> 00:40:04,686 We should be in touch. 816 00:40:07,738 --> 00:40:09,524 What the fuck? 817 00:40:10,699 --> 00:40:12,200 Did you track me here through the app? 818 00:40:12,284 --> 00:40:14,161 I heard you're still all up in the code. 819 00:40:14,245 --> 00:40:15,871 No, just Find My Friends. 820 00:40:15,955 --> 00:40:17,164 We're linked. 821 00:40:17,248 --> 00:40:19,082 Well, that's gonna change. 822 00:40:19,166 --> 00:40:20,751 Look, Austin, 823 00:40:20,835 --> 00:40:22,878 these guys are all bailing on me, 824 00:40:22,962 --> 00:40:25,088 but I can still run this company, 825 00:40:25,172 --> 00:40:26,590 and you know that. 826 00:40:26,674 --> 00:40:29,551 But I need you behind me, 827 00:40:29,635 --> 00:40:31,845 'cause with you behind me, I get the grunts behind me. 828 00:40:31,929 --> 00:40:33,657 And once the Board sees that, they'll back down. 829 00:40:33,681 --> 00:40:35,390 So I came to find you, because I need you. 830 00:40:35,474 --> 00:40:37,392 I need you to help me organize everybody. 831 00:40:37,476 --> 00:40:39,394 You and me, man, together. 832 00:40:39,478 --> 00:40:41,807 We can... 833 00:40:43,357 --> 00:40:44,893 Can't. 834 00:40:50,197 --> 00:40:51,573 Even you, huh? 835 00:40:51,657 --> 00:40:53,492 I would never do anything to hurt you. 836 00:40:53,576 --> 00:40:54,826 What the fuck do you call this? 837 00:40:54,910 --> 00:40:57,120 I guess I call it the new reality, 838 00:40:57,204 --> 00:40:59,748 one where the results don't make up for everything 839 00:40:59,832 --> 00:41:01,333 that helped to get them. 840 00:41:01,417 --> 00:41:02,894 So, you want to just kill them with kindness. 841 00:41:02,918 --> 00:41:04,586 Pass out little paper cups of juice, 842 00:41:04,670 --> 00:41:07,040 roll out the mats for nap time? 843 00:41:08,507 --> 00:41:10,258 Maybe we just treat them like people. 844 00:41:10,342 --> 00:41:12,928 Oh, so you got a better fucking way? 845 00:41:13,012 --> 00:41:14,763 No. 846 00:41:14,847 --> 00:41:17,384 Just saying we'd better find one. 847 00:41:32,907 --> 00:41:34,282 You brought them with you? 848 00:41:34,366 --> 00:41:36,660 You are exhausted. 849 00:41:36,744 --> 00:41:39,079 Of course you are. 850 00:41:39,163 --> 00:41:43,125 I am exhausted just thinking about what you've been through. 851 00:41:47,588 --> 00:41:49,339 You know, no one else 852 00:41:49,423 --> 00:41:52,134 sees a real person when they look at me. 853 00:41:52,218 --> 00:41:55,345 Well, for a long time, you didn't want them to. 854 00:41:55,429 --> 00:41:57,806 You wanted them to see a sector. 855 00:41:57,890 --> 00:41:59,516 An industry. 856 00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:01,476 A unicorn. 857 00:42:01,560 --> 00:42:04,312 But unicorns don't need downtime, 858 00:42:04,396 --> 00:42:06,731 because they don't exist. 859 00:42:06,815 --> 00:42:08,608 Human beings do. 860 00:42:08,692 --> 00:42:10,812 Do you just have this stuff at the ready all the time? 861 00:42:10,861 --> 00:42:12,154 When I care about someone, 862 00:42:12,238 --> 00:42:14,779 I think about them and what they need 863 00:42:14,864 --> 00:42:17,568 and their situation. 864 00:42:17,685 --> 00:42:18,857 Then it just comes to me. 865 00:42:19,005 --> 00:42:21,948 Well, it's served you well, the... 866 00:42:22,998 --> 00:42:24,499 The whole "person" thing. 867 00:42:24,583 --> 00:42:28,288 I like to think it serves all of us well. 868 00:42:38,931 --> 00:42:41,254 I didn't serve her well. 869 00:42:41,600 --> 00:42:42,851 My mom. 870 00:42:42,935 --> 00:42:44,519 That is one thing 871 00:42:44,603 --> 00:42:47,022 that is definitely not your fault. 872 00:42:47,106 --> 00:42:49,251 No, I was supposed to be there. I should have been there, 873 00:42:49,275 --> 00:42:51,211 but these fuckers kept me so occupied with bullshit 874 00:42:51,235 --> 00:42:54,529 that now she's gone. 875 00:42:54,613 --> 00:42:57,692 They were trying to kill me, they ended up killing her. 876 00:42:58,784 --> 00:43:00,076 How'd I let her die? 877 00:43:00,160 --> 00:43:02,280 I mean, fuck! What... 878 00:43:04,123 --> 00:43:06,374 Why would I let myself get so focused 879 00:43:06,458 --> 00:43:08,210 that I forget about her, and... 880 00:43:08,294 --> 00:43:10,737 - And what kind of man...? - Shh! Travis. 881 00:43:13,424 --> 00:43:16,051 You're almost there. You're almost ready to let... 882 00:43:16,135 --> 00:43:18,011 You are letting go. 883 00:43:18,095 --> 00:43:19,221 No, I'm not. 884 00:43:19,305 --> 00:43:20,889 I'm not letting go of anything. 885 00:43:20,973 --> 00:43:24,309 You know, when I tell you to breathe, 886 00:43:24,393 --> 00:43:26,645 there's a scientific basis to it. 887 00:43:26,729 --> 00:43:28,063 Come. 888 00:43:28,147 --> 00:43:29,891 Sit again. 889 00:43:32,985 --> 00:43:35,028 The somatic system 890 00:43:35,112 --> 00:43:38,573 responds to the quantity of carbon dioxide 891 00:43:38,657 --> 00:43:40,527 in your bloodstream. 892 00:43:44,163 --> 00:43:46,581 This regulates it. 893 00:43:46,665 --> 00:43:49,077 Not looking to be regulated. 894 00:43:51,837 --> 00:43:54,277 You're already breathing better just sitting here with me now. 895 00:43:54,340 --> 00:43:56,758 - Aren't you? - I know. Yeah, I am. 896 00:43:56,842 --> 00:44:00,637 Because I won't fight with you. It's not something I do. 897 00:44:00,721 --> 00:44:04,224 So you can let the guard all the way down. 898 00:44:04,308 --> 00:44:06,845 Continue the letting go. 899 00:44:07,853 --> 00:44:09,104 You have to. 900 00:44:09,188 --> 00:44:10,605 If I let my guard down, 901 00:44:10,689 --> 00:44:12,083 then the enemy troops can just march in. 902 00:44:12,107 --> 00:44:13,441 Travis! 903 00:44:13,525 --> 00:44:16,111 Is that such a bad thing? 904 00:44:16,195 --> 00:44:19,781 You are still owning a huge percentage of this company. 905 00:44:19,865 --> 00:44:22,284 You are still the guy who did this. 906 00:44:22,368 --> 00:44:24,953 Now, you can be the guy who does the next thing. 907 00:44:25,037 --> 00:44:28,123 And let these fuckers win after everything they did? 908 00:44:28,207 --> 00:44:30,076 They are going to win. 909 00:44:31,126 --> 00:44:32,579 They've won. 910 00:44:33,837 --> 00:44:36,923 The question is only the terms of that victory. 911 00:44:37,007 --> 00:44:38,383 I see this now. 912 00:44:38,467 --> 00:44:41,303 And if you allow yourself to think, 913 00:44:41,387 --> 00:44:43,340 you will see it too. 914 00:44:52,189 --> 00:44:54,524 So what? 915 00:44:54,608 --> 00:45:00,065 What do you think would be acceptable terms for me? 916 00:45:01,073 --> 00:45:04,409 I think you step down. 917 00:45:04,493 --> 00:45:07,572 The press never hears about the meeting with Cohler and Fenton. 918 00:45:08,539 --> 00:45:11,416 It goes out as Travis Kalanick, 919 00:45:11,500 --> 00:45:13,627 in the wake of the death of his mother, 920 00:45:13,711 --> 00:45:18,006 has decided that he has made Uber so strong, so powerful, 921 00:45:18,090 --> 00:45:21,002 that it can thrive in his absence... 922 00:45:22,261 --> 00:45:25,972 and that it is time to focus on himself. 923 00:45:26,056 --> 00:45:28,183 I told myself I would never let another company 924 00:45:28,267 --> 00:45:29,434 be taken from me. 925 00:45:29,518 --> 00:45:30,685 So don't let it be taken. 926 00:45:30,769 --> 00:45:32,687 Give it up. Let go. Be free. 927 00:45:32,771 --> 00:45:36,274 But if I'm Uber and Uber is me, then what am I without it? 928 00:45:36,358 --> 00:45:39,152 You are Travis Kalanick. 929 00:45:39,236 --> 00:45:42,614 The man who gave the world the chance to travel freely, 930 00:45:42,698 --> 00:45:44,032 how and where they want. 931 00:45:44,116 --> 00:45:46,159 No one can ever say different. 932 00:45:46,243 --> 00:45:49,704 Just imagine yourself without this burden. 933 00:45:49,788 --> 00:45:52,874 Waking up without Board oversights. 934 00:45:52,958 --> 00:45:55,919 Without the press hounding you. 935 00:45:56,003 --> 00:45:59,047 Without Bill Gurley telling you how to act like a champion. 936 00:46:01,967 --> 00:46:06,137 You are the man your mother loved and respected 937 00:46:06,221 --> 00:46:09,509 and hoped you would become. 938 00:46:17,274 --> 00:46:18,858 All right, I'll sign it. 939 00:46:18,942 --> 00:46:20,527 Bring them in. 940 00:46:20,611 --> 00:46:22,522 I'll tell them. 941 00:46:24,907 --> 00:46:26,359 One condition. 942 00:46:28,410 --> 00:46:31,496 Bill Gurley is out. 943 00:46:31,580 --> 00:46:33,415 One champion to another, 944 00:46:33,499 --> 00:46:35,250 if I'm not wearing the belt, neither is he. 945 00:46:35,334 --> 00:46:36,876 He's off the fucking board. 946 00:46:36,960 --> 00:46:38,480 Someone else from his company can sit on it, 947 00:46:38,504 --> 00:46:40,088 but not that motherfucker. 948 00:46:40,172 --> 00:46:41,881 He'll agree. 949 00:46:41,965 --> 00:46:43,710 I'll make sure of it. 950 00:47:03,278 --> 00:47:06,121 She'll give it to you once she takes care of my one condition. 951 00:47:23,715 --> 00:47:25,800 So it's done? 952 00:47:25,884 --> 00:47:27,469 Yes. 953 00:47:27,553 --> 00:47:29,929 But I need to tell you what I agreed to. 954 00:47:30,013 --> 00:47:33,266 You stepping off the board was the final piece, 955 00:47:33,350 --> 00:47:35,303 but he's out. 956 00:47:38,730 --> 00:47:41,533 There'll never be another one that trusts me, will there? 957 00:47:42,734 --> 00:47:44,235 A founder. 958 00:47:44,319 --> 00:47:47,113 Probably not, Bill, 959 00:47:47,197 --> 00:47:48,990 but Uber will come clean now, 960 00:47:49,074 --> 00:47:50,784 go public, 961 00:47:50,868 --> 00:47:54,788 and your last name will be Billionaire. 962 00:47:54,872 --> 00:47:58,451 So... does it matter? 963 00:48:08,677 --> 00:48:11,137 I know what you say about me, what you think about me. 964 00:48:11,221 --> 00:48:12,722 What people think. 965 00:48:12,806 --> 00:48:14,641 Am I good with it? 966 00:48:14,725 --> 00:48:16,594 Does it matter? 967 00:48:18,478 --> 00:48:19,896 No. 968 00:48:19,980 --> 00:48:21,599 It does not. 969 00:48:27,946 --> 00:48:29,656 You know, the times we live in, 970 00:48:29,740 --> 00:48:32,492 they condemn what I've had to do to make this thing work. 971 00:48:32,576 --> 00:48:35,870 But here's the truth, my truth: Sometimes, to change the world, 972 00:48:35,954 --> 00:48:37,997 you need to do whatever is necessary 973 00:48:38,081 --> 00:48:40,375 to take a "no" and turn it into a "yes." 974 00:48:40,459 --> 00:48:43,545 If that means acting like an asshole, being an asshole, 975 00:48:43,629 --> 00:48:45,004 I'm an asshole. 976 00:48:45,088 --> 00:48:46,631 And I'm not alone in that. 977 00:48:46,715 --> 00:48:48,109 To paraphrase everybody's favorite poet: 978 00:48:48,133 --> 00:48:50,552 "The asshole now is later to win." 979 00:48:50,636 --> 00:48:53,176 Here's a roster for you. Gates: Asshole. 980 00:48:53,261 --> 00:48:54,722 Jobs: asshole. 981 00:48:54,806 --> 00:48:58,059 Bezos, I would say it, but I'm actually scared to. 982 00:48:58,143 --> 00:48:59,903 And if you think I'm wrong about any of that, 983 00:48:59,978 --> 00:49:02,178 just go read the court cases, the articles for yourself. 984 00:49:02,230 --> 00:49:03,523 You know what? Don't! 985 00:49:03,607 --> 00:49:05,859 Just sit there farting into your couch 986 00:49:05,943 --> 00:49:07,583 and dreaming about everything you would do 987 00:49:07,611 --> 00:49:09,894 if you weren't so goddamn nice. 988 00:49:13,200 --> 00:49:15,076 At least admit this: 989 00:49:15,160 --> 00:49:18,496 You love riding in my cars, 990 00:49:18,580 --> 00:49:21,249 you love that they show up at your whim, 991 00:49:21,333 --> 00:49:23,126 and you love all the stuff that's come since 992 00:49:23,210 --> 00:49:26,087 as a direct result of my innovations. 993 00:49:26,171 --> 00:49:27,547 So be virtuous, 994 00:49:27,631 --> 00:49:29,173 be better than me and write me off. 995 00:49:29,257 --> 00:49:32,135 But while you're cheering for me getting screwed, 996 00:49:32,219 --> 00:49:35,221 just remember how secretly grateful you are 997 00:49:35,305 --> 00:49:37,891 for everything I did for you. 998 00:49:37,975 --> 00:49:40,053 Everything I gave you. 999 00:50:11,174 --> 00:50:14,420 Signing that resignation letter was a mistake. 1000 00:50:16,513 --> 00:50:17,972 By the way, it's not binding. 1001 00:50:18,056 --> 00:50:20,642 I won't be bound by some mistake 1002 00:50:20,726 --> 00:50:24,312 like my leave of absence, which is now officially over. 1003 00:50:24,396 --> 00:50:26,981 So who's ready for our next stage of growth? 1004 00:50:27,065 --> 00:50:28,816 Yeah? 1005 00:50:28,900 --> 00:50:31,444 We're gonna go beyond moving people to moving things, 1006 00:50:31,528 --> 00:50:34,530 delivering anything and everything that anybody needs 1007 00:50:34,614 --> 00:50:36,658 by land, by air, by fucking sea! 1008 00:50:36,742 --> 00:50:39,160 I am ready for my second act! 1009 00:50:39,244 --> 00:50:42,038 Who amongst you is ready as well? 1010 00:50:48,462 --> 00:50:50,222 Now, you can carry on without me if you want, 1011 00:50:50,297 --> 00:50:52,340 and you'll make money, at least for a little while. 1012 00:50:52,424 --> 00:50:55,218 But when you look back and you're retired, 1013 00:50:55,302 --> 00:50:59,841 won't you be prouder to have followed me today. 1014 00:51:00,807 --> 00:51:02,767 Now we, together, 1015 00:51:02,851 --> 00:51:05,478 have already built the most important transportation company 1016 00:51:05,562 --> 00:51:07,307 the world has ever seen. 1017 00:51:08,356 --> 00:51:09,691 Who's ready to see 1018 00:51:09,775 --> 00:51:11,192 what we build next? 1019 00:51:15,739 --> 00:51:17,150 Come on! 1020 00:51:37,260 --> 00:51:39,095 Tech company CEO, Travis Kalanick, 1021 00:51:39,179 --> 00:51:41,389 has been forced out from Uber, 1022 00:51:41,473 --> 00:51:43,516 the ride-hailing company he helped build. 1023 00:51:43,600 --> 00:51:46,352 This has come in a report by the New York Times. 1024 00:51:46,436 --> 00:51:49,689 It's gone on to say that five of Uber's major investors 1025 00:51:49,773 --> 00:51:52,567 have demanded that the chief executive resign immediately. 1026 00:51:52,651 --> 00:51:55,111 And this includes one of Uber's biggest shareholders, 1027 00:51:55,195 --> 00:51:57,280 the venture capital firm, Benchmark, 1028 00:51:57,364 --> 00:51:59,574 which has, uh, one of its partners, Bill Gurley, 1029 00:51:59,658 --> 00:52:01,784 on Uber's board. 1030 00:52:01,868 --> 00:52:03,763 They mention making the demand for Kalanick to resign 1031 00:52:03,787 --> 00:52:05,580 in a letter that was submitted... 1032 00:52:05,664 --> 00:52:08,374 - Bricked my fucking phone. - ...while he was in Chicago. 1033 00:52:08,458 --> 00:52:11,669 Of course, uh, we know that a number of key executives... 1034 00:52:16,675 --> 00:52:18,676 You just couldn't help yourself, huh? 1035 00:52:18,760 --> 00:52:20,254 Had to leak it. 1036 00:52:21,429 --> 00:52:23,712 You want to know if it was me? 1037 00:52:24,349 --> 00:52:25,975 Does it matter? 1038 00:52:26,059 --> 00:52:28,394 Hundred different ways all this could have gone. 1039 00:52:28,478 --> 00:52:30,938 You forced this one on us. 1040 00:52:31,022 --> 00:52:32,607 I for... 1041 00:52:32,691 --> 00:52:34,335 You sent your kindergartners over to lie to me. 1042 00:52:34,359 --> 00:52:35,943 They said this would not go public. 1043 00:52:36,027 --> 00:52:37,630 They said the death would be an honorable one. 1044 00:52:37,654 --> 00:52:40,114 Well, in my experience, even a good death sucks. 1045 00:52:40,198 --> 00:52:43,618 You fucking VCs, man. 1046 00:52:43,702 --> 00:52:47,789 Just screw you over every time with a song on their lips. 1047 00:52:47,873 --> 00:52:49,290 But here's the thing about dead men. 1048 00:52:49,374 --> 00:52:50,958 You should let them lie 1049 00:52:51,042 --> 00:52:52,395 instead of hanging around haunting lobbies, 1050 00:52:52,419 --> 00:52:53,961 living like ghosts. 1051 00:52:54,045 --> 00:52:55,898 I just came here to get my shit and say goodbye. 1052 00:52:55,922 --> 00:52:58,918 Well, we'll send it wherever. I saw them packing it. 1053 00:53:01,720 --> 00:53:03,429 You can't go up there. 1054 00:53:03,513 --> 00:53:05,932 You're dead, too, you know. You're gone as I am. 1055 00:53:06,016 --> 00:53:07,934 I took your ass out with me, 1056 00:53:08,018 --> 00:53:10,144 so I don't know why you're swaggering around 1057 00:53:10,228 --> 00:53:13,314 like you're John fucking Wayne from The Searchers. 1058 00:53:13,398 --> 00:53:17,443 Because my entire sense of self 1059 00:53:17,527 --> 00:53:19,654 isn't wrapped up in what happens at Uber 1060 00:53:19,738 --> 00:53:21,489 or any of my companies. 1061 00:53:21,573 --> 00:53:23,093 Yeah, you tell yourself you don't care, 1062 00:53:23,158 --> 00:53:24,450 if that makes you feel better, 1063 00:53:24,534 --> 00:53:26,828 but for warriors, 1064 00:53:26,912 --> 00:53:29,330 the field of battle's all that ever matters. 1065 00:53:29,414 --> 00:53:31,325 You tell yourself that. 1066 00:53:35,420 --> 00:53:38,339 You know what? Fuck it, TK. You're right. 1067 00:53:38,423 --> 00:53:40,383 We're both casualties of the same war. 1068 00:53:40,467 --> 00:53:42,009 And you know what else? 1069 00:53:42,093 --> 00:53:44,387 We're both gonna have the same last name 1070 00:53:44,471 --> 00:53:46,389 the rest of our lives. 1071 00:53:46,473 --> 00:53:49,051 Make sure you do something with it. 1072 00:53:58,318 --> 00:54:00,820 Amy, gather the kids up, please. 1073 00:54:00,904 --> 00:54:02,572 Make sure they're all there. 1074 00:54:02,656 --> 00:54:04,031 I'll be home for dinner. 1075 00:54:04,115 --> 00:54:06,033 "Yellow Ledbetter" by Pearl Jam plays... 1076 00:54:06,117 --> 00:54:10,371 I know you think I'm going to burn some sage or something. 1077 00:54:10,455 --> 00:54:12,874 And actually, yes, that would be a good idea. 1078 00:54:12,958 --> 00:54:14,709 I will. 1079 00:54:14,793 --> 00:54:18,713 But first, this space, formerly called the War Room, 1080 00:54:18,797 --> 00:54:23,009 is a symbol of much that was wrong with this company. 1081 00:54:23,093 --> 00:54:28,306 And for that, it will for now on be known as the Peace Room. 1082 00:55:14,452 --> 00:55:17,365 Fuck it. Fuck this town. Take me to the airport.