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Beyond the PayPal Mafia: A Case Study on the Uber Alumni Network

185 companies & counting. $8B in funding. 2 IPOs. What's next?

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Uber was a wild place in the early days. I can think of no other
company that scaled globally so quickly. Uber completed 6 billion
trips just 6 years after trips began! This was not a pure software
startup where a team in San Francisco can click a few buttons to
onboard users across the world. It was scaling a complex logistics
marketplace in hundreds of unique cities with their own distinct
cultures, technology capabilities, and policies. Over the years, Uber
expanded both in breadth and depth - eventually building teams
focused on Health, Food, Mass Transit, Self-driving, Trucking,
Aviation, Micromobility, and more. Uber succeeded by hiring Really
Smart People all over the world who were not afraid to tackle big
challenges and who wanted to win.

 
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Not only did Uber need smart on-the-ground Operations teams to
succeed, it required best-in-class Engineers building platforms to a
scale that had never existed before. Our 1455 Market Street
headquarters buzzed until late into the evening. We built tech
primarily in-house because either: 1) startups or known companies
couldn't handle our volume, or 2) data privacy reasons. Uber created
a custom customer support system, payments platform, CMS, and
dozens-upon-dozens of internal tools. Very sophisticated data science
and engineering teams managed the marketplace side of the businesses
- which included pricing, rider-driver matching technology, and
surge.

 
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What happens to the people who leave one of the fastest growing
startups ever? It turns out a lot of them start hyper-growth
companies themselves.

I've spent months scouring the web to compile the results. Thus far,
185 companies have been founded by ex-Uber employees, and have raised
$8B in disclosed capital, with a median funding amount of $16.4M.

I believe the Uber alumni network is the most influential since the
PayPal Mafia. And they're just getting started.

If you're interested in supporting, joining, or investing in a
company founded by Uber alumni or you'd just like to learn more, full
details are below:

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