High Tech Entrepreneurs and Common Sense

(11/18/2014) Another PR failure from a high-tech executive?

Cite from the source above: "BuzzFeed said, came from Emil Michael, Uber's senior vice president for business, during a private dinner in New York last week. He later said he believed the conversation was off the record, according to the social news and entertainment website."

Yes, he can spend $1 million on journalists. He forgot they have pens, tons of them and the internet share is free... So many high-tech entrepreneurs really need to take some "common sense" classes.

Here is another "No common sense" PR failure from this group of elite:

Microsoft CEO Nadella's comment about equal-pay and gender income gap:

Uber's Rough Road Ahead

(1/27/2014) Although I agree that Uber (uber.com) provides a good alternative for cab services for cities that Taxis are difficult to get, I personally am not optimistic about Uber's future. The registered drivers have access to Uber customer's personal information (home address, phone, names, travel schedule, ...), it will be hard to filter the quality drivers and monitor potential crime history of them. Besides, driver accidents like the one in the article will bring endless lawsuits to the company (maybe even to the customers). This NPR report has a more detailed analysis about Uber's driver issue.