Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber
by
Mike Isaac
Published 2 Sep 2019
In a response to the suit, Whetstone strenuously denied the assertions. As of this writing, the lawsuit remains unresolved. Kalanick, still a bachelor, quickly found his place in the Miami nightlife scene. Flocking from one club to another with friends, he had a habit of informing dates and female acquaintances of his new status as a member of the revered “three comma club”—a reference to the three commas present in the number 1,000,000,000. When he wasn’t in Miami, he could be found aboard yacht parties in the French West Indies, or at one of his two houses in Los Angeles—one for both the East and West sides of LA, depending on where traffic kept him that day.
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Despite everything that had happened the past year—his ouster, the death of his mother, the loss of practically every friend he had—Kalanick was still capable of conjuring up his charming, bubbly self. Kalanick was still here, still standing. I wondered if he had learned anything from the last nine years of his life. He was rich—filthy, stinking, three-comma-club rich. And he was famous, or infamous, now. He was trying to rehab his image—to truly become a “Travis 2.0” version of himself. I was told that two months before today, he spent his Christmas in St. Bart’s. Days were spent with his father, who had recovered from his injuries since the accident in Fresno, and Kalanick’s siblings; for Christmas, they all dressed up in holiday pajamas and posed for photos on Kalanick’s Instagram account.
Alpha Girls: The Women Upstarts Who Took on Silicon Valley's Male Culture and Made the Deals of a Lifetime
by
Julian Guthrie
Published 15 Nov 2019
She also felt that women needed to do a better job of owning their success. The reaction to the story was particularly effusive among the men in her industry. The article’s focus on money seemed to give her a sort of street cred she hadn’t had before. For years, she had heard guys talk about a certain measurement that mattered: getting into the “three comma club,” a Silicon Valley term used to refer to those who had made a billion dollars. Theresia was halfway there. Always a networker, Theresia was helping to build a network for women in the Valley, with Aspect Ventures, Broadway Angels, and All Raise, and through her role in advancing women in tech.
Late Bloomers: The Power of Patience in a World Obsessed With Early Achievement
by
Rich Karlgaard
Published 15 Apr 2019
technology is a young person’s game: “PayScale Releases Tech Employers Compared 2016,” PayScale, March 2, 2016, https://bit.ly/2p6K4Pw; “Median Age of the Labor Force, by Sex, Race and Ethnicity,” Bureau of Labor Statistics, October 24, 2017, https://bit.ly/2xarzOv. Forbes lists ten billionaires in business: “Meet the Members of the Three-Comma Club,” Forbes, March 6, 2018, https://bit.ly/2xgC8ic. Media have latched onto: All these lists are common. Many of these categories are promoted by Forbes Media. For categories like entertainment, multiple magazines, including Entertainment Weekly, publish their own lists. The really interesting ones are in the meatpacking industry: “International Production & Processing Expo Launches Young Leaders ‘30 Under 30’ Program,” North American Meat Institute, October 7, 2014, https://bit.ly/2x9Kmts.