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The Real Reason Your #1 Problem Keeps Waiting | Daily Essay

Travis Kalanick believes a company has to solve problems at least as fast as it creates them. Each problem you solve creates new problems, so the problem you work on decides which new ones you get. Featuring: Travis Kalanick, Mike Isaac, Peter Senge Watch on YouTube Read the full post Brought to you by: Trends.vc: Discover new markets and opportunities. HeadsUp: Know when your competitors move. Before your customers do. Multi: Turn any content into a YouTube video. Chapters: (00:00) Travis Kalanick's rule for problems (00:11) Taking Uber into China (00:24) Losing $1 billion a year in China (00:38) Working in priority order Where to find Dru: I write an essay daily. Get them free Follow me on X Watch my video essays on YouTube Follow Dru's Notes on Apple Podcasts or Spotify Subscribe to Dru's Notes for a new episode every day. Click here to view the episode transcript.

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Travis Kalanick believes a company has to solve problems at least as fast as it creates them. Each problem you solve creates new problems, so the problem you work on decides which new ones you get.

Featuring: Travis Kalanick, Mike Isaac, Peter Senge

Watch on YouTube

Read the full post

Brought to you by:

Trends.vc: Discover new markets and opportunities.

HeadsUp: Know when your competitors move. Before your customers do.

Multi: Turn any content into a YouTube video.

Chapters:

(00:00) Travis Kalanick's rule for problems
(00:11) Taking Uber into China
(00:24) Losing $1 billion a year in China
(00:38) Working in priority order

Where to find Dru:

I write an essay daily. Get them free
Follow me on X
Watch my video essays on YouTube
Follow Dru's Notes on Apple Podcasts or Spotify

Subscribe to Dru's Notes for a new episode every day.

Click here to view the episode transcript.

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