He’s talking, but I can only lend half an ear to the words he’s saying. The rest of my attention is on a woman I can see in my peripheral vision. She’s sitting at a table in the corner, her back to an emergency exit door. Not smart to expose…

Bibliotherapy “prescriptions” for all the feels — from an AI 👩‍💻 — How we feel is a result of what we take in from the world around us. Reading can change our feelings, by adding new ones or emphasizing what’s already there. I read somewhere recently that we can only feel one feeling at a time, whatever is the strongest out of…

The secret to enjoying Vegas off-Strip: local coffee shops, a bookstore, and a hot springs hike — Vegas is not everyone’s cup of tea — or glass of beer or shot of vodka or two-foot tall frozen daiquiri that you see everywhere on the Strip, whatever your preferred liquid sustenance is. Maybe you’ve had enough of the too-dim lighting that’s only broken by the blue-light glow of…

9 examples of Uber storytelling with data in their 2022 Investor Day deck — It’s not enough to analyze data. You need to tell stories with it. Without the ability to tie insights to the bigger picture, analysis hits a dead end. You have to make the data actionable. Uber’s 2022 Investor Day deck has nine great examples of bite-sized data stories, all within…

How Uber talks about market penetration, product mix, and retention to their investors — Studying the metrics that a company uses to talk about its business can tell you a lot. Through them, you see how the company measures itself, how it sees its place in the market, and how comfortable they are sharing bad news as well as good. Uber’s 2022 Investor Day…

Like many other large companies, Uber invests some of their money in other companies. Uber’s investments include Didi (the Uber of China), Grab (the Uber of southeast Asia), and Aurora (a company working on self-driving technology). How Uber values each of their investments for their financial filings depends on if…

How Uber’s trips and revenue break down across segments and markets — A few interesting stats from Uber’s 2021 10K: 🌎 How international (outside of the US) is Uber? In 2021, Uber was in 72 countries and markets outside of the US accounted for ~78% of all trips (including rides and delivery). The UK was 8.3% of Uber’s global Mobility gross bookings in 2021. 🌆 How important are metro areas to Uber?

The KPIs Uber uses to run its business — Here are the four high-level operating metrics Uber tracks to measure company performance. It’s interesting to note that most of these only cover Uber’s Mobility and Delivery lines of business, and exclude the Freight segment (which, to be fair, is a fairly small percentage of Uber’s gross bookings — 4%…

Uber is encouraging and helping their drivers transition to EVs/zero emissions vehicles — Uber is investing time and resources into helping drivers transition to zero emissions vehicles