Press Play with Madeleine Brand
Will Uber's fall change Silicon Valley?
Uber’s “break everything and pick up the pieces later” ethos is now, itself, broken. The company’s CEO is on indefinite leave and an internal investigation recommends a top-to-bottom culture change.
By Madeleine Brand • • 50m ListenPhoto: An UBER application is shown as cars drive by in Washington, DC. (Courtesy of Mark Warner)
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5 storiesWhat Silicon Valley can learn from upheavals at Uber
Uber’s “break everything and pick up the pieces later” ethos is now broken. The company’s CEO is on indefinite leave. And an internal investigation recommends a top-to-bottom culture change. What does this mean for the rest of Silicon Valley?
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