INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Manik Gupta got his first taste of solving logistics nightmares when, fresh out of college, he was delivering Palm Pilots around Singapore
Uber lost nearly $1 billion last quarter
never stray and keep earning it money
With my own knowledge and capability, I thought I could help the company get to the next level of understanding the real world, which is
driver loyalty program work in every market.From entrepreneurship to the massive supply chain of HP, to the top of Google India and now at
Uber, Gupta is one of those technologists who lives to eliminate frustration
He framed nearly every question I asked him in the sense of problems and solutions
BuyItTogether, there were no logistics networks
He eventually sold BuyItTogether to a Norwegian company called CoShopper and spent a few years bringing the service to Europe
He launched Google Maps in India and managed MapMaker, the crowdsourcing tool that gave Google feet on the ground in tiny towns around the
of Product Daniel Graf left, Gupta is in the top product spot at Uber
was fully responsible for the development of its new Uber Lite app for emerging markets with slow connections and old phones.One thing I
hope he develops a coherent cross-border strategy for is helmets
If that practice continues, major injuries will stack up
Not only is it a moral imperative that Uber develop a helmet solution, like something collapsible or that attaches to the vehicle between
on rolling out the Uber Rewards rider loyalty and Uber Pro driver loyalty initiatives
Google Maps experience, Gupta is developing a new way to make sure drivers and riders can always find each other
I believe that the way you set culture starts at the top
Dara has been a phenomenal agent of change within the company
