Be the Middleman in 2025:
Uber made $80B - owns zero cars
VISA made $35B - without any banks
Spotify made $84B - no music produced
Airbnb made $52B - owns zero property
Distribution is the ultimate leverage in this AI Era.
In 2024:
> Visa made $39.4B - owns no banks
> Spotify made $17.2B - owns no music
> Expedia made $13.7B - owns no hotels
> Lyft made $5.7B - owns no cars
Lesson? Be the middleman.
The Dark Rise of Uber!
When Uber started, it faced legal issues for operating as a cab service. Travis' response? "We’re just a tech company connecting drivers and users."
When government authorities imposed fines on Uber drivers, Uber built a tool
Not every startup needs to change the world. Some just need to solve a real, annoying problem.
Uber didn’t invent cars. Airbnb didn’t invent spare rooms.
They just noticed something broken — and made it better.
Next time you say, “Ugh, this is su
I have a business idea of starting my own automobile company we made stylish beautiful cars with higher speed and luxury like rolls royce but I need more knowledge and a producer for my company
please give some advice
Many say starting a new company is hard, then there are people who say making it successful is hard, and then there are people who say scaling it is hard. But I say 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 is hard.
It took Uber 14, Airbnb 14, Amazon 9
Here’s a short overview of major funding agencies and their operations:
1. Sequoia Capital (USA)
Invested In: Apple, Google, Airbnb, WhatsApp.
Source of Funds: High-net-worth individuals, pension funds.
Returns: WhatsApp investment generated $6.3