Uber is a ride sharing giant. You’d be hard-pressed to dredge up a worse 12-month stretch in recent corporate history than Uber's 2017. It seemed like every week, the rideshare giant would grapple with a flat tire:

Allegations of systemic sexual harassment and sexism.
Losing 400k customers in the wake of the #deleteuber hashtag on Twitter.
Getting called out by their own investors for having a “toxic” culture.
A federal lawsuit over the IP theft of self-driving car technology.
A video of Uber’s then-CEO, Travis Kalanick, berating one of his company’s drivers for not “[taking] responsibility for [his] own sh*t.”
Losing $1B in a largely unsuccessful bid to compete in China, and...
Kalanick’s ultimate resignation. Mike Isaac, a reporter at The**New York Times, was along for the whole ride — and he’s chronicled it all in his new book, Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber.

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