Book · 2019 · Business & Economics
Super Pumped
The Battle for Uber
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I had a couple conversations with Mike, but no, mostly I just read his book and beyond that, I wanted to talk to a bunch of people that worked closely with Travis because I wanted to know not just what happened, but how it felt to have a conversation with him or be in the room with him.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt · Acquired · Feb 2022 Listen at 19:55 What they say about it
- Reads Mike's book“mostly I just read his book”2
The best things said about it
So, knowing Bill personally, but working from source material in Mike's book as a producer, showrunner, writer, how do you weigh working both from source material, but also when you have your own, you know, primary source information from getting to know these people in real life, too?
That's not always evident when you read articles about him, or even when you read Mike's book.
Joseph Gordon-Levitt Acquired · Feb 2022 That's in the book. It's in Mike's book. That's in Mike's book.
Before the book came out, way before the book came out. Oh, before. Oh, wow. Mike DM'd me on Twitter, would you read my book? It's not coming out for 5 months... He So, he DMs me, and then I read 25 pages or 50 pages, and I love it, and I say to my partner, Dave, like, dude, you.
But I think you're one of the things that that I one of the books I read recently super-pumped was so I'm not in it I mean I had no role in the success of rubra.
Jason Calacanis This Week in Startups · Oct 2019 Where and when it comes up
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Super Pumped by Mike Isaac is a journalistic account detailing the meteoric rise and chaotic implosion of Uber. David Sacks briefly mentioned the tech startup dramatizations on All-In, while Acquired hosted a dedicated episode featuring producer Brian Koppelman and actor Joseph Gordon-Levitt to discuss the book and its Showtime series adaptation. Ben Gilbert and David Rosenthal discussed the process of turning Isaac's reporting into a television series, noting how Koppelman utilized the source material alongside primary interviews. Joseph Gordon-Levitt shared that he read Isaac's book to prepare for his role portraying Travis Kalanick, though he also spoke with people who worked closely with Kalanick to understand his personal charisma and energy in a room. Brian Koppelman recalled discovering Isaac's book via Twitter months before its publication and immediately recognizing its potential, while noting that specific details, such as Garrett Camp's early inspiration for founding Uber, were thoroughly documented in the text.
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Ben Gilbert Well, for listeners who don't know the events of, you know, Uber leading all the way up through their IPO a… 2
Discussed
“Well, for listeners who don't know the events of, you know, Uber leading all the way up through their IPO and the implosion around that and the just insane story that all of that was is coming out as a Showtime series on February 27th called Super Pumped.”
Discussed
“So, knowing Bill personally, but working from source material in Mike's book as a producer, showrunner, writer, how do you weigh working both from source material, but also when you have your own, you know, primary source information from getting to know these people in real life, too?”
Brian Koppelman That's in the book. It's in Mike's book. That's in Mike's book. 2
Discussed
“That's in the book. It's in Mike's book. That's in Mike's book.”
Discussed
“Before the book came out, way before the book came out. Oh, before. Oh, wow. Mike DM'd me on Twitter, would you read my book? It's not coming out for 5 months... He So, he DMs me, and then I read 25 pages or 50 pages, and I love it, and I say to my partner, Dave, like, dude, you”
Joseph Gordon-Levitt I had a couple conversations with Mike, but no, mostly I just read his book and beyond that, I wanted to ta… 2
Discussed
“I had a couple conversations with Mike, but no, mostly I just read his book and beyond that, I wanted to talk to a bunch of people that worked closely with Travis because I wanted to know not just what happened, but how it felt to have a conversation with him or be in the room with him”
Discussed
“And hearing from people about a a of positive things actually. A lot of people said how much they liked, how inspiring he was, how compelling he was, how much energy he would bring to a room. And that was really fascinating, cuz that's not always evident when you read articles about him, or even when you read Mike's book.”
David Rosenthal And so we're ludicrously fortunate today for that to be the case and for those who don't know Brian is one… 1
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“And so we're ludicrously fortunate today for that to be the case and for those who don't know Brian is one of the three executive producers, writers, and showrunners for Super Pumped.”
David Sacks and then also we we have the issue of selling in secondary when those opportunities arise and we all just w… 1
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“and then also we we have the issue of selling in secondary when those opportunities arise and we all just watched the we crashed documentary which one of your partners um plays a role in i don't know obviously it's probably five percent reality”
Delane Parnell I mean like the one thing from Reid and super pumped from talking to people and even hiring people you know… 1
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“I mean like the one thing from Reid and super pumped from talking to people and even hiring people you know were early at uber”
Jason Calacanis but I think you're one of the things that that I one of the books I read recently super-pumped was so I'm n… 1
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“but I think you're one of the things that that I one of the books I read recently super-pumped was so I'm not in it I mean I had no role in the success of rubra”
Other mentions (4: passing, ad reads, own books)
Plugged
“and the author of the best-selling super pumped the battle for uber mike isaac”
Passing
“what they did get right was they the guy who wrote the book listened to the two-hour interview I did with TK famously on this podcast”
Passing
“he wrote super pumped that great uber book that everyone loved anyway”
Passing
“I don't know if this was in the Mike Isaac book or somewhere else, or maybe it's, you know, some people close to Uber told me, but you know, I heard that in Vegas in 2015”