Business Model
This is the main way Uber makes money
What is taking a percentage of each ride or delivery transaction?
Uber disrupted this traditional industry.
What is the taxi/transportation industry?
Uber has faced criticism over this issue involving how its workers are classified.
What is driver treatment / independent contractor status?
This co-founder of Uber was known for his aggressive leadership style and later resigned as CEO after multiple company scandals.
Who is Travis Kalanick?
This is the main way TikTok makes money
What is advertising or TikTok Shop?
It fundamentally changes how an entire industry works
What is disruptive innovation?
TikTok has faced criticism over this issue involving user information.
What is data privacy?
Both companies rely heavily on this technology to match users with relevant services or content.
What are algorithms / data-driven technology?
Uber used this technology to navigate around government regulations
What is Greyball?
This company disrupted the bakery business model
What is Crumbl?
Governments have sometimes challenged Uber because of this issue.
What is regulation / transportation laws?
This company is the parent company of TikTok, and built it around powerful recommendation algorithms.
What is ByteDance?
TikTok’s success is heavily driven by this system, which recommends videos users are likely to watch.
What is the algorithm / recommendation algorithm?
This company disrupted the auto industry.
What is Tesla?
Governments have raised concerns about TikTok partly because of this issue.
What is national security / foreign ownership concerns?
About 200–202 million monthly active users worldwide
What are Uber's user numbers?
This business concept occurs when existing users help bring in new users, causing a product or platform to grow rapidly without traditional advertising.
What is viral growth?
This company disrupted the music industry by giving users access to songs through a freemium service.
What is Spotify?
Both Uber and TikTok experienced rapid growth with questionable business practices related to this.
What is responsibility/accountability or ethics?
Roughly 1.5–2 billion monthly active users worldwide
What are TikToks user numbers?