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Is hustling really that effective and I have been underestimated that all along?

There are different kinds of hustle. The good kind, which means working hard to reach a goal. The not so good kind, which means working hard and doing some not so nice things to reach a goal. Finally, the bad kind, which involves doing anything to anybody in order to get something. There is a difference between the not so good and the bad kind. In the not so good you are trying to reach a goal. In the way, you might get lost or not notice that you are doing some things wrong. After all, it is not simple to keep track of how your decisions impact the world over the long term. I'm not trying to excuse anyone here. Just stating that good people with good intentions sometimes do things that hurt others without even noticing. The bad kind of hustle is the one where you dont care who gets hurt or what gets broken. It does not take into account anybody but you. Always do your best to huslte the good way. Keep track of how your decisions affect others. Make a point about reaching goals in more than one way, i.e., not only financially, but morally and/or socially.

The good kind of hustle is the one you see baseball players do all year long. They train hard. They play hard. Above all, they go out to do their job as its supposed to be. All while giving fans something positive to look forward to. :)

Was The Uber guys doing bad hustle then... not knowing who gets hurt...

The nature of disruption is that some people will get hurt.. Taxi medallion/Hotel owners folks think they are playing by the rules while others aren't...

The market seems to have rewarded the bad hustlers here then as per your definition or have I got it wrong.

I'm not entirely sure about the hotel industry, but for the most part the taxi industry in most cities lobbied for the laws, which restricted competition. They had dug their own grave by the time Lyft launched (and subsequently UberX).

It's not black and white. I'm not for or against Uber. Have never used the service and know very little about the actual company. Markets are irrational. They are a collection of people who need/want something. They will buy without much thought to the moral status of the seller. You are not wrong, but not exactly rigbt. We can't judge a whole company for the actions of some members. That's why I said there is some not so good hustling. It's hard to figure out this sort of things because you never know the while story. If you feel like this is something worth pursuing over a period of time longer than what this thread will allow feel free to email me. In hardly have all the answers, but I can definitely come up with some good questions. And no, I didn't answer your question because I just don't know.

It's interesting how via the "sharing" industry the term "disruption" has now devolved into simply breaking the law in a highly predictable manner.

(Predictable as in: doing exactly what the law was meant to put a stop to in the first place, so obviously not "innovative". And in many cases, like for instance UberPop, not even creative enough to find an actually loophole, but blatantly breaking the law.)

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