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Tony West Quotes
Tony West Quotes
Tony West
American
Lawyer
Born:
Aug 12
,
1965
Assault
Law
People
Think
You
Uber
I do think there is magic that made Uber possible, made that disruption possible, made that innovation possible, and was critical to its success. I believe you can still have the magic that underlies that and yet be a compliant company.
Tony West
Success
You
Innovation
Made
Uber
Believe
Think
I Believe
Compliant
Possible
Critical
Magic
Still
Company
Disruption
At the scale that Uber operates, we're going to see both the good and the bad that happens in society because we're operating so many trips every single day.
Tony West
Good
Day
Uber
Single
Every
Society
Scale
Bad
See
Trips
Both
Operating
Single Day
Because
Going
Happens
Many
Every Single Day
It's become sort of second nature whenever we get into a car to buckle up. It has to be second nature before you get into a car to ask, 'Hey, who are you here to pick up?'
Tony West
Nature
You
Car
Become
Before
Hey
Pick
Sort
Up
Get
Whenever
Ask
Who
Second
Here
Second Nature
Indeed, there's scarcely a week that goes by where I don't deal with a significant, often controversial national security issue.
Tony West
National
Indeed
Significant
Security
Scarcely
Week
Deal
Issue
National Security
Goes
Often
Controversial
Where
Drivers' work is outside the usual course of Uber's business, which is serving as a technology platform for several different types of digital marketplace.
Tony West
Work
Technology
Business
Digital
Uber
Types
Marketplace
Several
Outside
Drivers
Course
Different
Which
Usual
Platform
Different Types
Serving
When you look at the trajectory of autonomous vehicles, I think you can look at the trajectory of other industries whether it's aviation, I think is a really good one to look at, and you'll see there's always an evolution as the technology gets better and better.
Tony West
Good
You
Technology
Better
Think
Other
I Think
Evolution
See
Vehicles
Look
Industries
Always
Trajectory
Gets
Whether
Autonomous
Really
Aviation
Courts are grappling with what it means to be 'part of' al Qaida or the Taliban - every case poses a unique challenge, involving individuals with a different degree and type of connection to these terrorist organizations.
Tony West
Challenge
Degree
Every
Type
Case
Part
Individuals
Taliban
Involving
Terrorist
Courts
Different
Means
Organizations
Grappling
Connection
Unique
Al
Poses
I was fortunate enough to have this career that spanned the public and private sectors so I thought I was well-prepared to be able to take on some of the challenges that Uber presented.
Tony West
Challenges
Thought
Uber
Enough
Sectors
Able
Some
Take
Private
Public
Fortunate
Career
Presented
Is safety a business imperative? Yes. But is it also the right thing to do? Yes. And it's important for companies to increasingly find that by doing the right thing, they're fulfilling their business imperative.
Tony West
Business
Doing The Right Thing
Safety
Important
Increasingly
Right Thing
Find
Imperative
Also
Doing
Yes
The Right Thing
Fulfilling
Companies
Right
Thing
I didn't go to law school wanting to be a lawyer.
Tony West
Law
School
Lawyer
Law School
Go
Wanting
I fell in love with this idea that you could press a button and an SUV would show up. That idea of bringing mobility to places where it hadn't been an easy option - that was a pretty compelling mission. It was a huge, huge challenge.
Tony West
Love
You
Challenge
Press
Would
Easy
Pretty
Could
Idea
Mission
Fell
Been
Mobility
Huge
Up
Option
Where
Places
Show
Compelling
Button
Bringing
You never want to make big decisions when you are emotionally charged.
Tony West
You
Big
Charged
Never
Emotionally
Make
Want
Decisions
Silicon Valley has always been in my blood.
Tony West
Valley
Silicon
Silicon Valley
Always
Been
Blood
So I feel comfortable that Uber is a very safe mode of transportation.
Tony West
Uber
I Feel
Feel
Safe
Comfortable
Very
Mode
Transportation