History of Taxi IndustryThe Taxi industry has been around since 1600’s when a horse and buggy were used to transport people in Paris.
In fact, Entrepreneurs of today have revolutionized this industry with a new extension called Ride Sharing through mobile applications.The concept of such taxi apps is fairly easy.
Such taxi apps came into existence around 2010 when Uber was born.Uber Success StoryIn this modern day and age, traveling in world’s busy cities has always been a hassle to those who do not own any kind of vehicle.
This is the main problem Uber has overcome.Uber was born when its former CEO Travis Kalanick couldn’t find a taxi in Paris to get to a conference.
He realized that this was a problem faced by a countless number of people around the world and decided to launch Uber.Today, Uber is available in many countries around the world including U.S., India, Australia, France, and so on.Over time, many Entrepreneurs entered the same market with different taxi app solutions such as Ola and Lyft and established their own successful taxi app startups.
The company has indeed changed the face of taxi services.