Uber Stole Someone's Idea

We all have this one moment that someone stole our idea, or so we thought. Let me tell you a story to prove my point.

Once there was a guy in a tiny town. His town does not have a schedule of trips, nor is it available on demand. Imagine waiting for a bus under the scorching sun and sweating for like an hour, inhaling all the smokes outside for an hour or two. If it’s not torture, I don’t know what is. And who doesn’t get impatient with commuting like this? In today’s fast-paced world, I think none.

One day, he was invited by a friend to come to a city. There, he took his very first taxi ride. Yes! I repeat, first taxi ride. And so he thought, ‘Wow! The ride was so nice...air conditioning, plushy seats, security locks.’ It was superb comfort.

Then the time came that they had to wait for one. It lasted for an hour and then another hour. It came to the point that the guy and his friend had to fight for one. And he told himself, ‘This must be the real world. Welcome to rush hours!

Luckily, they finally got a cab after watching all the full cabs pass by them.’ And while they were traveling, the guy thought that it would be nice if he could call for a taxi anytime, anywhere. Imagine someone would pick you up wherever you are and bring you where you need to be whenever you need them. It would be a lot nicer if these drivers have their records and information for tracking. That would be so much appealing!

A few minutes later, the guy chanced upon a headline saying ‘Uber - A Revolutionary Ride-Hailing App has been launched.’

Curious cat as he always is, he opened the article and read that the features are:

Call a cab anytime, anywhere.

They'd pick you up wherever we are and bring you where you’d need to be.

To be safe, they'd have drivers with records and contact information for tracking.

And he was like, ‘THIS IS MY IDEA! THEY STOLE THIS FROM ME.’

But would people believe him that it was his idea? Will Uber give the company to him? Not! But did you know it taught him a lesson?

Our ideas are useless if we don’t execute. We all have these great ideas and concepts, but the real deal is-- do we put them to tests? How many regrets do we have in letting all our chances go? Why did we not take the shots to make it work before others do it?

Okay, I get it. Let’s assume the guy in this story had no funding nor had the technology options available to put his ideas into action. This thing happens to any of us. I mean having this idea and all that, and yet someone else is gaining profit from it now.

But here’s the thing-- we may fail and fall hard for wanting to do so much, but I think it is better to take it than to have any form of regret for not doing something every single day. I’ve said this so often, but failure makes us trust ourselves and helps us build confidence for what we do and what we’ll do.

The world desperately needs everyone’s brilliance. Don’t let any of your ideas be the next Uber that got away. If you’re reading this now, then this must be the sign you’ve been waiting for! Put your ideas into action. Test them now!