Buzz Ride: Driven to Disruption: Memoirs of an Uber Driver - Softcover

White, P. M.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1893121666 ISBN 13: 9781893121669

Publisher: EVERYTHING GOES MEDIA LLC, 2017

Synopsis

A Darkly Comedic Coming of (Middle) Age Adventure...Hop into the Back Seat of Patrick's Silver Mercedes and Buckle Up. Why would a financially-comfortable, fifty-something father of two ---- with a Mercedes -- drive Uber late at night on the toughest streets of Chicago? Pat White (pseudonym), a financial advisor and business strategist, decided to go undercover to research how the disruptive technology of ridesharing affects commerce. Soon his business study warped into a study of humanity . . . and himself. This summer experiment took White down roads he never imagined he would travel. Soon he found himself embracing danger, longing for the thrill of voyeuristic glimpses into private lives made public, and facing the depths of his shadow personality. Come along for the bumpy ride as this sharp-tongued observer shares the always wild, sometimes dark, often humorous, and surprisingly touching side of Chicago nightlife in the smart-phone generation.

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Review

"A sticky backseat view of Chicago after midnight; an endless parade of half-naked party girls, arrogant hipster douchebags, murderous bicyclists, and at least one psycho killer, narrated by a driver who writes like Raymond Chandler on a coke binge all underscored by the sizzling crack of a Taser and classic rock." -- Bull Garlington, author ""The Full English""

About the Author

Intense, can't-shake-it curiosity led Pat White (a pseudonym) to drive for Uber after researching his growing interest in ridesharing and other disruptive and "new economy" businesses for an article in a prestigious business journal. Pat's articles on technology and strategic communication have been published in professional business journals. Pat began working in 1979 for the Chicago Board Options Exchange before becoming a retail stockbroker for some of Wall Street's largest firms. In 1996, he received an MBA in management. He went on to work for the business college he graduated from, focusing first on executive education and then serving as director of the university's for-profit media company, where he showed his skill at rescuing ailing organizations. The lifelong Chicagoan was president of a technology company owned by a founder of a prestigious leverage buyout/private equity firm on Wall Street before returning to Chicago after an eleven-year hiatus in Indiana. He has manag

Edition details

• Publisher: EVERYTHING GOES MEDIA LLC
• Publication date: 2017
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1893121666
• ISBN 13: 9781893121669
• Binding: Paperback