Uber steers anti-taxi idea to become global phenomenon

JUGGERNAUT: The plan that began as a

WASHINGTON: Unlike many American startups, Uber was not founded in someone’s garage, but was conceived instead on a cold night in Paris, when two tech entrepreneurs could not find a taxi. 

Uber chief Travis Kalanick and co-founder Garrett Camp were attending the technology conference Le Web in late 2008, where they were brainstorming ideas for a new venture — in Kalanick’s terms, “jamming” like jazz musicians.