The Results Are In: Uber Won

Like Henry Ford, Uber won over regulators by shaking up the market with a radical new choice for consumers.

by Rod D. Martin
March 16, 2015

Two months ago, Martin Organization Vice President Nicholas Stehle told you that conservatives love Uber; in fact, he gave you the top seven reasons.

What you might not realize is that there was a war for your business - and Uber won.

Uber is raising money hand-over-fist. Writes BuzzFeed News:

Uber just closed another funding round — this time it scored another $1 billion, bringing its total raise to $4 billion and its overall valuation to $40 billion. That is more than double where it was just six months ago, making it worth a little bit more than Fiat Chrysler and The Gap combined.

The company was founded in 2009. Since then it has grown larger than some of the United States' oldest and most profitable corporations. But that's not all.

Not only is Uber winning marketshare and investment dollars, but it's beating out entrenched political forces as well — including powerful union-run taxi cab companies in places such as Illinois. Like Henry Ford before them, U…