The driver was a partner of Uber and his account was immediately deactivated.

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The following is a guest post written by Bill Gurley, a general partner at Benchmark Capital who has led investments in OpenTable, Zillow and Uber (and many other successful startups).

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Perennial Midas Lister Bill Gurley is the longest-serving active partner at Benchmark, the famed venture capital firm behind companies like Snapchat, Twitter and Uber, where Gurley sits on the board and led Benchmark's Series A investment in 2011.

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