Taxicabs of the United States area. The president of United Cab discourages his drivers from carrying firearms, instead advising them to accelerate the car and crash into a lamppost or even a police car if they are threatened with a gun. Uber is a major competitor to taxi companies, providing on-demand for-hire car service through a smartphone app in many US cities. Uber services are generally treated as black-car services from a legal standpoint and are not generally regulated under Taxi laws. This can cause friction with both local governments and taxi companies. In June 2015, the city council voted unanimously to increase taxi fares;
Habib Haddad entrepreneurship ecosystems across the MENA region. He also served as a Venture Partner of Wamda Capital, a growth capital VC fund, with investments in startups like taxi-hailing app Careem and LittleBits Habib Haddad Habib Haddad (born 1980) is a serial entrepreneur and early stage investor. He is currently the President and Managing Director of the E14Fund that invests in spin-offs from MIT. Haddad has founded a number of tech companies including Wamda, Yamli (Yahoo! licensed the technology in 2012), YallaStartup, and others. He has been named by the World Economic Forum as a Young Global Leader in 2009 and as