Founders Vault on Instagram: "In cities like New York, taxi drivers often pay as much as $40,000 a year just to rent a cab. That money never reaches their pockets but instead flows to medallion owners, leaving drivers with shrinking margins despite exhausting hours. Uber disrupted this system by allowing drivers to use their own cars, eliminating massive rental fees. The impact was immediate: higher earnings per ride and freedom from a rigid structure that had controlled flexibility and ownershi