Uber likes to market itself as the future of work.
In a recent article, we argue that it also belongs to a much older American story: a line that runs from multi-level marketing organizations like Amway, through franchises like McDonald’s, to today’s platforms.
We call that longer history sponsored entrepreneurship. These are business models that invite people to act like independent entrepreneurs while supplying the brand, product, infrastructure, or operating system from above.
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