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How Not to End Up Like Uber’s Travis Kalanick

According to the pros hired to save CEOs from themselves

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Uber's Ex-Communications Chief on Kalanick Taking Leave

Learn to lead, or risk losing control of the company you founded.

That's the lesson startup founders can take from Uber CEO Travis Kalanick, who is taking a leave of absence following a torrent of scandals over everything from his argument with an Uber driver and profanity-laced staff email to reports of rampant sexual harassment at the company and a bungled rape investigation in India.