New Way Academy

Kalanick's first company at 18: SAT prep, and he could 'kill the SAT'

Before Uber, Travis Kalanick's first company at 18 was SAT prep outfit New Way Academy. Sam notes how Kalanick lights up bragging he could finish a 30-minute math section in 8 minutes — competition was always his drive.

“My first company was when I was 18. It was actually a company called New Way Academy. It was SAT prep, old school, no technology. I burned out on filling out bubbles, you know, with a pencil, A, B, C, D, etc. But man, I can kill the SAT. I've been timed 8 minutes on a half-hour math section.”