UBER has sustained growth and momentum which provides access to capital so they can to pay win at the moment. The OP's article is contextual to a startup running out of cash (e.g. < 2 months) which happens because the startup hasn't sustained growth and investors are no longer interested.
They are sourced through various channels and job posts. They are typical every day consumers, which is great for many products but less so for SaaS and enterprise products.
It is powered by a distributed network of people but they're bolstered by a lot of software. This gives a very personalized experience while gaining the efficiency of software behind the scenes.
You must not have watched the Ted talk which makes a very compelling case to why its a bad flag. The video talks about how great flags, like chicago's, are flown everywhere and bad flags are not.
I grew up about an hour north of Chicago and an hour south of Milwaukee; I visited and worked in both cities. I've never seen the Milwaukee flag but I always saw the Chicago flag around.