ryangraves.org How did one man go in a few years from working a dead-end job inside a large multinational corporation to being worth hundreds of millions of dollars (at least) and a key player at what is one of the hottest start-up companies around? And more importantly, how can you use the same techniques to improve your finances and your life? That man is Ryan Graves, head of global operations for Uber, whose mobile app connects would-be passengers with drivers of vehicles for hire. In 2008, Graves was a database administrator for GE Healthcare (GE), a job that he says was "unglamorous" and didn't provide the potential for rapid advancement that he desired. As Graves bluntly put it, "The corporate career -- 20 years in the same company -- was not really my thing. I can't be the GE guy." Moving Out on His Own So in mid-2009, he decide to make a radical change. A fan of Foursquare, an app that allows people to check in on their mobile devices when they patronize business establishments, Graves decided to go to work for the company.
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