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Do you think the whole of the tech industries success is linked to Ubers?

• jressey 9y ago
  There is a lot of skepticism in the 'sharing economy' and Uber is the de facto representative of the model. Any negativity they suffer will likely affect other companies that use the model.
• Analemma_ 9y ago
  To some extent, yes. How much money a company can raise in an IPO is partially a function of how optimistic investors are feeling about its entire sector. If Uber-- the much-hyped mega-unicorn-- turns out to be a dud, that's going to weigh on everyone's opinion of other tech unicorns, whether it makes sense or not.
• ithinkinstereo 9y ago
  If Uber implodes there will be a lot of talk in the media about how VC money padded their unit economics. I thinks this will make people start questioning the viability of all sorts of other "too good to be true" startups. This includes all the sharing economies, but also non-sharing startups like Blue Apron. This in turn will cause a bit of a vacuum for funding B2C startups. We're already starting to see this in some areas, like food delivery. It may grow to cover all consumer-based startups, rightly or not.