Opinion

July 4, 2019

Uber IPO: the lessons every entrepreneur should learn

Profits (or lack of them) are a very poor way to judge a truly disruptive company in its early days says David Richards, chief executive of WANdisco.


David Richards

4 min read

Nearly two months after the Uber IPO and the shares haven't yet quite climbed back up to their initial offer price of $45. Entrepreneurs on both sides of the Atlantic have been watching the float for signs of how the markets will receive big, new tech IPOs.

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