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You're talking about one of the most successful companies in the history of business, in Google. Their speed to their present scale in terms of profit - from founding to now - is unprecedented. Add to that that they make most of their money from operating a hyper-margin software service in terms of costs (with nothing at all similar to Uber's drivers and regulatory problems), one that has been almost entirely unregulated (until now) and that also happens to be a quasi-monopoly. Using Google as the standard for what Uber could achieve, is extremely far fetched.



Perhaps I was too subtle. That was exactly my point.

(And if you discount my need to look smart, I think I got it across---you had exactly the thought I was intending to create in the reader.)


I really think that this isn't the place to be playing rhetorical games. I think discussions would be much simpler and clearer if people state their points clearly and unambiguously.


Presenting the evidence to help people come to their own conclusions can be more effective than hitting them over the head with a hammer.

My point was ambiguous to begin with: yes, Uber might very well grow to a trillion USD in valuation, but doing so would give it twice the market cap of any other company so far.

Nuances are important.


You can use a lot of superlatives to describe Uber's ascent. For starters, much faster revenue and valuation growth.




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