Shira Ovide
Stories by Shira Ovide
How unicorns can no longer expand in perpetuity with others’ money
Startups will be judged by what they are doing rather than what they might accomplish in a starry future.
WeWork takes the startup-mania era to its logical extreme
WeWork is the inevitable outcome of the last decade of technology and financial development.
Uber’s pitch is largely about how it could become bigger and eventually profitable
The essence of Uber’s pitch is despite having $11 billion in annual revenue and a valuation in a rarefied zone, it’s just getting started.
Why take rate metric may not be a clean evaluation of Lyft’s profit potential?
It’s not clear how much weight public investors will put on the take rate or bookings, another metric whose value will diminish over time.
How to value Lyft, Uber? Novelty of business makes IPO pitch tricky
They are not exactly like any marketplace that has came before. They’re not exactly transportation companies, nor would they want to be valued that
Record funding, epic shakeups dominated global tech themes in 2018
Investments in tech startups are set to surpass $200B this year, the largest since dot-com bubble
Uber strained for mileage in Asia’s ride-hailing battleground
As with Uber's prior retreats, quitting a costly slugfest against GrabTaxi Holdings Pte will help alleviate Uber's whopping losses.
Tencent joins other Asian titans in U.S. tech spree
Tencent, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. and Japan's SoftBank Group Corp. have made strings of investments outside their home countries.
Amazon hasn’t seized the world, but it’s working on it
Just four countries—the US, Germany, Japan and the UK— contributed 92% of Amazon’s $136 billion in revenue for 2016.
Amazon won’t magically churn out profits, and that’s okay
Amazon plows about 97 cents of every dollar in sales back into fuelling its endless ambitions.
