andybg

It's the f'ing House of Cards, but real life.

Why do they require either an MBA or M.S.? Anytime you put restriction on something or force a combination, you don't allow it to breathe for possibilities.

First Round Capital signing this is amazing to me - especially since it doesn't look like it required them too to make this happen. Sort of expected the others too but not them.

It's unclear if Gurley actually wants to leave the board. Part of me thinks that he knows something really bad is coming down the pipes (e.g. potential criminal liability re: Otto, etc) and he wants to distance himself now. It's half a conspiracy theory, but makes you think ...

THIS. A million times this. Go ask pmarca too.

Uber is a once in a lifetime multi-billion dollar company. It's not interesting if it makes even more money (or IPOs or whatnot); it's interesting if it fails. Also - the press goes through cycles of building things up and then finds way to tear it down. Pumping the view counts along the way.

"Personally I think they should embrace this and come up with a line of juice packets that are hand squeezable."

DING DING DING.

This was exactly my first reaction when this broke.

Companies also need to realize - You are guilty until proven otherwise. The internet masses may forget but they don't change their mind. So if you're going to say anything. Either apologize or run with the meme.