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Re:Uber and Lyft ordered by California judge to classify dri... by neuroanalysis on Monday August 10, 2020 @10:34PM (#24116642)
He effort you have him ousted was led by Bill Gurley of Benchmark and several other VC investors in Uber. Essentially the board asked him to step down and he did.
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Re:Uber and Lyft ordered by California judge to classify dri... by cocktailpeanuts on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @07:04AM (#24119094)
If you look it up, there are plenty of articles of rumors saying that the VCs schemed to kick him out because they wanted to IPO and the founder didn't.
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Re:Uber and Lyft ordered by California judge to classify dri... by strangeloopworm on Tuesday August 11, 2020 @04:50AM (#24118461)
I mean if you expected a founder to be ousted partly because of not wanting to do an IPO, you'd expect the VCs to be the ones behind it no?
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