# In a live interview, Professor Haran Segram discusses Uber's IPO and his profitability expectations for the company

1 Faculty News May 8, 2019 ![Bloomberg logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/bloomberg192x144.jpg?itok=yV529lwz)>

Excerpt from [Bloomberg](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZVgR47wmAU) -- "I think this is a liquidity event for the early investors... \[i.e.\] cashing out your investments in the early rounds. So, they're taking advantage of \[the fact that\] this is a pricing game, rather than a valuation game for Uber. You tell a good compelling story and then you fetch the highest price possible. That is what's happening here."

[Watch the video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tZVgR47wmAU)