# Professor Arun Sundararajan is interviewed about Lyft's IPO filing and what it means for the sharing economy

1 Faculty News December 6, 2018 ![Bloomberg logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/bloomberg-logo-2018.jpg?itok=8QkuS4cr)>

Excerpt from [Bloomberg](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-06/ride-sharing-startup-lyft-files-confidentially-for-u-s-ipo)-- "'It’s not surprising that Lyft is going public before Uber because in many ways they are in better shape to go public than Uber is,' said Arun Sundararajan, a professor at New York University’s business school and the author of 'The Sharing Economy.' Lyft is led by its founding CEO, the company has an experienced executive team in place, it has a more focused mission and it’s raised more modest sums of private capital, he said."

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