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How to build a billion dollar digital marketplace – examples from Uber, eBay, Craigslist, and more

Andrew Chen

NYU Professor Aswath Damodaran asserted that Uber was overvalued after a 2014 investment round. Since the 2014 article, Uber has blown past his estimate by 10X, with top line revenues to support it. Today, Craigslist in over 57,000 cities, generating $700M in revenue per year (on job listings fees!)