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The Uber IPO

Acquired

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Travis's Mission in Life Is to Build Uber as Big as It Can Be

The company got raided and the officials were there. He was a wanted man. This is what pushed his Travis over the edge to decide, you know what, this is going to be huge. The state of California allows them to continue operating. They go out in the beginning of 2011 to raise a series A at like $12 million. And he basically says he's going to devote his entire life to making Uber as big as it possibly can be.

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