Several years ago I told Travis Kalanick, during a brief phone interview, that his idea was utterly mental. People, especially Londoners, would reject the concept of getting into the cars of internet strangers. I didn't even bother to file a piece. Enjoy the $5.3bn, Travis.

— Dave Lee (@DaveLeeBBC) May 10, 2019

Great profile of Uber's less known co-founder Garrett Camp, who came up with idea, and how he compares with Travis Kalanick --> "Some of his former colleagues at Uber say his most severe lapse was allowing Kalanick’s power to go unchecked." https://t.co/QC8oWZ0Fnu

— Madhav Chanchani (@madhavchanchani) May 10, 2019

Best part of this Garrett Camp profile by ⁦@EricNewcomer⁩ — the idea for Uber was actually hatched at the Phoenix, the go-to Mission bar when you just need a normal bar. https://t.co/xhz4mcWGg2

— Matt Rosoff (@MattRosoff) May 10, 2019

Some wonderful details in @EricNewcomer’s Uber feature and quotes from Garrett Camp on his $3.7 billion idea, including describing Travis Kalanick as “amazing at the first five years” https://t.co/cMpQROUxdQ

— Mark Milian (@markmilian) May 10, 2019

Old enough to remember stories saying @Uber was going to be worth $120bn when it IPO'd. Looks like those numbers were only off by around $40bn or so...

— Arash Massoudi (@ArashMassoudi) May 9, 2019

How much is an idea worth? In Uber’s case, $3.7 billion. @EricNewcomer reports. https://t.co/vqIy01JfBF via @technology

— Reto Gregori (@RetoGregori) May 10, 2019

Garrett Camp - The man who came up with the idea for Uber. https://t.co/G1oDGBEwem

— Adithya Venkatesan (@adadithya) May 11, 2019

timely portrait from @EricNewcomer of Garrett Camp, the "who's that?" co-founder of Uber: full of ideas, conflict avoidant, and now $3.7 billion richer because he used to have trouble getting a cab https://t.co/pXBsNBR22c

— Ellen Huet (@ellenhuet) May 10, 2019

Reminder that Uber was started by a Calgarian. A Calgarian whose $3.7 billion stake in the company is now worth enough to buy the Flames and “probably” every other team in the division — even though Uber’s stock closed below its IPO price today. https://t.co/jKyXdl07LJ

— Tara Deschamps (@tara_deschamps) May 10, 2019

Good read on Uber's other founder @gc by@ericnewcomer: How much is an idea worth? In Uber’s case, $3.7 billion https://t.co/Gg5yCNZXrx via @technology

— Lizette Chapman (@lizette_chapman) May 10, 2019

nice profile of Garrett Camp by @EricNewcomer https://t.co/FY8VJO5ynQ

— Teddy Schleifer (@teddyschleifer) May 10, 2019

Uber starts trading today. Here is a great interview by @EricNewcomer with founder @gc on how the company was created. https://t.co/s0OtlmLKTp

— Chris Collins (@NYC_COLLINS) May 10, 2019

Best part of this Garrett Camp profile by ⁦@EricNewcomer⁩ — the idea for Uber was actually hatched at the Phoenix, the go-to Mission bar when you just need a normal bar. https://t.co/xhz4mcWGg2

— Matt Rosoff (@MattRosoff) May 10, 2019

How is #Uber not a ponzi scheme? With drivers at bottom of pyramid. "Uber has also never made a profit – and warned in its lengthy but lightly informative investment prospectus for the float that it may never do so." https://t.co/CHXFlVpVhD @premnsikka

— Mary-Ellen (@HullLecturer) May 10, 2019

Extremely not surprised. https://t.co/jU916T4SGI

— Adam Liaw (@adamliaw) May 10, 2019

Shocked to hear that there hasn't been a rush to invest in a company that's always been breathtakingly unprofitable... https://t.co/4lwZD7ZGPM

— Owen Duffy (@owen_duffy) May 10, 2019

The more important question is why would *anyone* buy stock in a company that has never been profitable, and has never had a realistic path to profitabilityhttps://t.co/BO1IDIm4Ts

— Steve Easterbrook (@SMEasterbrook) May 10, 2019

Uber to debut on Friday with $82 billion valuation. More here: https://t.co/O8xSmUIz7d $UBER pic.twitter.com/5r5YLaqlf7

— Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) May 10, 2019

Uber will begin trading on Friday at $45 a share, giving the ride-hailing company a $82 billion valuation. More here: https://t.co/O8xSmUIz7d $UBER pic.twitter.com/GpZfWx1qcB

— Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) May 10, 2019

Uber valued at $82 billion in IPO as market jitters, Lyft woes weigh. More here: https://t.co/O8xSmUqYfF $UBER pic.twitter.com/acjeqBO6Wx

— Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) May 10, 2019

Uber priced its initial public offering at the low end of its targeted range to value the company at $82.4 billion. More here: https://t.co/O8xSmUIz7d $UBER pic.twitter.com/hRVJ66KZlC

— Reuters Business (@ReutersBiz) May 10, 2019

the #businessmodel of our time. #UBER states it may never be profitable. Still one of the largest #IPOs ever#startup #Fintech https://t.co/tQjhp2w95w

— Douglas White (@DouglasWhite) May 12, 2019