“The IPO is successful, I would say. There's been a bunch of chatter back and forth. Bull cases, bear cases. But overall it's hard not to look at this as a success. The, you know, Bill Gurley doesn't want a crazy pop on day one, doesn't want it to go up a hundred percent. If we're in 10, 20, 30% range for something this big, that just feels like everything came together properly.”
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