Uber

Does Uber have long-term viability? Pic: Getty

Let’s all be honest with one

another. No one can confidently predict how most private tech

companies will fare when they become grown-up public companies.

That goes quadruple for Uber Technologies Inc.

In a financial analysis, it’s perhaps the most confounding

technology company of the last decade. It may be the most

genuinely novel and disruptive business in many years. It has

reshaped people’s behavior in many countries, sparked

conversations about the nature ...