Gig Economy: The Money Sinkholes Investors Can’t Resist

Uber, Lyft, Doordash, Delivery Hero, Grab – you’ve used them or at least heard of them. They’ve raised an enormous amount of capital but are still reporting losses. What's going on? 

In this video, we dissect the business models and finances of these gig economy companies to understand why they are still struggling to make profits.

Why Your Uber and Lyft Rides Are So Expensive

Rides may never cost what they did before the pandemic Your average Uber or Lyft ride cost 50% more this summer than before the pandemic. But prices were inching up even before lockdowns began. Here’s what drove rideshare prices through the roof, and how the companies are working to bring them back down.

 

RealReal’s Biggest Hurdle Will Be Keeping It Real After IPO

As The RealReal Inc. prepares to go public, the online marketplace for used luxury goods faces a big challenge: weeding out the fakes.

From Uber to Lyft to Airbnb, it is the year of the tech initial public offering. Jonathan DeYoe, a Bay Area financial adviser to some of the new IPO millionaires, explains how many of his clients acquired so much stock and what he suggests they do with their new riches.



Illustration: Timothy Wong for The Wall Street Journal.