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		robzyb on Nov 18, 2015 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Lyft looking to raise $500M in new funding at valu... Some would argue that "gross revenue" should only include the amount that Lyft gets paid, not the amount that they hold in escrow for their drivers. This is more a question of semantics than anything else.

pbreit on Nov 18, 2015 [–]

Also, accounting. When/if it goes public, it almost certainly will not refer to its total proceeds as "gross revenue".

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