five years ago when others were starting their autonomous efforts that exist today that allow us to eapfrogow over time during the lifecycle, you considered seriously selling the company. >> as we said, lyft is never for sale. if someone comes in with an offer, we have a responsibility to our board to look at it. emily: do you think lyft will remain an independent business? john: our plan is to build an independent business that is eventually a public company. emily: you said you were on track to be profitable this year, are you still on track this year? john: we are moving towards profitability, but given how much money we have raised, our focus is on growth. we would actually be doing a disservice to investors if we were not using the capital efficiently to build the largest long-term business. emily: so does that mean you won't be profitable this year? john: not the focus right now. emily: uber set a goal of going public by 2019. how does that compare to your goals? john: the advantages we are not talking about our timing. f that is their timing, great, helpful to know, but we have the f