Uber COO says there’s a downside to being at the top0

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• August 18, 2026

At the top, it’s hard to know where else to go. In an interview on Harry Stebbings’ 20VC podcast published on Monday, Andrew Macdonald, Uber’s chief operating officer and president, said that finding new businesses can be challenging when the company’s core business is already so large. Call it the “classic innovator’s dilemma,” he said.