Uber's original pitch deck from a decade ago shows just how much the ride-hailing giant has changed

Uber, now a decade old, goes public on Friday on the New York Stock Exchange at a $75.5 billion initial valuation.The company has grown significantly since the idea was first pitched by founder Garrett Camp.Business Insider is publishing the original pitch deck for UberCab to show how much the company has changed in the years since.Uber is finally going public today, pricing its IPO at $45 per share for an initial valuation of $75.5 billion. It will begin trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Friday morning under the “UBER” ticker symbol.But Uber, now nearly 10 years old, wasn't always a network of more than 2 million drivers providing rides at the tap of a button in 63 countries around the world. Back in August 2008, the dream of a “next generation car service” was merely a slideshow presentation on founder Garrett Camp's computer.Business Insider has covered the original pitch deck before, when Camp first published it on Medium in 2017, but we felt it deserved a fresh look in light of a year marked by expansion into new products like grocery delivery, the rise of Uber Eats as one of the company's fastest-growing businesses, and a troubled year for the Advanced Technologies Group, where Uber is developing its fleet of self-driving taxis.Here's how the founders envisioned Uber 10 years ago: