second headquarters. reporter: new york city emerged as one of the winners. new york governor andrew cuomo had said hq2 would launch new york as a rival to silicon valley. mayor de blasio promised it would benefit locals. hq2 did not get a warm welcome from everyone in the big apple. amazon pulling the plug on plans to build a campus in new york city. progressive new york politicians like alexandria ocasio-cortez criticized the billions in promised tax breaks and state grants. amazon didn t like the heat and killed the deal. number seven, the unicorn bubble bursts. wall street had high hopes for the market debut of startups worth at least $1 billion. lyft is leading a herd of unicorns ooub has arrived. slack shares rocket. reporter: enthusiasm quickly became disappointment. the year s biggest ipo is struggling reporter: the problem the companies aren t profitable, and in the case of uber and lyft,