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Danny Yeung
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"When Groupon went international, they acquired 51% of my company. We became the largest e-commerce company in the region."
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Ian Silber
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Praised: Strong brand character, comedy writing team, product that didn't take itself ...
"Groupon was a really fun company. Andrew Mason was an incredible CEO and he brought such character to the product. It was kind of a brand-led product."
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Blake Scholl
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"I'd founded an apps company that got acquired by Groupon."
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Eric Ries
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Used for: Case study in The Lean Startup book
vs: Example of how some case studies have become dated
"a lot of the techniques and the specific tactics from Lean Startup are a little dated now. I mean you know, Groupon is a case study like it's it's it's old now. It came out in 2011."
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Used for: Getting restaurant deals
Praised: Half-price restaurant experiences felt magical
"Groupon was like not a great business ultimately, but like for the first couple months of Groupon, you could like go try a restaurant for like half price and it just felt like magical."
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