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Date: November 30th, 2010 10:31 AM Author: 180 ratface http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2010/11/30/google-is-said-to-be-close-to-buying-groupon/?ref=business (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16682261) |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 10:31 AM Author: insanely creepy thriller toaster good lord (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16682263) |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 10:32 AM Author: 180 ratface (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16682268) |
Date: November 30th, 2010 10:33 AM Author: insanely creepy thriller toaster Subject: lulz at this comment 1. WENT WENT, MA NOVEMBER 30TH, 2010 5:03 AM Google's market cap dropped by $2.52B on Monday after the Vator article came out claiming a $2.5B purchase of Groupon. This happened on a day when the overall market rebounded and where the tech market also rebounded. Investors are likely realizing the following:
* Groupon has no top notch repeat business customers * Groupon has few exclusive deals * Groupon is benefiting from a reversible economic trend * Groupon's inside investors are selling * Groupon's technical setup melts under high |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 10:34 AM Author: Arousing set That is a retarded gimmick site, what could their revenue possibly be? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16682275) |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 10:34 AM Author: insanely creepy thriller toaster The average Groupon deal offers 50 to 90 percent off retail goods and services, from restaurant certificates to skydiving lessons. It has grown beyond local merchants to encompass retailers like Gap, which offered a nationwide deal this summer. On the day of the Gap promotion, Groupon sold 440,000 units and generated $11 million in revenue.
Groupon’s success has helped turn the company into a cash-generating machine, signing up more than 12 million registered users and reaping more than $350 million in estimated annual revenue. |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 10:38 AM Author: Arousing set Paying 17x revenue, lol. Who are they bidding against? Themselves? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16682291) |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 10:35 AM Author: 180 ratface the trading desk of :D's fund fires up the high frequency trading machines, preparing for a run on google. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16682279) |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 10:38 AM Author: domesticated embarrassed to the bone pervert (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16682289) |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 10:39 AM Author: learning disabled therapy stage (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16682295) |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 10:45 AM Author: slippery purple shrine (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16682329) |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 11:04 AM Author: self-absorbed lemon kitchen cuckold (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16682448) |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 12:06 PM Author: Green flatulent wagecucks (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16682932) |
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Date: December 1st, 2010 2:08 AM Author: dark trip blood rage university (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16689822) |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 10:41 AM Author: Brindle theater i read this for some reason as grey poupon. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16682311) |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 10:42 AM Author: domesticated embarrassed to the bone pervert (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16682317) |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 1:30 PM Author: judgmental underhanded point private investor now there's a product i can wrap my hands around. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16683474) |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 1:34 PM Author: titillating henna organic girlfriend Today's Deal: $15 for $30 of Grey Poupon products online! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16683493) |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 10:43 AM Author: titillating henna organic girlfriend groupon is the fastest-growing company ever with respect to valuation. the founder/CEO will prob cash out with a cool $500 mil.
u mad? |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 10:44 AM Author: 180 ratface the founder only has 8% of the company? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16682326) |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 10:46 AM Author: titillating henna organic girlfriend a typical CEO/founder only has around 10-15% of their company max due to dilution by the time an exit opp is executed. Other equity will be owned by other co-founders, employees, and investors.
Groupon has received 171 million in VC funding, so dilution is definitely expected. |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 10:47 AM Author: 180 ratface i didn't realize they'd taken that much start up cash. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16682341) |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 10:48 AM Author: titillating henna organic girlfriend groupon is all about local deals. you need a huge cash base to scale as every local deal needs to be sourced by humans.
they've also been advertising like crazy in the last few months. their ads plaster every corner of the internet. |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 10:55 AM Author: Brindle theater ty (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16682386) |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 10:44 AM Author: Slate heady temple Isn't the problem with Groupon the fact that it's basically a multi-level marketing scam? That the only way you get the deal is by getting enough of your friends to join in the deal? And that one day, when people stop responding to it or get sick of it or move on, it will collapse? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16682325) |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 10:45 AM Author: 180 ratface isn't the problem with every single business that has ever existed throughout all of human history that one day, when people stop responding to it or get sick of it or move on, it will collapse? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16682332) |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 10:46 AM Author: Slate heady temple I guess if you think that multi-level marketing schemes are indistinguishable, yes. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16682337) |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 10:51 AM Author: 180 ratface i'm sorry, i'm not sure what you were told out front, but we actually don't have any need ITT for for an article on the 17th century antecedents of felony murder, nor a torturous piece on what was *really* going on with that crankshaft in Hadley v. Baxendale, so you can just go back to stealing money from people who put up 153's on the lsat. thanks. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16682361) |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 10:52 AM Author: Canary Roommate 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16682363) |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 10:52 AM Author: insanely creepy thriller toaster nomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnompwnnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnomnom (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16682366) |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 10:54 AM Author: irradiated misanthropic stead ceo *guffaws*
*monocle wavers* |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 10:55 AM Author: Slate heady temple Thank you for understanding where I'm coming from. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16682381) |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 10:57 AM Author: Brindle theater 180 180 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16682403) |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 11:03 AM Author: Hairraiser carnelian hominid library (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16682442) |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 11:06 AM Author: Multi-colored property gaping 180 (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16682461) |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 11:07 AM Author: Bronze Bateful Ticket Booth hahhahaha TTT prof got 180'd right here (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16682464) |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 11:10 AM Author: Stirring Doctorate Pistol yaaaaaaay! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16682484) |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 11:11 AM Author: Violent hospital weed whacker I couldn't even get past "crankshaft" before I orgasmed loudly and violently. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16682491) |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 11:12 AM Author: Hairraiser carnelian hominid library DONT STOP MAKE IT POP DJ BLOW MY SPEAKERS UP (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16682494) |
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Date: December 1st, 2010 1:53 AM Author: Canary Roommate c-c-c-c-c-ombo breaker!!!!! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16689728) |
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Date: December 1st, 2010 1:57 AM Author: alcoholic cordovan ape thank you for you're service (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16689747) |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 10:48 AM Author: carmine adventurous public bath wtf? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16682349) |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 10:54 AM Author: titillating henna organic girlfriend ITT: dumbass poster who does not understand Groupon and has clearly never used it at all predicts company's downfall (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16682377) |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 10:57 AM Author: Stirring Doctorate Pistol the deal doesn't go "live" (and you aren't charged) until a certain number of people opt in for the purchase. I don't think the bar for minimum number of sales is particularly high though. I've never heard of someone buying one and then the deal not hitting that mark. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16682400) |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 11:00 AM Author: Slate heady temple I know that you're not charged until it goes "live." But it heavily rides on recommending others--at least, as far as I've seen. Sure, 100 people can independently sign up for it. But I've seen an incredible amount of spam from Groupon people desperately trying to get others (Facebook, Twitter, whatever) to join in on a particular deal. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16682416) |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 11:01 AM Author: titillating henna organic girlfriend Groupon has such a massive user base they haven't had a problem with deals not going live for a long, long time in most major cities.
In fact, there is such high demand for Groupon-type deals that the major Groupon sites have split their cities into several areas now. Manhattan has multiple deals active per day depending on area, for example.
People advertise Groupon deals so they can collect referral bucks and because they think the deal itself is a great offer |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 11:05 AM Author: pearl fanboi Perhaps their strategy is to combat FB's like button in some way. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16682452) |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 11:06 AM Author: federal faggot firefighter lol this is absolutely wrong. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16682456) |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 11:10 AM Author: Stirring Doctorate Pistol I'm sure you're a good dood but you should probably just leave this thread man. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16682488) |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 12:07 PM Author: Green flatulent wagecucks wtf, no. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16682943) |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 11:14 AM Author: swashbuckling lodge coffee pot The problem with groupon is that its model is premised on the desperation of small businesses and retailers generally that are demandpwn3d worse than ever before in history.
http://modeledbehavior.files.wordpress.com/2010/09/image11.png
It's unclear whether retailers will have the appetite to trade huge discounts for huge marketing over and over (probably not). It's also unclear whether there will be the same level of coupon junkie-ism to leverage (less clear, but how many skydiving lessons does a person actually need?).
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Date: November 30th, 2010 11:16 AM Author: Arousing set Retail is dead bro. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16682529) |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 11:00 AM Author: self-absorbed lemon kitchen cuckold lots of concerned experts in this thread (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16682419) |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 11:04 AM Author: Bronze Bateful Ticket Booth as usual, the most hard-hitting and incisive commentary on this story is limited to the business board. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16682447) |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 11:06 AM Author: domesticated embarrassed to the bone pervert (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16682458) |
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Date: November 30th, 2010 11:20 AM Author: onyx striped hyena Biz board archives have a wealth of knowledge about groupon, but they are unfortunately unsearchable due to one man's maniacal indifference and laze. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16682560) |
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Date: December 1st, 2010 2:10 AM Author: dark trip blood rage university And another Wharton alumnus, Yuri Milner, is going to make a shitload in this. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=1494880&forum_id=2#16689832) |
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Date: December 1st, 2010 2:32 AM Author: motley jade stage The REAL real problem with this is that it's a gimmicky marketing site that will wear off on people after a while, like 99% of gimmicky internet bullshit that people get excited about.
FWIW I went through today's deals and nothing was that exciting to me - the best I could find was $10/$20 at a pizza place I had vaguely considered eating at and $50/$100 at some jeans store I've never heard of. |