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PayPal to try to compete with Groupon, but will it matter?
PayPal is preparing to launch a Groupon competitor in the first quarter of 2012, according to Bloomberg. The eBay subsidiary hopes to tap into its base of 103 million accountholders. From what I’ve...
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Groupon, LivingSocial and daily deals – merchant FAQ
Judging from the queries that come to this blog, there are a lot of questions that merchants have about daily deals from Groupon and LivingSocial. If you are a consumer and are interested in learning...
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Groupon, LivingSocial and daily deals – consumer FAQ
Judging from the queries that come to this blog, there are a lot of questions that consumers have about daily deals from Groupon and LivingSocial. If you are a merchant and are interested in learning...
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Why Groupon is poised for collapse — an update
Groupon was forced to restate fourth quarter earnings, sending its stock down 6% in after-hours trading. This surprised me as much as my $2 investment in the Mega Millions jackpot not paying off. The...
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Are LivingSocial, Google Offers and the rest as bad as Groupon?
IMPORTANT: Please see this page to see my current interests in Groupon. Whenever I get into Groupon mode, people ask me about how LivingSocial and Google Offers are different from Groupon. In many...
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Look at the logo Google News puts next to Groupon
From this morning, a search on Groupon returned these results: Google News algorithms put the Enron logo next to a story about Groupon I think I’ve made the Groupon and Enron comparison myself. In both...
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Another open letter to Andrew Mason
Dear Andrew: As you may have heard, I am coming back to Chicago in the next couple of weeks for another round of Groupon research. Although you didn’t take me up on my invitation the last time I...
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Weekly Reader: Facebook virality, Twitter patents and Groupon’s Lefkofsky
This contains a summary of my work this week. I had two very important non-Groupon stories this week, on Facebook and Twitter. My work Secrets of Facebook’s success: Virality — Facebook’s photo tagging...
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Groupon investors race for the exits as lockup ends
Groupon shares dropped to a new all-time low today as its lockup ended, releasing a torrent of new shares on to the market. Thirty minutes into the trading session, Groupon had already traded 75% of...
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Would Rocky Agrawal ever work for Groupon?
This post is an excerpt from a forthcoming book on Groupon. It’s a question I’m asked quite often by friends, family, journalists and once by a Groupon employee. Apparently, it’s plausible that I...
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