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Andrew Mason’s Manifest Destiny Strikes Silicon Valley
Groupon Co-Founder Brad Keywell has famously lamented that Chicago’s best tech folks flee here for Silicon Valley. “There are gaps between different constituencies in Chicago, including academics and the... Read »
Groupon Offers POS Service for all Brick-and-Mortar Businesses
About a year ago, Groupon acquired Breadcrumb, the creator of a POS system and iPad app that targets local restaurants. Now, the daily-deals company is launching the payment system for businesses. A new... Read »
In Defense of Andrew Mason and Daily Deals Model
This blog is my campaign to free Andrew Mason from all the criticism levied against him and to crown him the Startup King of Chicago. After all, he turned the basic idea of group-buying discounts into a... Read »
Why Groupon Goods VP and GM Quitting May Not Indicate Much of Anything
The shake-ups at the daily-deal giant continue: Faisal Masud, Groupon’s VP and GM of Groupon Goods, will be leaving the company by the end of the month. Where he’s leaving for hasn’t yet been disclosed or... Read »
So How’s Groupon Doing?: The Post-Mason Report
It feels like two ice ages ago when Andrew Mason was fired in February by Groupon, the company he helped create and make so dang ubiquitous. But now, it’s three months later and what’s going on with Groupon? Read »
Groupon’s PR Evangelist Out, Stock Inches Up
There have obviously been a lot of big shake-ups at Groupon this year. While Andrew Mason’s exit signified the start of a new era for the company, Director of Communications Julie Mossler’s just-announced... Read »
Can Groupon's Wins Outweigh Its Losses?
I received an email this morning from Groupon notifying me that the daily deals company has "garnered top honors at the 2013 PYMNTS.com Innovator Awards for the category of Best POS Transformation."... Read »
Is Groupon’s Runaway Starbucks Deal a Hail Mary?
I don’t think anyone’s been able to say this in quite a while, but Groupon’s shareholders have to be pretty dang happy right now. The daily deals company — now being ran sans Andrew Mason — has hoisted up the... Read »
Has Andrew Mason Announced His Next Move?
By this point, it’s ancient news that Andrew Mason was fired from Groupon, the company he founded. It happened late last week, and has already been analyzed to death even though it was a long time coming to even... Read »
Analysis: Why Andrew Mason Had to Go Now
On Thursday, Andrew Mason has been ousted as Groupon CEO. I’ve been covering Groupon since Inc. Well started two years ago and, honestly, this was a long, long time coming. No one was ever actually rooting... Read »
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