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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 »
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 »
How’s Groupon Been Doing?
There hasn’t been a big spike in people talking about Groupon since Andrew Mason was fired a few weeks ago and that makes sense: The company’s in that quiet period of planning its next moves, right? Maybe. It... Read »
Groupon Shares Up 13.3 Percent
The stock gained 19 cents to $4.72 in after-hours trading Thursday and has risen 13.3 percent to $4.95 during afternoon trading Friday. Read »
Groupon Ousts CEO Andrew Mason
In a refreshingly candid memo to staff, Mason admitted he "failed at this part of the journey" and said Groupon's employees "deserve the outside world to give you a second chance. I'm getting in the way of that.... Read »
Groupon's Ups and Downs Persist into 2013
It’s been a while since we’ve checked back in with Groupon and for good reason: Seemingly, the deals site has been on a roller coaster of the same things happening over and over again. Some individual somewhere... Read »
CEO: Groupon Still 'A Local E-Commerce Company'
For all its twists and turns, ups and downs and iterations and permutations, Groupon CEO still sees his company pretty much the way it originally started. Read »
Groupon CEO Addresses Job Security Rumors
Andrew Mason: It would be weird if the board wasn't discussing if I was the right guy. Read »
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