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Fired Groupon CEO Makes Unusual Move

The Huffington Post | Alexis Kleinman | Posted 05.17.2013 | Technology

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What does a guy do after he's ousted as chief executive of an imploding tech company? Why, record an album of course! Ex-Groupon CEO Andrew Mason j...

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Four Reasons I've Had Oysters on my Mind

Anne Maxfield | Posted 05.13.2013 | Taste

Read More: Totten Virginicas, Oysters, Accidental Locavore, Grand Central Station, Oyster Bar, Groupon, Food, Taste News

The Accidental Locavore has had oysters on the brain for several reasons.

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Three Lessons for Startup Founders From Andrew Mason's Not-So-Funny Resignation

Les McKeown | Posted 05.10.2013 | Small Business

Read More: Google, Fired, Predictable Success, Business Growth, Strategy, Groupon, Les McKeown, Growth, Business Strategy, Andrew Mason, Business, Resignation, Battletoads, Small Business News

Treating a $1.6 billion, 11,000-employee organization like it's your personal plaything isn't funny, and including a neo-hipster inside joke about Battletoads in your farewell missive doesn't make it all okay.

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Groupon Needs to 'Disrupt' Again

Zaid Al-Zaidy | Posted 05.06.2013 | Business

Read More: Groupon IPO, Marketing, Disruptive Innovation, Groupon, Groupon Stock, Business News

Groupon has lost its pizzazz, its currency and feels absent from the webisphere, except when it spams with unsurprising deals. Groupon needs to get back in touch with what made it a phenomenon in the first place.

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The Art of Failure

Daniel Rolle | Posted 05.03.2013 | Business

Read More: Leadership, Failure, Communications, Corporate Responsibility, Groupon, Corporate Culture, Andrew Mason Groupon, Andrew Mason, Andrew Mason Note, Business News

When Andrew Mason, the former CEO of Groupon, sat down at his desk last Friday morning he probably only half guessed the impact that the resignation note he posted online would make beyond the social tech industry.

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Ousted Groupon CEO Gets Tiny Severance

The Huffington Post | Hunter Stuart | Posted 03.04.2013 | Technology

Read More: Groupon Stock, Video, Groupon, Groupon Ceo Severance, Andrew Mason Memo, Andrew Mason, Groupon Ceo, Andrew Mason Severance, Groupon CEO Fired, Andrew Mason Fired, Technology News

Andrew Mason, Groupon's ousted CEO, is getting a severance of just $376.36 from the company he founded back in 2008, CNN Money reports. "Groupon...

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Groupon Founder: 'I Was Fired Today'

AP/ | Posted 04.30.2013 | Technology

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CHICAGO (AP/Huffington Post) — Struggling online deals pioneer Groupon said Thursday that it ousted founder and CEO Andrew Mason amid worries that p...

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A Quarter Of Its Value -- Gone

Reuters | Alistair Barr | Posted 04.30.2013 | Technology

Read More: Groupon Q4 2012, Groupon Shares, Groupon Stock, Video, Groupon, Reuters, Technology News

By Alistair Barr SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Groupon Inc lost almost a quarter of its market value on Wednesday after the company began t...

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Sex Toy 'Groupon': Daily Deals For Sinners Like You

HuffingtonPost.com | Andy Campbell | Posted 02.25.2013 | Weird News

Read More: Sex Toy Deals, Groupon, Dildo of the Day, Lelo, Vibrators, Weird Photos & Videos, Adult Entertainment Expo, Sex Toys, Sex Toy Groupon, dildooftheday.com, Weird News News

Groupon offers daily deals for travel, food, shopping and beauty -- Dildo Of The Day offers discounts on extracurricular activity. The Seattle-base...

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LOOK: Best Buy Makes Epic Mistake

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.22.2013 | Business

Read More: Big Box Retailers, Groupon, Best Buy Sales, Big Box Stores, Kohls, Toys R US, Coupons, Best Buy Coupons, Best Buy Coupon, Best Buy, Business News

If you ever see a Best Buy coupon that is too good to be true, it very well might be. The electronics retailer recently promoted a very simple int...

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Groupon Cancels Gun-Related Deals, Infuriating Some Businesses

HuffingtonPost.com | Meredith Bennett-Smith | Posted 01.26.2013 | Small Business

Under pressure from gun-control advocates, Groupon abruptly canceled all gun-related deals in North America on Friday. The move sparked anger and e...

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Sustainable Giving -- Leveraging Assets for Good and Maintaining the Good Year-Round

Patty Huber Morrissey | Posted 03.02.2013 | Impact

Read More: Philanthropy, Holiday Giving, Corporate Giving, Giving Tuesday, Corporate Giving Strategies, Groupon Grassroots, Groupon, Impact News

When the benefits flow in just one direction, charitable giving is difficult to maintain. Unless you begin to let your giving work just as hard for you.

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Groupon CEO Might Get The Boot

AllThingsD | Posted 01.28.2013 | Technology

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According to sources close to the situation, several Groupon board members have been seriously discussing making major leadership changes at the Chica...

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Why You Need a "Plugboard" for Your Employees to March in Lock-step

Dave Llorens | Posted 11.17.2012 | Business

Read More: Entrepreneurship, Workplace, Groupon, Starting a Business, Tech News, Business News

What the @#%* is a Plugboard? At One Block Off the Grid, we have this big fat plasma screen that lords overhead, smack dab in the middle of our off...

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'Heyday For The Daily Deals' Has Come And Passed

Reuters | Posted 01.11.2013 | Technology

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(Repeats without changes to text) By Nivedita Bhattacharjee and Alexei Oreskovic CHICAGO/SAN FRANCISCO, Nov 12 (Reuters)...

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Russian Company Wants Its Money Out Of Facebook

Reuters | Posted 01.09.2013 | Technology

Read More: Russia, Zynga, Video, Mail.ru, Facebook, Mail.Ru Facebook, Groupon, Reuters, Technology News

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian email-to-social networking group Mail.Ru cut its stakes in U.S. internet firms Groupon, Facebook, and Zygna, according to t...

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This Is What Groupon Investors Look Like Right Now

AP | BARBARA ORTUTAY | Posted 01.08.2013 | Technology

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NEW YORK (AP) — Groupon Inc., the No. 1 online deals service, failed to show investors on Thursday that its business is growing as quickly as they w...

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'Ultimate Social Media Fail:' Hurricane-Themed Sales Slammed By Critics As Crisis Continues

The Huffington Post | Meredith Bennett-Smith | Posted 11.02.2012 | Small Business

As much of Manhattan coped with Hurricane Sandy power outages, deal-sharing site Groupon shocked many by continuing to market a Midtown deal for a din...

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eBay Wants To Hit Groupon Where It Hurts: Yoga Classes

Reuters | Posted 12.10.2012 | Technology

Read More: Ebay, Video, Daily Deal, Groupon, eBay Lifestyle Deals, Daily Deals, Reuters, Technology News

By Alistair Barr SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 10 (Reuters) - EBay Inc has quietly launched an online marketplace for deals on local services, t...

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Groupon Tries To Win More Restaurant Clients

Reuters | Alistair Barr | Posted 12.10.2012 | Home

Read More: Video, Groupon, Breadcrumb, Groupon Restaurants, Groupon Breadcrumb, Reuters, Home News

By Alistair Barr SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Groupon Inc launched a point-of-sale service called Breadcrumb across the United States on ...

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Executive Shakeup At Groupon (Again)

Reuters | Nivedita Bhattacharjee | Posted 11.27.2012 | Technology

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By Nivedita Bhattacharjee (Reuters) - Groupon Inc , the world's largest online daily deals provider, is reshuffling senior management r...

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You're Going To Fail

The Huffington Post | Nate C. Hindman | Posted 09.22.2012 | Small Business

Read More: Google, Small Business, Video, Groupon, Kauffman Foundation, Venture Capitalists, Startups, Venture Capital, Facebook, Startup Failure, Silicon Valley, Small Business News

Failure is a big part of the startup game. When investors bet on fledgling companies, most of them know that the risk is high -- but few knew it was t...

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Groupon's Latest Move To Challenge PayPal

AP | BARBARA ORTUTAY | Posted 11.19.2012 | Home

Read More: Groupon Payment Service, Mobile Payments, Paypal, Groupon Deals, Groupon, Groupon Payments, Square, Home News

NEW YORK -- Groupon launched a new payment service Wednesday that allows businesses to run credit cards using an iPhone or iPod Touch, the latest comp...

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Fraud: The Scourge of the Daily Deals Industry

Phil McDonnell | Posted 11.12.2012 | Business

Read More: Fraud, Daily Deal, Livingsocial, Coupons, Groupon, Deal Sites, Daily Deal Sites, Business News

While the media focuses almost exclusively on what's wrong with the daily deals industry, there has been an overwhelming silence about what can be done to make daily deals more attractive to businesses and customers.

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