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A comment on Groupon President and COO Rob Solomon Steps Down.

Re:Groupon President and COO Rob Solomon Steps Down by wallabe on Tuesday March 22, 2011 @08:32PM (#2357289)
backstory is simple: Rob was brought in as adult supervision in case Andrew Mason couldn't handle his shit. Everyone was worried about this with Andrew early on (this is why so many VCs passed on Groupon in '09). Now Andrew has consolidated his position and at least proven he can handle rapid growth. No need for Rob. Therefore, Rob (who doesn't like Chicago anyway) has no reason to stay because he's not going to be CEO.

That's all the backstory you need.

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Re:Groupon President and COO Rob Solomon Steps Down by yakto on Tuesday March 22, 2011 @08:47PM (#2357348)
Well, that settles it then. Nothing to see here, folks. Absolutely no chance that Rob was pushed. Wallabe (HN'er for 1 day) says so.

I've interviewed Rob. He's awesome. But he doesn't strike me as someone who voluntarily passes on a wild IPO ride, just because "he doesn't like Chicago anyway."

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Re:Groupon President and COO Rob Solomon Steps Down by wallabe on Tuesday March 22, 2011 @09:04PM (#2357405)
I never said he wasn't pushed, but I wouldn't make it sound like he was fired. The role didn't evolve as expected and so there's no reason for him to stay. Pretty simple.
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Re:Groupon President and COO Rob Solomon Steps Down by lwat on Tuesday March 22, 2011 @09:20PM (#2357446)
Oh he was 'made redundant', not fired. Gotcha.
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Re:Groupon President and COO Rob Solomon Steps Down by brown9-2 on Tuesday March 22, 2011 @10:00PM (#2357563)
That's all the backstory you need.

And this comes from who...?

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Re:Groupon President and COO Rob Solomon Steps Down by jprobert on Tuesday March 22, 2011 @11:15PM (#2357791)
If this was a planned exit all along and he was only meant to be on short term then Groupon would have prepared a better statement. I assume that whatever equity he has he'll keep as he was looking for a big pay day and I don't know why he would pass that up.
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Re:Groupon President and COO Rob Solomon Steps Down by jforman on Wednesday March 23, 2011 @12:06AM (#2357948)
No reason other than, oh, on the order of $100MM in unvested shares?
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Re:Groupon President and COO Rob Solomon Steps Down by Gaussian on Tuesday March 22, 2011 @08:43PM (#2357327)
Makes sense. Rob was never a bus driver, that I could tell. Andrew and Eric are, and have been, at the reins.
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