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Re:Groupon updates IPO filing, admits it's unprofitable by jonknee on Wednesday August 10, 2011 @05:02PM (#2870174)
There are more stakeholders in the company than the founders.
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Re:Groupon updates IPO filing, admits it's unprofitable by staunch on Wednesday August 10, 2011 @05:33PM (#2870301)
Sure, but the founders (and the rest of the board) made the decision not to sell. You can call them fools, but they're laughing all the way to the bank.
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Re:Groupon updates IPO filing, admits it's unprofitable by jonknee on Wednesday August 10, 2011 @07:13PM (#2870630)
Possibly laughing all the way to the bank, it could end up that Google was a much better deal.
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