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Re:Groupon, which has lost 99.4% of its value since its IPO,... by just3ws on Saturday April 01, 2023 @08:57AM (#35399957)
They walked away from a 6B acquisition by Google. They did believe the sky was the limit. I was not in the specific meetings but was there for everything around it. There was a sense of optimism no matter how naive it was in hindsight.
Re:Groupon, which has lost 99.4% of its value since its IPO,... by hnfong on Sunday April 02, 2023 @11:20AM (#35411478)
Fascinating. The folks at Google must have been smoking something particularly good when they made the offer...
Re:Groupon, which has lost 99.4% of its value since its IPO,... by htrp on Monday April 03, 2023 @10:29AM (#35424172)
Google has infinite money... and landing the deal is a great way to get promoted.