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A comment on Andrew Mason's statement about being fired as Groupon CEO. Parent comment

Re:Andrew Mason's statement about being fired as Groupon CEO by lifeisstillgood on Thursday February 28, 2013 @06:46PM (#5301859)
Agreed, "I failed at this part of the journey"

Yes a few hundred million will make life easier but admitting you failed, up front in a letter you know will be read by everyone you can think of - it takes a certain kind of raw

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Re:Andrew Mason's statement about being fired as Groupon CEO by JasonFruit on Thursday February 28, 2013 @11:53PM (#5302908)
In fact, admitting you failed may be even harder when you're accustomed to being wealthy and in a position of command.
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Re:Andrew Mason's statement about being fired as Groupon CEO by lifeisstillgood on Friday March 01, 2013 @02:39AM (#5303285)
Sorry, GroupOn was under someone's command?

:-)

But yes, good point, sarcasm was inevitable.

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