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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 edouard1234567 on Thursday February 28, 2013 @09:43PM (#5302553)
Taking cash off the table is not seen as a negative signal if done systematically.
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Re:Andrew Mason's statement about being fired as Groupon CEO by newman314 on Friday March 01, 2013 @12:24AM (#5302976)
Read the links I posted. Much of the last round of funding went to them instead of to Groupon.

So, in a way, they took money that could have been used to grow/invest in Groupon away. So this is not your normal "diversifying the portfolio" move.

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