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Why Investors Who Bought Groupon's IPO May Be Disappointed

Harvard Business Review

The real innovation of deal sites such as Groupon and Living Social is that they have garnered millions of consumers who are interested in receiving deals on a variety of products and services. These sites have a unique opportunity to morph into innovative digital versions of Sunday circulars. The future does not seem rosy.

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A simple cure for the Buzzword Bingo | Rajesh Setty

Rajesh Setty

We decided to avoid CPM (cost-per-impression) based advertising as it is difficult to measure the ROI. In terms of exit strategy , our goal is an IPO but at the right price and the right partner, we won’t exclude the acquisition option. There is actually a simple cure for this Buzzword Bingo.