Groupon
American worldwide e-commerce marketplace
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Every podcast mention of Groupon in one pod.
13 videos. Track how it's discussed, by whom, and what experts actually think.
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Videos Mentioning Groupon
Work at a Startup Expo 2018
Y Combinator
Where Finbar, an early Exec employee and future founder, worked as an engineer before joining a startup.
Culture with Brian Chesky and Alfred Lin (How to Start a Startup 2014: Lecture 10)
Y Combinator
Mentioned as an example of a rapidly growing company that Rocket Internet cloned, illustrating the competitive landscape Airbnb faced.
E73: Late-stage VC markdowns and mistakes, market strategy, Ukraine/Russia update with Brad Gerstner
All-In Podcast
Used as an example of a company that raised at a very high valuation ($20 billion) and then went public at a much lower valuation ($2 billion) a year later.
David Allen — The Art of Getting Things Done (GTD) | The Tim Ferriss Show
Tim Ferriss
Company co-founded and sold by Brad Keywell, a GTD champion.
Andrew Mason at Startup School SV 2014
Y Combinator
Andrew Mason's highly successful group-buying company, which started as a side project from 'The Point' and grew rapidly, facing significant scaling and operational challenges.
Ian Hogarth
Y Combinator
An example of a company that grew through paid acquisition.
Alex Hormozi Answers Your Questions
Alex Hormozi
A daily deals website mentioned as an example of attracting low-barrier customers.
Suhail Doshi - How to Measure Your Product
Y Combinator
A competitor that LivingSocial had to pivot to compete with due to its own product's lack of retention.
How to Be a Great Founder with Reid Hoffman (How to Start a Startup 2014: Lecture 13)
Y Combinator
Used as an example of a startup that might not have succeeded in Silicon Valley due to its need for a large sales force, contrasting with Chicago's strengths.
Why You Should or Should Not Work at a Startup by Justin Kan
Y Combinator
A company where Finbar worked as an engineer before joining Justin Kan's startup, Exec.
How Blake Scholl Built The First Independent Supersonic Jet
Y Combinator
Company where Blake Scholl worked as a product manager and later sold his first startup to.
Russell Brunson: How to Build a Million-Dollar Sales Funnel
Young and Profiting
Mentioned as a reference for the design style of a local car wash funnel page.
How Anthropic, Costco, and Patagonia all build incorruptible companies | Eric Ries
Lenny's Podcast
A deal-of-the-day e-commerce marketplace, presented as a cautionary tale. Its initial success was based on a 'one email a day' model, but pressure for short-term profit led to increased email frequency, destroying its core value and leading to its decline.