- $13.3 billion Groupon valuation ahead of their IPO
- $20 the cost of Groupon’s shares during its upcoming IPO
- 35M the number of shares the company plans to sell, up from 30 million
- $700M the amount of money the company plans to raise with the IPO source
» It was supposed to…
- Groupon has 83.1 million subscribers as of March 31, 2011. It had 152,203 on June 30, 2009.Lien:
- The company is in 175 North American markets and 43 countries.
- In Q1 2011, Groupon earned $644.7 million in revenue, but it still wasn’t enough to make Groupon profitable. It lost $102.7 million in…
One of my favorite social media strategies this holiday season comes from Groupon. Groupon has developed this “brand-new ancient wintertime holiday” called Grouponicus. This holiday originated in a magical realm of Winterland which is governed by Groupo The Bird. Other characters…
This PR Student / PR Stranger wrote a nice breakdown of the Grouponicus stuff that has occupied most of my (and associates’) working life for the past couple months. Check it out, it actually all makes a surprising amount of sense when someone else summarizes it.
NO, SIDEBAR AD FOR GROUPON!
I WILL NOT CLICK EVEN IF I WANT TO ENLARGE THAT GIANT CAT PHOTO.
YOU ASSHOLES!!!!
Today is the big day. Super Bowl Sunday! All the best ads of the year are premiered during the Super Bowl, at a high price too.
Groupon is partaking and has some ads of their own. Their ads are border-line controversial. I wouldn’t say they are all that bad, but have caused some waves already because they make light of some sensitive issues world wide such as saving the whales or saving the rainforest. I especially found the save the whale ad with Cuba Gooding Jr to be the best. What about you?
The rumored $6 billion offer Google dangled in front of Groupon grabbed headlines as observers wondered why the search giant would pay such a premium. The proposed acquisition also raised questions about the vigor returning to Silicon Valley’s start-up culture, where an enormous number of “Groupon…
While many people are quick to dub the protests sweeping the Middle East as “The Facebook Revolutions,” Daron Acemoglu thinks that Groupon might serve as a better analogy. In a recent New York Times article, Acemoglu argues that the real power of social networking tools is their ability to…
With a successful IPO in the rearview mirror, Groupon is making acquisitions.
On Wednesday, TechCrunchreported that the daily-deals Web site had acquired “stealth Silicon Valley start-up” Campfire Labs and that it had been confirmed through “unofficial channels.”
Well, it’s official, according to Groupon and to Campfire Labs CEO Naveen Koorakula and his wife, Sakina Arsiwala. The couple co-founded Campfire Labs.
“For all intents and purposes, the deal is closed,” said Arsiwala during a phone interview Wednesday night.
Is this supposed to convince me to buy Groupon’d pizza?
C’est pour bientôt !
