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Groupon is like a shark: it needs to keep moving (growing) to survive. Jeff Bercovici at Forbes outlines some of its problems.
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Whoa. In that case, Groupon really screwed up when they turned down Google’s buyout offer.
Groupon link gives an error report. Forbes firewall?
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It looks like the Groupon article’s link must have changed. Here’s the current one:
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffbercovic i/2011/08/24/its-getting-harder-to-buy-g roupons-growth-story/
“But Groupon doesn’t have any choice but to keep growing at any cost: If it were to slow down, the money it owes merchants for deals already sold would quickly drag it into insolvency, as Henry Blodget points out.” Isn’t there a five letter word for that, beginning with P?
Thanks for finding that! The link is fixed now.