GroupOn Was Almost A Slippers With Flashlights Company
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According to GroupOn CEO Andrew Mason who is on stage right now at Social Currency CrunchUp , the breakout deals site GroupOn was originally a side project Mason started in order to make money, “We tried a zillion things” Mason said. Including a cheesy-sounding slippers with flashlights deal, which Mason describes as “act of desperation, pretty impressive considering that the company is currently making $365 million in revenues, a million a day according to our sources. Mason gave no thought whatsoever as to whether or not it would work.
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GroupOn Was Almost A Slippers With Flashlights Company