• 21 Oct 2011 at 4:46 PM

Groupon Stares Into Its Crystal Ball

By Bess Levin

We anticipate three reactions from people on the road: 1) “This is a great, I gotta get in.” 2) “This is good but, three year-old company…I’m not ready to take that risk.” 3) “I don’t get it. You guys are whacky.” We hope it’s more of the first two. –Jason Child, Groupon CFO, on an employee call to discuss the IPO.

Comments (11)

  1. 1
    Posted by guesticles | October 21, 2011 at 4:50 PM

    Nice pussy!

  2. 2
    Posted by Jay | October 21, 2011 at 4:56 PM

    Unfortunately, I am anticipating only (3) for my own IPO.

    - P. Falcone, Lightsquared backer

  3. 3
    Posted by geoffgeoffgeoff | October 21, 2011 at 4:57 PM

    WHAT. A. FUCKING. ASSHOLE.

    -Julie Wainwright

  4. 4
    Posted by Guest | October 21, 2011 at 6:22 PM

    Will there be a Groupon Groupon where I can get 100 shares for the price of 50?

  5. 5
    Posted by J. Chanos | October 21, 2011 at 6:57 PM

    4) I'll be adding a new short position very soon

  6. 6
    Posted by Guest | October 21, 2011 at 11:09 PM

    If the IPO doesn't get done Groupon is tits up in six months.

    If the IPO does get done Groupon is tits up in a year.

  7. 7
    Posted by AHFM | October 22, 2011 at 9:27 AM

    1999: We have an awesome business model. We sell $1 bills for 95 cents. Our revenue growth is off the charts!

    2011: We have an awesome business model. We sell some small businesses $1 bill for 50 cents, of which we keep 25 cents. Our revenue growth is off the charts!

    I see a little bit of progress between Internet bubble 1.0 and Internet bubble 2.0. Should mean maybe 6 months longer survival time.

  8. 8
    Posted by Guess | October 23, 2011 at 11:36 AM

    Child, please!

  9. 9
    Posted by Andrew | October 24, 2011 at 12:55 AM

    Groupon. So many questions, so much intrigue.

  10. 10
    Posted by Grouper | October 24, 2011 at 9:00 AM

    Mason embarrasses himself everytime he opens his mouth. It takes real strength for bankers to sit through his BS.

  11. 11
    Posted by Anon Corp Dev Guy | October 24, 2011 at 12:22 PM

    Ooh! I'm buying. Where do I sign up?

    - Villanova MBA

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