[spbaar]

This is why the groupon CEO's firing letter remains undefeated

After four and a half intense and wonderful years as CEO of Groupon, I've decided that I'd like to spend more time with my family. Just kidding – I was fired today. If you're wondering why ... you haven't been paying attention.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/blog/2013/mar/01/grou...

[system16]

You weren't kidding!

> I'm OK with having failed at this part of the journey. If Groupon was Battletoads, it would be like I made it all the way to the Terra Tubes without dying on my first ever play through.

[otalp]

You sharing this made it the 6th most read article on the guardian today as of right now

[spbaar]

Thanks for pointing that out, now it's 5th!

[nvm0n2]

WTH? How much traffic is this thread getting or alternatively, how little traffic does the guardian get?

[1letterunixname]

Pour one out for Andrew. They did many things that didn't scale that customers loved them for, and then couldn't scale. They burned lots of cash on outside sales, i.e., flying a rep from another city to visit a potential client small restaurant. And being a publicly-traded company is often more trouble than it's worth.

PS: I used to live in a van on the street near the PA HQ. Someone there had a tiny trailer in the parking lot but I couldn't tell if were living it or just storing it.

[slt2021]

thanks for sharing, fantastic letter