The experience is fundamentally different for buying from local businesses than it is for buying consumer goods. – Andrew Mason
When you think of couponing, you picture a mom cutting coupons out of the back of the newspaper. – Andrew Mason
Most small business owners are not particularly sophisticated business people. Thats not a criticism theyre passionate about cutting hair or cooking food, and thats why they got in the business, not because they have an MBA. – Andrew Mason
Generally, what people tend to underestimate is the cyborg nature of Groupon. We are a company that has the DNA of being both a technology company and a heavily operational company. – Andrew Mason
We have that illusion that we are deciding what to make a character do, in order to convey our message or something like that. But, at least in my experience, you are often more like a river-rafting guide whos been paid a bonus to purposely steer your clients into the roughest possible water. – George Saunders