Comments on: Groupon Turns Down Google’s Takeover Bid

By: Microsoft Chases Daily Discounts With Big Deals: Tech News and Analysis «

Microsoft Chases Daily Discounts With Big Deals: Tech News and Analysis « — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 18:31:09 +0000

[...] Microsoft, like its rival Google, sees dollars in daily discounts. The company today announced Bing Deals, which integrates daily discount information from The Dealmap into its Bing mobile and desktop sites. The idea puts Microsoft into the same game as Groupon and Living Social, something Google tried to get into with a failed purchase of Groupon. [...]

By: Why Did It Take So Long For Newspapers to Copy Groupon?: Tech News and Analysis «

Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:04:55 +0000

[...] Groupon has grown to the point where it had annual revenues last year of almost $1 billion, and recently turned down a $6-billion offer from Google because it is planning to do an IPO. And as I noted last fall when Cox made its announcement, [...]

By: What Silicon Valley Geeks Can Learn From Roman Legionnaires: Tech News and Analysis «

Sat, 05 Feb 2011 20:01:02 +0000

[...] Internet and telesales. In two years, Groupon is at a $2.2 billion revenue runway and turned down $6 billion from Google and other high-profile [...]

By: GigaOM This Week: Silicon Valley Executive Shake-up: Tech News and Analysis «

Sun, 23 Jan 2011 14:01:37 +0000

[...] Google, fresh off of getting rebuffed by Groupon in its $6 billion bid, has launched a Groupon clone — though, as Mathew points out, the search giants is better off [...]

By: The Secondary Market is Hot Hot Hot!: Tech News and Analysis «

The Secondary Market is Hot Hot Hot!: Tech News and Analysis « — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 17:46:07 +0000

[...] that seem headed toward their own public offerings. Interest is also high in Groupon, which recently spurned Google’s advances and now appears headed toward its own IPO. Even with the added government scrutiny and competition [...]

By: Why Google Still Needs to Buy a Groupon Clone: Tech News and Analysis «

Why Google Still Needs to Buy a Groupon Clone: Tech News and Analysis « — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 15:46:48 +0000

[...] of course, made a highly publicized bid to buy Groupon late last year, but its $6-billion offer was rebuffed and the group-buying startup decided to pursue an IPO, which could value the company at more than [...]

By: Page Is Back as CEO, But is That What Google Really Needs?: Tech News and Analysis «

Fri, 21 Jan 2011 01:24:03 +0000

[...] build any substantial new businesses, despite a number of attempts, including its recently rebuffed $6-billion acquisition offer for Groupon. As angel investor Chris Dixon put it, some Google watchers are probably asking: is Page’s [...]

By: It’s Time to Get Your Vote On for the Crunchies Finalists : Tech News and Analysis «

Fri, 07 Jan 2011 20:06:20 +0000

[...] for Best Startup or Product. Oh, and Groupon is in there too, because you can’t turn down a rumored $6 billion offer from Google without getting noticed. So, in only two weeks we’ll gather at the Palace of Fine Arts in San [...]

By: Why Google Should Buy a Groupon Clone: Tech News «

Why Google Should Buy a Groupon Clone: Tech News « — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 17:00:50 +0000

[...] knows it has some holes to fill, and was prepared to spend a bundle to do so. Groupon chose to remain independent and continue to scale, which will probably require more funding on top of the $165 million or so it has already raised, [...]

By: Robutt Deniro

Robutt Deniro — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 02:00:00 +0000

6 billion dollars is a ridiculous amount of money. I hope it works out for them