Groupon is About to Run a Groupon on Itself

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Nov 25, 2011, 4:21 PM UTC

raganwald wrote: post #5

georgeriths wrote: post #3

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I think the point the author is making is more about the irony of the "idea" rather than the actual price of the stock... but that's just me.

I know, I know, but I couldn't resist the opportunity to explore the ideas of how the markets differ. As for kicking them while they're down, given that the founders have already walked away with the money, the people getting "punished" are employees and the sucker investors who bought the story. People will probably call for stricter lockup periods, but as long as investment banks and VCs are allowed to get rich fli…