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LivingSocial co-founder Aaron Battalion quits

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Re: LivingSocial co-founder Aaron Battalion quits

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Post by jinushaun »

doktrin wrote: post #36
lawnchair_larry wrote: post #3

Is anything LivingSocial did something to be proud of? It seems like the majority of those who invested in or did business with LivingSocial suffered greatly. That's fine, sometimes things don't work out, but I don't know why you'd brag about it. "millions of consumers around the world have experienced their local cities because of our products" Sounds like he is reaching, just a bit...

If I had co-founded LivingSocial, I would not have considered the last n years of my life wasted, nor do I believe the majority of contributors here would either.

I would be so lucky to have cofounded a company like LS. My score so far is zero.

Re: LivingSocial co-founder Aaron Battalion quits

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Post by flip_do »

andyjsong wrote: post #30
incision wrote: post #17

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I don't see anyone making negative comments about this guy as an individual, just Living Social as a business. Personally, I couldn't find much positive to say about them when they started laying people off back in November[1] and I don't see much positive now. You're right, I can't claim to have created anything with "near as much reach as LS" or as the same "massive consumer impact". However, I can't see what reach…

When you're a co-founder of a business, and someone rags on it, they take it very personally. They might not make it apparent to the public, but they care, a lot.

If he cared that much, then why would he leave? A captain should go down with his ship. Here's a guy who made a boatload of money, and now he's leaving 4,000 employees behind who are probably going to be looking for new jobs inside of a year. He should take it personally.

Re: LivingSocial co-founder Aaron Battalion quits

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Post by vicks711 »

lawnchair_larry wrote: post #3

Is anything LivingSocial did something to be proud of? It seems like the majority of those who invested in or did business with LivingSocial suffered greatly. That's fine, sometimes things don't work out, but I don't know why you'd brag about it. "millions of consumers around the world have experienced their local cities because of our products" Sounds like he is reaching, just a bit...

Agree with you. LivingSocial ran a big "spam" ad campaign targeted towards India in 2011. They would show ads online asking users to sign up to check deals in local cities.

After signing up one would find that LivingSocial was not serving ANY Indian city. It seems the objective of the campaign was to collect e-mail ids.

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