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Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where Groupon comes up
20VC: The Science of Storytelling: Three Steps to Master the Perfect Story | From Near Death Experience to Unicorn Startup: The Untold Story of Omaze with Matt Pohlson
- ▶ 1:19:21 Matthew Pohlson Even Airbnb and Groupon at the time tried to do, but that machine is why we were able to beat them, um, and so we learned watching that from him.
Raman Malik: Inside Perplexity’s Growth Machine: What Worked, What Did Not Work | E1226 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 41:19 Raman Malik Dropbox, Dropbox, like with the referral program, Groupon and email, Pinterest and SEO, Duolingo, and just like a totally unhinged social media, right?
Jason Lemkin: Crowdstrike, WTF Happens From Here? Wiz Rejects Google’s $23BN Acquisition Offer|E1181 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 12:59 Jason Lemkin This is the old Groupon play.
Rich Liu: Sales in 2023; How to Onboard, Manage and Scale Reps; PLG vs Enterprise Growth | E1023 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Julio Vasconcellos: Scaling to $100M and 1,200 Employees and then Cratering | 20VC #928 · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
- ▶ 7:25 unnamed speaker So a question from a mutual friend, Hugo Barra, he said, what was it like being a part of, at the start, what was the kind of Groupon clone gold rush? 3 times in the scene
20Growth: The Biggest Lie in Startup Growth and Marketing, Why You Do Not Need To Diversify Customer Acquisition Channels in the Early Days & When and How To Build Your Growth Team with Rob Schutz, Co-Founder and Chief Growth Officer @ Ro
- ▶ 4:24 Rob Schutz And once daily deals got really hot, once Groupon filed for an IPO, I sold the business.
20VC Unscripted: Pricing is Crazy, Pre-Emptive Rounds are Normal, Pricing at 200x Revenue Multiple is Common, There is More Cash Than Ever. What Happens Next; Market Analysis with Ryan Denehy, Founder and CEO @ Electric
- ▶ 0:31 Harry Stebbings As for Ryan, he's a three X entrepreneur, with his first company being acquired by USA Today Sports, and his second company, Swarm Mobile, being acquired by Groupon in 2014.
- ▶ 2:42 Ryan Denehy My second business was a retail analytics startup that was acquired by Groupon in
20VC: Nubank CEO David Velez on Scaling Nubank to a $25BN Company, Why What Makes a Great Founder Does Not Make a Great CEO & The Responsibility Framework and How Leaders Can Use It To Drive Efficiency
- ▶ 22:52 David Vélez So, it actually reminded me a lot of one of the trends that we were seeing in Brazil in 2011 with Groupon. 3 times in the scene
20VC: Why Venture Fund Life Cycles Do Not Align To Companies Today, Actionable Strategies To Separate Good From Great When Assessing and Hiring Multiple Candidates & Why We Need More Adventure in Venture Capital with Blake Scholl, Founder & CEO @ Boom Sup
- ▶ 0:53 Harry Stebbings Kima Labs, acquired by Groupon in 2012, where he then spent two further years before founding Boom.
- ▶ 3:39 Blake Scholl That was a tiny internet service provider, so I've wanted to start things virtually my entire adult life, and my first company, Kima Labs, was a mobile e-commerce company that was acquired by Groupon, and I looked back at that experience,… 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 4:59 Harry Stebbings I do have to ask, you mentioned Groupon, you also spent time at Amazon. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 13:02 Blake Scholl My best intro was a guy who had worked for me at Groupon, had played hockey in college, was someone who now worked at SpaceX.
- ▶ 27:03 Blake Scholl So Jeff hired me at Amazon, coming up on 20 years ago now, straight out of school, when he was running supply chain at Amazon, and I worked for him there, I worked for him at his startup, again at Groupon, and now he's on the board at Boom.
20VC: Why Pre-Product Market Fit Is About Systems Design Not Engineering, The Right Way For Leaders To Approach Wartime Leadership Today & A Guide To Recruitment Forward Planning with Ryan Denehy, Founder & CEO @ Electric
- ▶ 0:41 Harry Stebbings Ryan then spent five years at USA Today in numerous different roles, and following that period, Ryan started his second company, Swarm, which was acquired by Groupon just three years after the founding of that.
- ▶ 4:47 Ryan Denehy And then fortunately we had a, we had a great exit to group on two years later, and I was able to revisit the idea for electric.
20VC: Softbank Managing Partner, Jeff Housenbold on How Softbank Approach Portfolio Construction, Their Optimal Investment Decision-Making Process and What Excites Softbank Most In Opportunities Today
- ▶ 0:53 Harry Stebbings Jeff has sat on the board of Caesars Entertainment, the world's largest casino entertainment company, Groupon and Chegg, and is currently a member of the Board of Trustees of Carnegie Mellon University.
20VC: Clearbanc's Michele Romanow on Why 40% of VC $ Raised Today Goes To Google and Facebook, How To Create A Financing Mechanism For The Repeatable Parts Of Your Business & Why We Need To Stop Celebrating Fundraises
- ▶ 0:40 Harry Stebbings As for Michelle, prior to ClearBank, she founded SnapSaves, a leading mobile savings platform that was acquired by Groupon.
- ▶ 5:45 Michele Romanow That company was acquired by Groupon in 2014. 2 times in the scene
20VC: Learnings From Backing The Likes of Spotify and Airbnb, The World of Growth Investing Today and The Right Way For Investors To Think About Liquidity with Woody Marshall, General Partner @ TCV
- ▶ 0:38 Harry Stebbings Woody joined TCV in 1995, and has since led investments in Spotify, Netflix, Airbnb, Peloton, Groupon, Dollar Shave Club, the list really does go on, and due to this phenomenal success, Woody's been named numerous times for the Midas list…
20VC: Lightspeed's Nicole Quinn on Why We Are Not In A Consumer Downturn, Why M&A Has Not Been This Exciting For A Long Time & Why Amazon Is Never Your Friend
- ▶ 0:45 Harry Stebbings It was at Morgan Stanley that Nicole worked on the IPOs for Facebook, Groupon, and Pandora.
20VC: The 3 Forms Of Edge A Founder Can Have, Lessons From Being on A Board With Bill Gates & Why There Are A Lot Of Tourist VCs Who Are Going To Lose A Lot Of Money, with Josh Wolfe, Co-Founder @ Lux Capital
- ▶ 15:00 Josh Wolfe It's not a Groupon marketing thing where you have 5000 global competitors,
20VC: Investing In Sectors That Were Cool 2 Years Ago, What Accel's Facebook Fund Taught a Generation of LPs & Why LPs Need A New Discovery Process with Paul Martino, Founding Partner @ Bullpen Capital
- ▶ 8:52 Paul Martino Groupon is another example of one at the point in time. 3 times in the scene
20 VC 088: David Frankel @ Founder Collective: The Most Founder Friendly VC in Existence
- ▶ 18:03 David Frankel Um, he was going to do a daily deal site like Groupon.
20 VC 080: How VCs Can Differentiate Themselves with Patricia Nakache, General Partner @ Trinity Ventures
- ▶ 0:28 Harry Stebbings And then you've got pay scale being acquired by Warburg Pincus, uptake being acquired by Groupon, and many, many more.
20 VC 078: BETAWORKS WEEK: Matt Hartman, Director of Seed Investments @ Betaworks
- ▶ 0:19 Harry Stebbings Matt is Director of Seed Investments at Betaworks, who have invested in the likes of Tumblr, Airbnb, Groupon, and Twitter, and
20 VC 069: Jeff Clavier, King of Seed Funding @ SoftTech VC on Brad Feld, Fitbit and Standout Startups
- ▶ 0:46 Harry Stebbings His portfolio is astonishing, and it also includes acquisitions by giants like Groupon, Twitter,