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How Dodgy Groupon Could Go Public Next Month
Ryan Tate · 09/15/11 07:09PMGroupon Scrapped Its IPO Plans Amid Federal Questioning
Ryan Tate · 09/06/11 04:11PMJustin Bieber Brings His Unique Pop Stylings to the Tech Bubble
Adrian Chen · 09/06/11 02:05PMRuinous Startup Airbnb Will Expand Its Failure Division
Ryan Tate · 09/01/11 04:14PMAirbnb, a website for renting your apartment to to tourist meth heads, has announced plans for a big expansion. Which is funny, because less than a month ago Airbnb was profusely apologizing for failing to protect customers, return phone calls or even blog properly. It must be time to lean in to the failure.
Is Groupon's Bizarre CEO Ruining His IPO?
Ryan Tate · 08/30/11 08:16PMThere's something charming about Andrew Mason's goofiness. "I feel like clout is something that builds up on your teeth," the Groupon CEO once told Today in response to a question about his influence. But with two top lieutenants out the door in as many weeks, you have to wonder if the antics are starting to grate.
26-Year-Old Founder Says He's Way Smarter Than 25-Year-Old Founders
Ryan Tate · 08/30/11 02:31PMIs Groupon Getting Desperate?
Ryan Tate · 08/23/11 09:46PMCheck Out the Repulsive Side of Silicon Valley
Ryan Tate · 08/22/11 04:35PMSilicon Valley's loathsome side is ready for its closeup again, judging from the recent press. You know, the side that says it deserves a tech bubble even as it insists none is forming; the side that's greedy but pretends money doesn't matter; and the side that dresses up clubby insularity as a virtue.
Groupon Is Kinda Insolvent
Ryan Tate · 08/18/11 03:13PMA Facebook Billionaire's Big Dumb Failure
Ryan Tate · 08/16/11 02:51PMPeter Thiel is finally admitting there's a big blotch on his resumé that needs to be cleaned up. Becoming Facebook's first institutional investor was brilliant; thinking he was smart enough to predict big economic swings was incredibly dumb. Six billion dollars dumb. So Thiel will retreat into tech investing.
Groupon Triples Its Losses
Ryan Tate · 08/10/11 04:36PMGroupon is getting ready to go public, so naturally the online discounts startup has ratcheted up the rate at which it is bleeding cash, posting a $103 million quarterly loss, triple the loss for the same period last year. If tech bubble investors demand growth at any cost, Groupon will damn sure give it to them.
The Market Dive Is Slaughtering Your Favorite Music Website
Ryan Tate · 08/08/11 12:47PMGroupon's Bullshit Accounting Bewilders the Feds
Ryan Tate · 07/28/11 02:01PMGoogler Quits During Televised Speech
Ryan Tate · 07/27/11 05:37PMGoogle wants to get into the LOLcat business, but Steve Yegge is damned if he's going to help; the engineer told a tech conference that "I am officially quitting that job on national TV." Also in today's Valleywag roundup: Google is showering programmers with 50 percent raises and trips to Paris; Karl Rove advertised in his favorite gay sex app; and a tech writer is minting money off a single review.