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Groupon's S-1: From Zero to Like? Billions in 30 Months ? AGILEVC

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They’ve grown from nothing to >$2B in revenue in 30 months time, making the company among the fastest growing businesses in the histroy of the world. How They Do It: Build email list of consumers interested in local deals (mainly via paid search & social network ads), sell coupon programs to merchants via telesales.

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Chewy S-1: Category Leadership + Conveyor Belt Into Consumers’ Homes

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revenue business still growing >50% YoY? Chewy now has over 10 million customers, repeat purchases by existing customers account for approximately 90% of their revenue today. This is analogous to SaaS companies like Slack or Dropbox, which have strong revenue growth just as their existing users consumer more of their service.

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LinkedIn: The Series A Fundraising Story ? AGILEVC

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LinkedIn’s product had only been live for a couple months, we only had tens of thousands of registered users, and wouldn’t start generating revenue for more than a year after this point. then we integrate loyalty programs, CRM, etc., link] Terence Donnelly. to personalize and enrich the experience.