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

Agile VC

When you’re company is growing >10x year over year, I suppose if management didn’t invest a lot in continued growth their board directors would line them up against the wall. If Groupon’s growth rate drops by 80% they’ll still be nearly tripling top line sales in 2012. What’s Your Favorite Future?

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Nicolas Brusson discusses BlaBlaCar’s journey from French success story to global winner

Cracking the Code

But the Valley in 1999 was a new world of startups, venture capital, and stock options. There were no social networks, let alone sharing economy then, so it took a while to take off. In your first M&A, it’s easy to believe you can manage two brands and two platforms. Back in 2006, that was a very weird concept.

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