Business Model Deal Structure Employee Sales 
YoungUpstarts
NOVEMBER 13, 2012
by Christopher Wallace, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for Amsterdam Printing. This deal-of-the-day service was founded in November 2008 and quickly became a sensation. In lieu of the sale, they elected to go public and the $20 IPO share price initially valued Groupon at $13 billion. Questionable business model.
grasshopperherder.com
SEPTEMBER 24, 2011
Some have been as co-founder, most have been as a consultant with the possibility of becoming an paid employee, “as soon as we close our funding round.” While it’s flattering that someone might think I’m capable of immediately grasping all the complexities of the business instantly, it’s a bit unrealistic.
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