Subject: FW: Groupon Rejects $6B Google Offer
From: "Neil Callahan" <[email-masked]>
To: "'Devon Archer'" <[email-masked]>, "'Hunter Biden'" <[email-masked]>
Cc: "'Eric Schwerin'" <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 18:09:33 -0500

Hi guys,

I am not sure if you are following this trend, but these "group buy" sites
are hot, Groupon (http://www.groupon.com/) just rejected a $6B takeover bid
from google (that takes balls).

I mentioned http://livingsocial.com/about  to you guys last Spring - anyhow
they are in DC and their CEO is a Georgetown alum (Tim O'Shaughnessy -
another handsome mick)

Anyhow - these guys have built a company from nothing to at least $4B is the
last couple of years.

We should befriend them on a few fronts:

- sell them to Greg Penner's group who loves this space esp in China
- represent this concept to the management of government benefits and
services:  we can take it to the states, USG, etc. (deploy on Kiosks with
NCR)
- they will soon be billionaires that live down the street, so we should
know them so we can ask them for money
- coupons for cool stuff

Best,

Neil

Groupon Rejects $6B Google Offer

http://www.emii.com/Article.aspx
[Neil Callahan Comments] 

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