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The Fall of Groupon: Is the Daily Deals Site Running... The company is stuck in a sort of Catch-22: Groupon must spend to grow, but must continue growing to cover its operational expenditures As of June 30, Groupon had $225 million in cash on hand, according to an amended S-1 the daily-deals website filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Sounds like a lot....

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Don't Mean To Be Alarmist, But Groupon Is Running Low... Henry Blodget | Aug. 17, 2011 One of the fastest-growing companies in history, Groupon, is running low on cash. The company is not broke. It can also presumably raise additional capital in the private markets if its IPO gets further delayed. But Groupon's cash cushion relative to its liabilities is small--and...

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Groupon, LivingSocial traffic slips in July By: John Pletz August 30, 2011 (Crain's) — Groupon Inc. and rival LivingSocial.com both saw declines in web visits in July from June, according to Kantar Media Compete, a Boston-based company that tracks online traffic. Groupon's unique visits fell 8.9% to 30.6 million in July, the first month-to-month decline this...

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Facebook and Yelp retreat from daily deals By Julianne Pepitone @CNNMoneyTech August 30, 2011: 2:14 PM ET Facebook scrapped its group buying program after only four months, while Yelp cut its Deals staff in half.  NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Groupon's success in the daily deals space spawned hundreds of copycat sites and inspired big companies like Google...

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Why Groupon Lacks a Viable Business Model The daily deal site has ditched the contrived profitability metric ACSOI, but creating real profits will prove a challenge, says Harvard blogger Rob Wheeler   “All right, you caught us. We’re actually not making any money. In fact, we are really losing a lot of money.” This is the essence of Groupon’s...

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