{"id":97,"date":"2011-11-19T11:23:31","date_gmt":"2011-11-19T18:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/alisoneb\/?p=97"},"modified":"2011-11-19T11:48:49","modified_gmt":"2011-11-19T18:48:49","slug":"97","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/alisoneb\/2011\/11\/19\/97\/","title":{"rendered":"Groupon: a beacon for dotcom IPO’S everywhere"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Groupon Inc raised $700 million after increasing the size of its initial public offering, becoming the largest IPO by a U.S. Internet company since Google Inc raised $1.7 billion in 2004. (Reuter’s article)<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

It looks like Groupon, the 3-year-old coupon site, has finally emerged on top after encountering set back after set back, heavy competition (Jasmine Kirk made a great P5F<\/a> about this) and critique (see Logan Graham’s blog post<\/a> on some unsatisfied users!), and, all in all, very little faith from the experts. \u00a0In fact, I signed up for the site just to see what all the hype was about.<\/p>\n

Yet, somehow, instead the anticipated flop (by me, at least), Groupon has managed to keep their share price above $20, valuing their company at nearly $13 billion…not bad for the leader of ‘daily deals’. \u00a0Check it out:<\/p>\n

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However surprised we may be at Groupon’s success, you can bet that investors everywhere are keeping close tabs on Groupon in order to anticipate the value of potential shares for other primarily-online companies like Facebook and Twitter. \u00a0Personally, I find it very interesting that these internet start ups manage to dominate in the market! However, I guess it shouldn’t surprise me given the way technology has become inseparable from business (throwback to or BTM class!)…looks like it’s time to start investing in the world wide web.<\/p>\n

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