Groupon's Quotes

#1. Groupon's model: Getting the group discount rate first, finding the group second. The daily deal goes out and, if a minimum number of people sign up, they can all share in the group rate. Vendor gets customers, customers get a discount, Groupon gets a cut.

Rachel Sklar

#2. A ship is always referred to as 'she' because it costs so much to keep one in paint and powder.

Chester W. Nimitz

#3. A lot of what Groupon is generating is demand for something people didn't know they wanted.

Jeremy Stoppelman

#4. Groupon is a great concept packaged in a superb name, but the concept of group discounts is not new.

Rachel Sklar

#5. Generally she avoided mirrors. It embarrassed her to lose her own breath at the sight of herself.

Kristin Cashore

#6. Groupon as a company - it's built into the business model - is about surprise. A new deal that surprises you every day. We've carried that over to our brand, in the writing and the marketing that we do, and in the internal corporate culture.

Andrew Mason

#7. Since I became a dancer, I have felt much better about myself.

Margaret Cho

#8. Generally, what people tend to underestimate is the cyborg nature of Groupon. We are a company that has the DNA of being both a technology company and a heavily operational company.

Andrew Mason

#9. The popularity of Groupon has almost rendered the group-buying element of it obsolete, because we're able to deliver so many customers that the merchants are very happy with even the smallest number that we can provide.

Andrew Mason

#10. I came to the United States in the early '80s and was welcomed with open arms and given the opportunity to pursue my dreams. God has been very kind to us. My family and I are fortunate enough to be successful and we feel a tremendous responsibility and obligation to give back to our great country.

Naveen Jain

#11. Sleep is very precious to me. I love to sleep.

Tia Mowry

#12. I think there's a time to be private and a time to be public, and I think that companies like Facebook and Groupon are basically transformational companies. You don't come across them very often, and I'm pretty sure that they can continue to grow for a long time even being public.

Yuri Milner

#13. There are over 2,000 direct clones of the Groupon business model. However, there's an equal amount of proof that the barriers to success are enormous. In spite of all those competitors, only a handful are remotely relevant.

Andrew Mason

#14. Kai-Fu's Innovation Works is the top very-early-stage fund in China. We are proud to be an investor, and hope that IW will help to produce in China companies on the scale of Facebook, Zynga, or Groupon.

Yuri Milner

#15. Groupon looked like a very high valuation, but any investment in a great company at any stage is almost always a good investment.

Ben Horowitz

#16. We've only made three investments: Facebook, Groupon, and Zynga.

Yuri Milner

#17. Groupon has some interesting assets.

Matt Cohler

#18. I think the big thing about Groupon is just people had never seen anything grow quite so fast.

Andrew Mason

#19. You don't have to do it straight away, but just do it before it gets really bad

Karl Pilkington

#20. Our tenants now are companies like Uber, the taxi service, Meituan, China's version of Groupon - and a large number of startups. These companies operate in a modern way, just like their customers: They go on the Internet, look for an offer and take it.

Zhang Xin

#21. He lowered his head toward her, so she could feel his breath warm against
her skin, their mouths only inches apart. "You're panting for it, aren't you,
Princess?" he murmured.

Suzanne Enoch

#22. Frank," Belinda sounded more drained than angry. "When are you going to stop making excuses for him?" "He had a bad day at practice yesterday," Hildy went on as if she hadn't heard. "He's always weird when he's been bad at practice.

Richie Tankersley Cusick

#23. I've always said women make the best agents. Deceit comes naturally to them. It's hardly surprising: If you were born with a little hole half the population could stick its dick into whenever if felt like it you'd learn deceit too. Biology is destiny. You can't blame women.

Glen Duncan