Andrew Mason
Andrew Mason
Andrew D. Masonis an American businessman and entrepreneur. He is the founder and former CEO of Groupon, a Chicago-based website offering users discounts on local businesses...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
believe people
If I told people that I knew what I was doing, nobody would believe me, so why even try and fake it?
people figures experimentation
It takes some experimentation to figure out what people like and don't like.
people raises
A lot of people can raise money.
people secret crafts
If you have a great business, if you're great at your craft people should be coming in there. It shouldn't be this secret.
thinking people bigs
I think the big thing about Groupon is just people had never seen anything grow quite so fast.
giving people great-people
Hire great people and give them freedom to be awesome.
appalled create decided free grown industry people teaching video wholesome
I'm appalled that an industry has grown around teaching a practice as wholesome and spiritual as yoga, so I decided to create my own free video to help people get started.
both dna nature people technology tend
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.
context customers decisions open people provide stick
If you're open with people and provide context for the decisions that your making, customers will stick with you.
businesses experience local
The experience is fundamentally different for buying from local businesses than it is for buying consumer goods.
If you look at Myspace, Facebook was a better product. It's as simple as that.
businesses exist few primarily products stories success
One of the things I realized... is how few success stories there are in websites or products or businesses that exist primarily for an altruistic purpose.
almost customers deliver element rendered smallest
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.
add board continue fit privileged work
I'm going to continue doing my thing and work my butt off to add value for shareholders and as long as they and the board see fit to keep me in this role, I feel enormously privileged to serve.