Quote: (03-01-2013 12:50 PM)renotime Wrote:
I can't believe they didn't sell to google.
Wasn't so simple at the time. Google couldn't guarantee that the DOJ wouldn't block the deal on anti-trust grounds. If they didn't allow the $6B deal to go through, Google would have paid Groupon an $800M cancellation fee (of sorts) and it probably would have been game over for Mason and the rest of Groupon.
Considering they were pulling in $50M/month at the time, it simply wasn't worth the risk.