You’re so right! I think we tend to equate failure with not living up to our expectations, no matter how unrealistic they were. Andrew is probably comparing hi

You’re so right! I think we tend to equate failure with not living up to our expectations, no matter how unrealistic they were. Andrew is probably comparing his actual outcome with the potential outcome that was envisioned when Groupon was flying high. He’s not in the three comma club like he expected, or like his (former) peers are. Hence, “failure”. You could argue that anyone reading this right now on a computer is probably anthropologically successful enough that “failure” is never a fair term to apply to them.