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I'd be interested in hearing Jason Fried's take on this. Isn't he an advisor for Groupon?

by nwjsmith 15y ago

hvs 15y ago
If he's an advisor to Groupon, then I'm pretty sure he can't say anything without violating a slew of SEC rules.
- pchristensen 15y ago
  http://mixergy.com/jason-fried-sortfolio-interview/ http://mixergy.com/jason-fried-sortfolio-interview/ "Andrew: You’re on the board of directors at Groupon. What have you learned from working with them? Jason: Sure. Well, just a clarification. I’m not on the board of directors anymore. Andrew: Board of advisors. Jason: I’m on the advisory board now instead, and that was a smart move by them. Andrew: Why? Jason: My main role there on the board was . . . the reason Andrew Mason asked me to be on the board was to help them with product ideas and work on product design and copyrighting and think about products because that’s what I think I’m good at. The board of directors isn’t really a place for that, especially at the stage that Groupon is at right now. They need people with international business experience. Howard Schultz came on after I left, the CEO of Starbucks. He knows brand name. He knows big business. He knows that stuff. I don’t know that stuff. That’s not my role. They need more people like that than people like me. By moving over to the advisory board, I’m working with Andrew. I was just working with him this morning on some stuff around their new Groupon Now product which is coming out short. Now, I’m doing really what I should be doing, which is working with Andrew and his team on product design and thinking about product copyrighting and that kind of stuff. It’s a better place for me, a better fit for me. That whole process of being on the board was absolutely fascinating, and I really enjoyed it. I feel like it was a bit lopsided because I certainly learned a lot more from them than they learned from me."
jasonfried 15y ago
I commented above: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2617160 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2617160

I'd be interested in hearing Jason Fried's take on this. Isn't he an advisor for Groupon?

hvs 15y ago

If he's an advisor to Groupon, then I'm pretty sure he can't say anything without violating a slew of SEC rules.

pchristensen 15y ago
http://mixergy.com/jason-fried-sortfolio-interview/ http://mixergy.com/jason-fried-sortfolio-interview/ "Andrew: You’re on the board of directors at Groupon. What have you learned from working with them? Jason: Sure. Well, just a clarification. I’m not on the board of directors anymore. Andrew: Board of advisors. Jason: I’m on the advisory board now instead, and that was a smart move by them. Andrew: Why? Jason: My main role there on the board was . . . the reason Andrew Mason asked me to be on the board was to help them with product ideas and work on product design and copyrighting and think about products because that’s what I think I’m good at. The board of directors isn’t really a place for that, especially at the stage that Groupon is at right now. They need people with international business experience. Howard Schultz came on after I left, the CEO of Starbucks. He knows brand name. He knows big business. He knows that stuff. I don’t know that stuff. That’s not my role. They need more people like that than people like me. By moving over to the advisory board, I’m working with Andrew. I was just working with him this morning on some stuff around their new Groupon Now product which is coming out short. Now, I’m doing really what I should be doing, which is working with Andrew and his team on product design and thinking about product copyrighting and that kind of stuff. It’s a better place for me, a better fit for me. That whole process of being on the board was absolutely fascinating, and I really enjoyed it. I feel like it was a bit lopsided because I certainly learned a lot more from them than they learned from me."

jasonfried 15y ago

I commented above: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2617160 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2617160