Acquisition is the primary exit route of startups, only a very very tiny minority of startups going the IPO route. Despite me giving a list of Groupon clones w

Acquisition is the primary exit route of startups, only a very very tiny minority of startups going the IPO route. Despite me giving a list of Groupon clones who Groupon have acquired you seem to have missed the point. Groupon enters new markets by acquiring the leading player in the local market, it's absolutely not about features but rather about market share.