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Hundreds of millions of dollars already went to the founders. The only risk is whether they'll be super rich or ultra super rich.

• jonknee 15y ago
  There are more stakeholders in the company than the founders.
  • staunch 15y ago
    Sure, but the founders (and the rest of the board) made the decision not to sell. You can call them fools, but they're laughing all the way to the bank.
    • jonknee 15y ago
      Possibly laughing all the way to the bank, it could end up that Google was a much better deal.
• teej 15y ago
  Incorrect. Tens of millions of dollars already went to founders. Only investors cashed out in the 9 figure range. [1] That's a huge difference, especially considering that Groupon fancies itself a $30B company. [1] - http://www.businessinsider.com/the-millions-of-dollars-groupons-investors-and-executives-have-already-taken-off-the-table-2011-6 http://www.businessinsider.com/the-millions-of-dollars-group...
  • staunch 15y ago
    Nope. Groupon was started by Andrew Mason and Eric Lefkofsky (who also put up the first money). Eric Lefkofsky through his investment shells^Wcompanies took more money out than anyone else.