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1. 181.▲
   by clobber 15y ago

   New customers that never return.
2. 182.▲
   by clobber 15y ago

   So, skydiving. This is interesting but I'd say you're in the minority compared to most businesses that try Groupon (like restaurants, cafes) and have high fixed costs and slim margins. Thanks for the write up though.
3. 183.▲
   by clobber 15y ago

   Of course you're going to sell a lot of Groupons. But what was the real cost to you based on your margins from whatever you were selling/discounting? Any repeat business from said Groupon customers once the deals are over? I think this is t
4. 184.▲
   by clobber 15y ago

   His first sentence really sums it all up: "I’m tired of seeing small businesses get screwed."
5. 185.▲
   by clobber 15y ago

   Search by image? Sounds like TinEye
6. 186.▲
   by clobber 15y ago

   Short answer: no
7. 187.▲
   by clobber 15y ago

   Maybe because financial services don't make anything. They don't build anything.
8. 188.▲
   by clobber 15y ago

   This is correct. Emails should be no wider than 600px
9. 189.▲
   by clobber 15y ago

   Have to keep in mind that the 40%+ that Groupon spends on marketing and customer acquisition largely goes to Google in the form of AdWords spend. Google still wins because of all they make from Groupon from AdWords.
10. 190.▲
    by clobber 15y ago

    To my knowledge, YouTube only breaks even.
11. 191.▲
    by clobber 15y ago

    Not so sure. To quote Zed Shaw: "If they have a blog, speak at conferences, publish papers, or write books then they are public figures" Thank Larry Flynt
12. 192.▲
    by clobber 15y ago

    Yes. Stay clear of Lefkofsky and Lightbank http://lightbank.com/
13. 193.▲
    by clobber 15y ago

    This is correct. Though it's well over 3000+ employees. Nearly 7000 and most of them are sales people. I've been inside and interviewed at Groupon and it's rows and rows of people on the phone for as far as the eye can see.
14. 194.▲
    by clobber 15y ago

    Are we expected to type all URLs into Google search now? This is an awful idea.
15. 195.▲
    by clobber 15y ago

    Thanks. I was thinking how long it took for "Agile Web Development with Rails 4th Edition" to come out and now 3.1 is on the way. Luckily guides like railstutorial.org update along with new Rails releases.
16. 196.▲
    by clobber 15y ago

    Will this make all my latest Rails 3.0 books worthless?