While no one has ever doubted Groupon’s impressive topline growth - the question has always been around the defensibility of a business that has so few barriers to entry. In its long awaited S-1, it's clear that … [Read more...]
The Daily Deal Stack
Analogies to mature markets are useful in predicting how new ones will evolve. One framework I like for Daily Deals is how the display ad technology landscape* shaped up. A friend of mine, Paul Knegten, pointed me to … [Read more...]
Why Facebook Deals Won't Kill Groupon, LivingSocial
Facebook Deals launched today and many are saying it's a Groupon-Killer. It isn't. Here's why: Facebook doesn't have a sales force. Facebook launched in five cities for a reason: it couldn't launch in more. Groupon … [Read more...]
Introducing HyperLocal Daily Deals
When we launched Yipit over a year ago, we wanted to solve the problem that the deals we were getting were for things we didn't like. So we built Yipit to collect your category preferences (restaurants for me, not … [Read more...]
Look out Groupon: Google Offers Launches
Google offers unveiled a sign-up page today for their new Google Offers program, a direct competitor to Groupon, LivingSocial and the 475 other daily deal sites aggregated by Yipit. Interestingly, Google offers seems to … [Read more...]
Business Development MBA Summer Role
Yipit is a venture backed NYC startup that aggregates 400 Daily Deals sites and recommends offers based on where you are and what you like. We are building the technology front end to a new multi-billion dollar … [Read more...]
Dead Heat: Groupon Down Another 32% in March, LivingSocial Ties It Up
We were all surprised to see Groupon's US revenue decline 30% in February, but apparently that's just the beginning. Yipit, as a daily deal aggregator, indexes offers from more than 400 services, including Groupon and … [Read more...]
Roundup: New York Times Daily Deal, Lawsuits, M&A and more
A lot's happened in the Daily Deal space since our last roundup. Virgin is launching a Daily Deals, while Virgin America launched its new Chicago routes with Groupon. The NYT is launching a deal site too, and you won't … [Read more...]
Yipit's Spring Speaking Tour: SXSW, BIA/Kelsey, Daily Deal Summit
Vin and I are excited to be giving some intensive presentations on the Daily Deal space this spring. Join us! SXSW Panel - Austin, TX Daily Deals: Where Ads Become Content An intensive discussion of the Daily Deal … [Read more...]
Why Groupon Was Forced to Run a Super Bowl Ad
Make no mistake about it, there's a war happening in the daily deal industry between Groupon and LivingSocial. In the beginning of January, Groupon was riding high, fresh from the Google acquisition rumors and at 45 … [Read more...]