When we first launched Yipit a year and half ago, people always asked us if we had a mobile app. But, at the time, there were only five active deals in New York. A mobile app for five deals seemed like overkill. Times have certainly changed for the deal industry and for us at Yipit [...]

Daily Deal Summit West – San Francisco We’re thrilled to sponsor the Daily Deal Summit again. Next month, hundreds of Daily Deal executives, media companies and industry analysts will convene in San Francisco to get up to speed on the state of play in one of the fastest growing industries ever. Great programming is the [...]

Yipit is a venture backed, NYC start-up that gathers thousands of daily deals and recommends them based on where you are and what you like. We are building a lot more than a Daily Deal aggregator. Deals are just a catalyst for the seismic shift in local spending: it’s moving online. We are building the [...]

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 industry. We are growing very quickly (nearing 200K subscribers, doubling every three months) and have received praise from The [...]

I’ll start by saying that, yes, $6 billion is a lot of money. It would be Google’s largest acquisition ever and a complete grand slam for Groupon, its employees and its investors. Why Sell Now? On the other hand, why would they sell now? Groupon is killing it like no one other company has ever killed [...]

Big couple of weeks for the Daily Deal space: Groupon’s foray into national brand deals was a home run, earning the company over $11 million in gross revenue with its Gap promotion. The company also acquired competitor sites in Japan and Russia. [GigaOm] Yelp launched its official Daily Deal service in San Diego. After previously [...]

For the longest time, many of our fans and subscribers have been asking us when we’d be coming to the Centennial State.  After all, Denver is one of America’s fastest growing cities and a major hub in the Mountain West.  The mile-high city blends old school western charm with modern technology and flair, where a [...]

It was an honor to be a part of today’s webinar: Local Social Commerce – The Explosion of Group Buying. Perry Evans, Greg Sterling and I shared some thoughts on the Daily Deal space and did some Q&A. The webcast is available in its entirety here, and my slides are below: Yipit Webinar 8-19-10 Thinking [...]

Hope you will all attend my webinar this Thursday, where I’ll be presenting some previously unpublished research on the space, including survey results of SMBs who have run Daily Deal promotions. The event is hosted by Greg Sterling, and I’ll joining Perry Evans, founder of Close.ly and MapQuest, to present data and field Q&A. Register here: Local Social Commerce: [...]

The South by Southwest Interactive Festival is one the foremost events in emerging technology each year. The discussion is largely driven public voting potential panel topics. We think the Daily Deal space should play a big role in the discussion come March. Your vote will help bring Group Buying to the SXSW conversation: Vote: Group Deals: [...]