Discounts from sites are helping some people fill holes in their health insurance coverage.
Mark Stella didn’t need an insurance card the last time he went to the dentist. Instead, he pulled out a Groupon.
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Groupon launches Groupon Goods.
On Wednesday, Groupon launched its online retail arm Groupon Goods for its American subscribers, moving beyond daily group discounts to compete with leaders like Amazon Inc.
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Groupon alternatives
Groupin is the largest daily deal site with more than 115 million subscribers. But it’s hardly the only one worth paying attention to.
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What will hit Groupon next?
A private, Chicago-based institution will be the first to put forth a deeply discounted deal on tuition via Groupon.
In an effort to bolster interest in its graduate teaching program,National Louis University will offer would-be teachers a Groupon for nearly 60% off tuition of an entry-level graduate teaching course…
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“Having the word ‘free’ somewhere in your ad attracts attention and creates a positive feeling.”
When businesses takes out an advertisement, they don’t have much space to convince you to buy their products. If it’s a television or radio spot, they might have 30 seconds to a minute. If it’s a print ad it maybe half a page unless they can afford a full-pager. That means they have to choose every word carefully to make the most impact.
Continue reading… “Buzzwords that make you spend your money”
Facebook, the world’s No.1 Internet social network.
Facebook has displaced Yahoo Inc to collect the largest slice of online display advertising dollars with Facebook’s advertising revenue in the U.S. totalling $2.2 billion in 2011.
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Groupon’s headquarters in the former Montgomery Wards’ catalog warehouse.
The prospect of finding the next Facebook, Groupon or Twitter is driving the biggest rush of venture capital into the Internet start-up arena since dot-com mania first boomed and then fizzled more than a decade ago.
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Less than three years after its founding, bankers are telling Groupon it could IPO at an astounding $25 billion valuation — greater than Google’s valuation when it first hit the public markets. We took a look at the lightning fast right that took Groupon to its current valuations.
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Mark Zuckerberg – Facebook
The nominations and votes are in from the Under30CEO audience and below we have put together the 30 most influential Under30CEO’s from 2010. Influence was asked to be judged on how much the person’s ventures were impacting the world and the way we live everyday. This entire group is tremendous and together their ventures are valued near $100billion and reach millions if not billions of people across the world. While most of these companies are private, we’ve done our best to find as much financial information available about their companies.
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