February 29th, 2016For a moment, I thought I was in the wrong place! Hadn’t there been a nearbuy office board, I would have mistaken it to be a cafeteria or some kind of reader’s club. Yes! This was the first impression I had as soon as I entered the nearbuy office place by Groupon. It surely is a place designed for the 21st-century folks, keeping in...
February 19th, 2016In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission last Friday, Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. revealed that it had acquired 32.972 million shares of class A common stock (about 5.6% of shares outstanding) in Groupon Inc. .
After the news published, Groupon’s stock was up more than 20%, touched $20 per share. One week ago,...
January 27th, 2016A Serial Entrepreneur, a Consultant, a Venture Partner and a Teacher – Yes, we are talking about just one person! Ankur Warikoo, CEO and co-founder of Nearbuy. He had a Chat session originally appeared on Quora - the knowledge sharing network where compelling questions are answered by people with unique insights.
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September 23rd, 2015Groupon an e-commerce company provides daily deals has announced on Tuesday to layoff approximately 1,100 positions and will shut operations in 7 countries.
Groupon will eliminate approximately 1,100 positions, primarily in international Deal Factory and Customer Service. The cuts represent over 10 percent of the company's more...
April 17th, 2015For online startups to gain user traction in any domain is a bumpy ride? There is no rocket science, but a perfect marketing strategy which sometimes works like Dropbox, which goes from 5000 to 75,000 users in one night using a video. Same like Dropbox today we are going to share insightful stories of online startups like Quora,...
