Andrew Mason
Andrew Mason
Andrew D. Masonis an American businessman and entrepreneur. He is the founder and former CEO of Groupon, a Chicago-based website offering users discounts on local businesses...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
CountryUnited States of America
using word
I find myself using the word 'executives' now.
listening woe sainthood
Sainthood emerges when you can listen to someone's tale of woe and not respond with a description of your own.
term stills
In terms of fear, I still am most afraid of Freddie Kruger.
serious-person serious persons
I'm weird. But I'm a pretty serious person.
wrinkles laughing ifs
If you laugh a lot, when you get older your wrinkles will be in the right places.
being-yourself inspiration giving
I've been very lucky, from the beginning. I've found that as long as you're fundamentally good - as long as you're not being bad to people - people give you a lot of room to be yourself, because being yourself is being honest. And that's what people want to see.
one-thing keep-going
One thing I've come to learn about myself is that I have to keep going.
very-happy commerce ifs
Globally local commerce is a $12 to $14 trillion market. If we get 10 percent of that, we'll be very happy.
businesses exist few primarily products stories success
One of the things I realized... is how few success stories there are in websites or products or businesses that exist primarily for an altruistic purpose.
businesses experience local
The experience is fundamentally different for buying from local businesses than it is for buying consumer goods.