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Groupon and Descript: Andrew Mason

2024/9/9
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Andrew Mason: 本期节目讲述了Andrew Mason如何创立Groupon，以及他被解雇后的经历。他坦诚地谈论了Groupon的成功与失败，以及他在领导力方面的经验教训。他分享了Groupon的快速发展、与竞争对手的竞争、以及最终被解雇的经历。他还谈到了他创立的另一个公司Descript，以及他对成功的看法。他认为成功是努力、机遇和运气共同作用的结果，并表示他对Groupon的失败经历感到满意，并从中获得了成长。 Guy Raz: 本期节目探讨了创业过程中的失败与成功，以及如何从失败中学习。主持人Guy Raz与Andrew Mason进行了深入的访谈，探讨了Groupon的崛起、发展、以及最终的衰落。访谈中，Andrew Mason分享了他创立Groupon的初衷、公司发展过程中的挑战、以及他被解雇后的感受。他还谈到了他创立的另一个公司Descript，以及他对创业的看法。

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Andrew Mason, growing up in suburban Pittsburgh, developed a passion for computers and business. He explored website creation in high school but was briefly deterred by a classmate's success. Despite this, his interest in technology and business persisted, influencing his later pursuits.
  • Early interest in computers and business.
  • Briefly deterred by a classmate's success.
  • Persistent interest in technology and business.

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Andrew Mason was a 27-year-old with a degree in music when he co-founded one of the fastest growing companies of all time: Groupon. Its deep discounts on everything from sushi rolls to plastic surgery soon became a ubiquitous part of life in cities across the world. In 2011, just three years after launching, Groupon had the largest internet IPO since Google, with a valuation of $12.7 billion.

But people began to complain that Andrew was not up to the role of CEO: he was quirky and unpredictable, and unable to navigate the company’s rocket-ship growth and the surge of copycats that threatened it. Soon, Groupon’s revenue slumped, and Andrew was fired from the company he’d started. But like many of the best entrepreneurs, he learned from his failure. Today, Andrew runs a new startup, an audio and video editing platform called Descript. In fact, we use Descript to make this show! 

This episode was produced by Chris Maccini with music by Ramtin Arablouei.

Edited by Neva Grant, with research from Kathrine Sypher. Our audio engineers were Maggie Luthar and Robert Rodriguez.

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