[OasisG]

Gap, eBay, Home Depot: all companies that still deliver rather consistent value to customers (if not to investors looking for a quick flip). A startup doesn't have to be new and shiny to turn a profit.

Sometimes I wonder if I'm living in a different universe when it comes to determining what success is.

[gfodor]

Yeah I found that jarring too. I thought for sure that his counter examples supporting his would be, you know, actual failures.

It doesn't sound like he's really arguing that Groupon isn't here to stay or is not going to be successful, he just is saying its going to lose its sex appeal and have to temper its aggressive discounting. Did anyone think otherwise?