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Oct 2019
40m 9s

The Founder of Groupon's New Thing!

Noah Kagan
About this episode

Andrew Mason is the founder and former CEO of Groupon… who had a VERY public firing. Today, I'm talking to Andrew about what he learned getting fired from the company he helped create, how he dusted himself off to start a new business, and more.

 

Full show notes at https://okdork.com/podcast/116

 
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