Groupon's Suneel Gupta Talks About What He's Learned From the Company's Failures

Speaking at FailCon in San Francisco this morning, Suneel Gupta, the VP of product development at Groupon, listed some of Groupon’s failures and suggested how the company could have done better. Gupta admitted that the company’s lackluster stock price leaves Groupon staffers “discouraged,” but, he said, “having a mission that’s focused is super important.”

Speaking at FailCon in San Francisco this morning, Suneel Gupta, the VP of product development at Groupon, listed some of Groupon’s failures and suggested how the company could have done better.

Gupta admitted that the company’s lackluster stock price leaves Groupon staffers “discouraged,” but, he said, “having a mission that’s focused is super important.”

“If you look at the environment at Groupon a year ago when we were about to go public and now, it’s actually not that different,” he said.

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