So the latest buzz is, of course, all about the two big G’s: Groupon vs. Google.
It’s a battle for the new business age. An interesting duel that has no doubt left Google with a bitter taste in its mouth after Groupon’s rumored rejection of the search monster’s $6 billion bid.
Take a second to think about what I just said – Just two years into existence, this rookie online local marketing phenom has built an empire that Google (which pretty much runs the world at this point) is willing to offer $6 billion to own. Which means that the nice people at Google probably think Groupon is worth even more than that – or at least to them it would be.
They may still publicly be going through negotiations, but we think the subtext sounds a lot more like this…
Groupon: Na na nana na! No deal!
Google: Well sh*t!!
