Originally Posted by lazycash

I don't think Groupon not accepting the offer had anything to do with them thinking the business isn't sustainable. Yes part of Google's offer had performance incentives for managers, but it was a very small part of the offer, the core amount would have indeed paid to Groupon's owners had they accepted. I believe at the time, Groupon's owners felt with an ipo they could grow larger than a 6b valuation, however I bet they'd gladly accept that offer nowadays.