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How to Steal the Next Billion Dollar Website Idea: A Case Study

Viper Chill

On the 15th of January 2008 the domain name Groupon.com went live for the first time. In 2010, Singaporean Karl Chong was visiting New York and noticed the rising popularity of group buying websites across the U.S. In December of 2010 – less than a year after the site launched – it was purchased by Groupon for $24m.