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zynga

In fairness, how much of that $20 billion did it deserve anyway?

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The best things come to those who wait… even if we want them right now.

MoneyStacks

We might not get a cut of this deal, but there’s a lot we can learn from it

Groupon just can’t seem to find its feet. Before it initially filed to go public, it was lauded as the top deals site on the web. In no time, it grew a substantial operation reaching thousands of merchants and millions of users. And then, with its first S1 filing, the honeymoon ended. Lack of profits, founders pulling big piles of cash out of the operation (via dividend payments following venture capital infusions) and merchant frustration were among the issues that surfaced.

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Mint.com, the web-based personal finance site owned by Intuit, updated its iPhone app. One of the new features is something all of us are aware of when tracking expenses but never (or rarely) formalize when tracking finances: Location. Introducing Manual Transactions for iPhone The updated Mint app now permits manually entering an expense (vs. automated [...]

shopping_bags

The social deals site is said to be talking to bankers about a $750 million capital raise … and a valuation of up to $15 billion!

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