Lefkofsky as Would-Be Schmidt Tested at Groupon After IPO: Tech
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Eric Lefkofsky prodded Andrew Mason in 2008 into giving up work on a website called The Point to focus on a successor project -- an e-commerce company called Groupon Inc.
Lefkofsky had invested $1 million in The Point, a site that helps aspiring activists raise funds and build petition lists, and he fretted that his investment wasn’t panning out, people familiar with the matter said. That’s when Mason began work on Groupon.