Hire great people and give them freedom to be awesome.

Groupon as a company - it's built into the business model - is about surprise. A new deal that surprises you every day. We've carried that over to our brand, in the writing and the marketing that we do, and in the internal corporate culture.

Globally local commerce is a $12 to $14 trillion market. If we get 10 percent of that, we'll be very happy.

I think the big thing about Groupon is just people had never seen anything grow quite so fast.

Most small business owners are not particularly sophisticated business people. That's not a criticism; they're passionate about cutting hair or cooking food, and that's why they got in the business, not because they have an MBA.

I think if there's any difference between me and a traditional CEO, it's that I've been unwilling to change myself or shape my personality around what's expected.

A lot of people can raise money.