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" I had learnt from my years of being in the services business, like networking and closely watching the early days of the Internet, that scale leads to many possibilities. "
Peter Barris
Networking
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" We had this unbelievable faith that no business has done, quite frankly, and we tripped along the way doing it, but within two years, we were in 40-plus countries. So we ran at an amazing pace, and this is where venture capitalists play a role. Making Groupon into what it is today, we had no role in it; the entrepreneurs did it. "
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" Obviously there are positives to working in the epicenter of innovation. But there are also disadvantages. There is a groupthink mentality that goes on. Being based outside of Silicon Valley, you're not as subject to it. "
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" Risk and failure is a part of our equation, and if you are seeing too little failure, you are actually probably not taking enough risks. "
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