Behind the Rise of Groupon : Infographics and Numbers

[Source: OnlineMBA.com]

While Groupon might  not have reached Facebook-like ubiquity or become a  household name  in the US . Gropon has raised considerable eyeballs and stakes, after it rejected Google's offer of buying it out for $6 Billion.

• Revenue run rate as of Nov/Dec – $2bn
• subscribers – 40m total, having added 4m in the last week.  This time last year they had 1.5m subscribers.
• employees – 3,100 total, up from 124 a year ago(source)

As competitors catches  with Groupon,It will always have an advantage of first mover in this vertical.As the  daily deals space became more intense..

And just a week ago, the company announced a huge round of funding— a $950 million Series G that put the company’s post-money valuation in the $6.4 billion to $7.8 billion neighborhood.

Here’s a tidy little infographic  from MASHABLE ,that sums it all up, including some interesting stats and numbers that flesh out the story of Groupon’s rise to the top.