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		a5seo on Aug 17, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Groupon has no viable business model it wont be hard for them to IPO on a small float at 20-30B valuation... what will be hard is for VC's and employees to sell at that valuation once the lockup expires.

pbreit on Aug 17, 2011 [–]

Some will get paid out in the IPO, some will get paid out in a secondary and I doubt the stock will collapse on lockup expiration (it rarely does).

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