My Name Is Andrew Mason, and I'll Be Here All Week
Ndrew Mason obviously thinks of himself as a funny guy, and he set out to build a funny company in Groupon. Just take a look at the paperwork he and his attorneys filed Thursday with the Securities and Exchange to announce an initial public offering for the daily deal leader.Mason's letter to prospective shareholders, part of the SEC presentation that announces the company is seeking to raise $750 million, isn't your typical federal corporate filing. It’s peppered with such phrases as:
Even a footnote can be funny, as when Mason explains the concept of Groupspawn, “a foundation we created that awards college scholarships to babies whose parents used a Groupon on their first date.”
If you’ve read many such filings, you know a letter from the CEO like Mason’s is unusual. If you haven’t, feel free to pull a few up on the SEC’s Edgar website.
But then, the free-wheeling 31-year-old isn’t your regular buttoned-down corporate chief executive, and the company he created less than three years ago—one that has grown revenues immensely since 2008 while losing money at an even faster clip—isn’t exactly normal either.
As the New York Times reports, poets give away copies of their verse in the lobby.
An advertisement for a staff-writer position describes one of the finer points of the job this way : “We strive to avoid marketing clichés, shooting instead for vivid description rooted in complete transparency and embellished with well-crafted absurdities.”
Mason’s own sense of humor is well documented.
Aaron With, the editor in chief at Groupon, has known Mason since the two played in a band together during their days at Northwestern University. He told the Chicago Tribune that Mason had, “a little bit of Andy Kaufman in him.”
Or maybe a lot. At a TechCrunch event, Mason appeared with a fake tan, slicked-back hair, and the air of a man about to change the world with his presentation.
On another occasion, he found himself slipping into corporate speak when talking about why he turned down a $6 billion offer from Google to buy his company. He stopped himself and said , “This is why I don’t like answering the questions. Because I immediately start saying bullshit.”
Mason’s sense of humor has also backfired, and on a very big stage. In a series of television ads first shown during the Super Bowl, Groupon seemed to be making light of some very unfunny incidents, including the Chinese occupation of Tibet. Mason said it was meant as a joke, but the Chinese weren’t laughing, and neither were activists who believe in a free Tibet. It was one of those “moments of sheer stupidity.
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