Washington, DC Poised To Become More Awesome for Businesses Starting With LivingSocial

July 13, 2012 by 1 Comment

Earlier this week, the DC Council implemented another Business incentive that was recommended to DC mayor by the local entrepreneurs including myself. The Council unanimously passed  the Social E-Commerce Job Creation Tax Incentive Act of 2012 bill that provides LivingSocial, the social daily deals company with future tax breaks that could total $32.5 million over a 10-year period.  Read more of this post

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Couponing: The Web’s Hottest Business Model

August 2, 2010 by Leave a comment


I’ve  been following the online coupon companies like Groupon and LivingSocial since March of this year. I started even paying  more attention to  such a new hot space, when noticed both Google and  Yelp were also gearing up for online couponing  last month. Not to mention our beloved DC-Based Living Social who just landed another cool $10 mil investment on top of their previously $49 Mil raised so far. The space is certainly HOT and getting very crowded. Read more of this post

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The World of Digital Coupon about to get more Crowded

July 27, 2010 by 1 Comment


No, it’s not  another digital coupon company like Groupon or LivingSocial, I am talking the user generated review company, Yelp and soon about.com, and going.com, etc.

I spent about one hour a day on Yelp. I noticed this comment thread today that began late last month when one of their user Cam H noticed a deal running for $20 for $45 of services at a salon and other users have been yapping about it since then. Read more of this post

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Groupon launches Daily Deals on Android

July 23, 2010 by 7 Comments


Android Market is certainly catching App Store, non only in number of apps, but also in quality of apps. The Deal-a-day company, Groupon released their app for Android yesterday. The free app enables users to buy deals in over 65 cities, access their purchased Groupons and find ones that are nearby.

The app is very similar to Groupon’s iPhone app, which was launched earlier this year. Upon launch, users will immediately see the current deal of the day with a timer that counts down the time left to buy. Users can also navigate to the My Groupons portion of the app to view the deals they have already purchased and filter by expiring, recent and nearby.

One question though:
Given Groupon emails you the deal of the day on daily basis, why would I need an app for it? I already see their deal when it pops up in my notifications. What am I missing? Unless, it allows me to show the deal’s barcode screen to the business owner which I doubt that is the case. I have to download it to find out. Anyone has already downloaded it? Read more of this post

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