Description:  Groupon Inc. founder and Chairman Eric Lefkofsky may parlay a $1 million check to co-founder Andrew Mason four years ago into a stake worth $2.3 billion when the daily-deal site sells shares to the public next month.

Source:  Bloomberg.com

Date: 10/22/2011

Link:   http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-21/groupon-ipo-may-value-stake-held-by-chairman-lefkofsky-s-at-2-3-billion.html

Questions for discussion:

• Given the information in this report, how should potential investors evaluate the price of Groupon`s IPO shares?
• What are the risks to future earnings?