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		jdp23 on June 2, 2011 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Groupon files for IPO When Webvan when public in 1999, they were predicting by 2001 they'd be at $518.2 million revenue with a $302 million net loss, roughly where Groupon is now. So you're quite right: GroupOn's farther down the path of losing a lot of money. Read more: http://news.cnet.com/THE-DAY-AHEAD-Webvan-revs-IPO-as-questi... http://news.cnet.com/THE-DAY-AHEAD-Webvan-revs-IPO-as-questi...

halo on June 2, 2011 | [–]

On the other hand, in the year 2000 Amazon made a net loss of $1.4 billion(!) on revenues of $2.7 billion.

brown9-2 on June 2, 2011 | [–]

Eh, those are all hopeful predictions. Actual revenue numbers for the year in which Webvan filed for IPO (1999):

"projecting revenue of $11.9 million and a $73.8 million loss"

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