Aaron Kocourek Entrepreneur

After four and a half intense and wonderful years as CEO of Groupon, I’ve decided that I’d like to spend more time with my family. Just kidding – I was fired today. If you’re wondering why… you haven’t been paying attention. – Andrew Mason

One thing I just don’t understand is why founders of companies don’t acknowledge their strengths and weaknesses. Take a look at Facebook, Yahoo, YouTube and now Groupon as prime examples, just because you had a great idea and grew it to a popular company doesn’t immediately qualify you to run a billion dollar empire. You made hundreds of millions, great, now step aside and allow an experienced proven CEO to lead your company. Google’s founders did, and not only did Google survive, but it is thriving. Continue Reading…

I get asked this question all the time ‘Why do you live in Nashville, Tennessee and not New York City or Silicon Valley?” Well I think the simple answer to that question is that I am happy here. I have lived all over the nation and I found that Nashville is where I belong. It is a business friendly state and a great city for Tech startups. Yes, you may not have all the tech talent that you would else where but the work ethic of the people here is unparallel. Oh and I forgot one major benefit ‘NO STATE INCOME TAX!’.