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Groupon's latest deal spent, spent millions on commercials and in return get millions of people angry. my friend tweeted i guess groupon decided to do a funny commercial about tibet because darfur would be in bad taste. here is another one of the super bowl ads that takes a sharp turn in the middle. >> the brazilian rainforest, one of nature's most lush ecosystems. hi, i am elizabeth hurley. the rainforest is being threatened. not all defor he is tags is bad. since 100 of us bought at groupon.com, we are saving 50% on a wax at completely bare in new york city. >> save the money, a lot of great...

>> he was just having fun. >> oh. i'll hear the rest of that story later. >> there is another mystery to talk about. it all goes without saying. we love a bargain and a growing number of websites are pooling people together to get bargains. one of the first and most popular is groupon.com. it is a combination of group and coupon. it turns out saving people money is big business. "forbes" magazine calls group-on the fastest growing company, ever. "minding your business" this morning, i'm joined by groupon's 29-year-old ceo andrew mason. great to see you this morning. thanks for joining us. >> t...

City. there's always a minimum number of people that need to buy. as long as we hit that minimum, then everybody gets the deal. that way the business owner is getting what they want which is a huge number of new customers in the door and the customer's getting a great price. >> is this really capitalizing on these bad economic times and the fact if people can save money they'll go do it? >> we think that groupon -- the reason it's taken off in the way that it has, it is an alternative to the classic city guide. it is a way from people to get out from in front of the computer and rediscover the...

Get different deals depending on gender, exact location, buying history, et cetera. so our biggest concern from our customers -- male customers would say stop sending me deals on manicure, pedicure packages. female customers would say stop sending me deals on paintball and this allows us to serve both better. >> keep the deals on golf coming. that was yesterday's here in new york city. andrew mason, great to talk to you this morning. thanks so much. >> thanks for having me. >> he's 29 years old. huh? >> yeah. 29 years old and the company on track to do $1 billion in revenue maybe in the next y...

>> some things in life are just inexplicable. i guess that's one of them. if you like to go online for bargains, odds are you've heard of groupon.com. "forbes" magazine is calling the site the fastest growing company ever. how did its ceo make so much money by saving you money? we'll ask him coming up next at 17 minutes after the hour.