4 posts and columns on Martin Tobias

Tippr Sues Group-Buying Peers DealOn and BuyWithMe

in Commerce on February 24, 2011 at 5:00 am PT

While Groupon and LivingSocial are fighting head-to-head to be the largest group-buying site in the world, there’s a much scrappier battle taking place for third and fourth place.

With Goopon Stealing the Spotlight, Tippr Says Don't Forget About No. 3 (Or Its Patents)

in Commerce on December 2, 2010 at 7:00 am PT

Tippr CEO Martin Tobias hopes that between Google’s potential big-ticket purchase of Groupon and Amazon’s rumored investment in LivingSocial, consolidation in the group-buying space will accelerate as others scramble for a partner.

The Group-Buying Gang Gets Bigger

in News on February 16, 2010 at 3:00 pm PT

An e-commerce idea that seemed to die with the dot-com bust a decade ago is taking another step toward a comeback. Kashless, a Seattle start-up, on Tuesday started a Web site called Tippr.com to resurrect the concept of harnessing the buying power of groups of online shoppers to get discounts on everything from restaurant vouchers to television sets to spa trips.