A former Microsoft Corp. product manager who once worked for Michael Dell’s hedge fund aims to do for restaurants what Expedia Inc. does for airplanes: fill empty seats during off-peak hours.

Dazhi Chen, a Harvard Business School alumnus, has amassed a staff of 20 from postings on Craigslist.com and is betting half a million dollars that his website, DailyGobble.com, can challenge LivingSocial and Groupon Inc. to become a premier dining discount destination. The site debuted Friday.

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