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The Long, Slow Death of the IPO

Barry Silbert, SecondMarket, Inc.

SecondMarket Founder and CEO Barry Silbert lays out factors preventing companies from going public, and why these issues are exacerbated by aspects of current public markets. Along with citing specific reasons for, and challenges to, going forward with an IPO, Silbert offers an alternative framework for raising capital.