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The end of exits?

The 2k crisis almost killed the IPOs for tech startup. None of the Web2.0 big guys have been able to IPO since the installation of the SOX regulations (I am not making any judgment here). The current crisis which is refered as “liquidity crisis” is probably killing the “mergers and acquisitions”. What’s remaining to exit [...]