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E&Y Journey 2011, The Great Debate: Go Public or Stay Private

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Stay private only if you can grow fast enough to pay your employees and investors. And don’t forget to invest in costly R&D, which turns many private companies to the public market. October 2011 was the worst month for IPOs since 2008. An ipo is not really an exit, it is a liquidity event.

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