Andrew Shafer
From the December 2011 issue of Inc. magazine
The Crazy, Mixed-up IPO Market
More companies have filed for an initial public offering, but have not yet gone public this year than in more than a decade.
IPOs
211: The number of companies that, as of October, had filed for an initial public offering but had not yet gone public, the most in more than a decade
Portion of venture capital–backed companies that went public within five years of receiving funding...
From 1991 to 2000: 18%
From 2001 to 2010: 1%
