No acquisition, no IPO, no problem: Private exchanges springing up to combat lack of liquidity

NEW YORK — Scott Painter makes his living betting on startup companies, having played a role in launching 29 of them over the years. But with the bad economy choking initial public offerings and acquisitions, Painter is now backing an idea that makes it easier for insiders like him to sell shares in their companies even before they go public.

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  • bstroh Just met with a very cool start-up that is starting a 2ndry market for private shares. Great team and fun meeting http://www.sharespost.com
  • LiquidScenarios Im finalizing Liquid Scenarios "Capitalization Driven Investment Thesis" on Twitter, Inc. for Sharespost. http://vator.tv/v/c7d
  • eclecticnoodle Making private equity liquid - marketplace to buy and sell privately held stock http://sharespost.com @sharespost See them at #venturenet
  • eclecticnoodle It costs companies $2.5M to do an IPO to pay lawyers, accountants, printers and does NOT include fees to investment bankers @sharespost
  • tcosc An IPO costs $2.5M to pay lawyers, accts, printers and does NOT include fees to bankers. Meet @sharespost Wed at www.VentureNet.org

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  • jeffcohn Making private equity liquid - marketplace to buy and sell privately held stock http://sharespost.com @sharespost See them at #venturenet
  • jeffcohn It costs companies $2.5M to do an IPO to pay lawyers, accountants, printers and does NOT include fees to investment bankers @sharespost
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  • jeffcohn Makes me sick seeing 1B shares Citigroup trade per day and 0 shares of Facebook. Capital formation is broken @sec_investor_ed @sharespost
  • jeffcohn Want to puke seeing 1B shares defunct AIG trade per day and 0 shares of Facebook. Investment bank IPO gatekeepers are a fraud @sharespost
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