U.S. Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital

U.S. Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital

A television reporter talks about the Facebook IPO at the NASDAQ Marketsite in New York on May 17, 2012 (Keith Bedford/Courtesy Reuters).
A television reporter talks about the Facebook IPO at the NASDAQ Marketsite in New York on May 17, 2012 (Keith Bedford/Courtesy Reuters).

Post by Jonathan Masters

June 5, 2012 2:39 pm (EST)

A television reporter talks about the Facebook IPO at the NASDAQ Marketsite in New York on May 17, 2012 (Keith Bedford/Courtesy Reuters).
A television reporter talks about the Facebook IPO at the NASDAQ Marketsite in New York on May 17, 2012 (Keith Bedford/Courtesy Reuters).
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