That is the best IPO market since 2007 when in the first 7 months of 2007 there were approximately the same number (124) of pricings.

FORBES: The IPO Window is Wide Open

LinkedIn, Hoffman is also the largest individual shareholder in a company that has had the best performing social networking IPO to date.

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The best time to buy into the IPO market was during the lean years of the last decade.

FORBES: IPO Bubble Bath

Post-IPO, what are the best acquisitions LinkedIn could make today?

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Some small outfit may blindside Nortel with newer, faster designs or steal some of its best minds with a pile of pre-IPO options.

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My view is that it is best to establish good governance processes, preferably before the IPO happens, so that no one has to break bad habits later on.

FORBES: Executive Compensation: Before and After the IPO

My experience is that the best time to ask questions (and get answers) is before the IPO happens, not after.

FORBES: Executive Compensation: Before and After the IPO

In a traditional IPO, investment banks seek expressions of interest from investors, use guesswork to gauge the best price, then allocate the shares to whom they see fit.

FORBES: A Better, More Honest IPO

Paul Bard, vice president at IPO research firm Renaissance Capital, told Forbes in December that he expected Zoetis to be one of the best and biggest new offerings of 2013.

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It's just that they discovered that the best way to change the world was to take venture capital, or ad revenue, and then to have an IPO, as a means to sharing the product with as many people as possible.

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