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Mar 31, 2001

Taking wing

Bearish markets have companies hiring IROs earlier in the IPO process

The slowdown in IPO business at the end of 2000 can be compared to the sudden shutdown of a high school party when the cops show up. The torrid pace of 1999's IPO activity, with its flurry of young businesses coming to market quickly, was probably more like a high-energy rave party than a suburban Friday night gathering. And yet what happened in its aftermath has the same effect: the party was busted. By the end of 2000, the IPO market had all but dried up, leaving a lot of eager young companies

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