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The National Venture Capital Assn. is spearheading a drive to get a bill through the U.S. Senate that would make it easier for small companies to raise money by going public.
The "IPO On Ramp" measure would ease the regulatory requirements for IPOs and temporarily reduce the reporting burdens imposed by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.
Facebook, Twitter and all other things social media are a tougher sell in the HIPAA-filled world of healthcare. Companies want a piece of that world (they think), but it’s harder to find a fit, and eventually, a return on investment in health than in a field like consumer technology.
By Thomas Lee
By circumstance and design, crutches are not pleasant devices. If you need one, it’s a good bet you did something that your knee, leg, or foot did not appreciate.
In other words, crutches are just depressing.
Jeff Weber certainly thought so. Five years ago, the Minneapolis-based industrial designer broke his heel after falling off a retaining wall while gardening. Weber, who specializes in designing worker-friendly office furniture, couldn’t help but hate his crutches.
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