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Given the current state of the economy, do you think right now would be a good time to take a company public? What would be the advantages and disadvantages of going through the IPO process at this time as opposed to waiting a year or two?

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Given the current state of the economy, do you think right now would be a good time to take a company public? What would be the advantages and disadvantages of going through the IPO process at this time as opposed to waiting a year or two?

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Right now is definitely not the right time to take a company public. Most of the time, 1/3 of all IPOs are issued in Nov. and Dec. However, this year, as of Oct. 10, only five companies went public. The reason for this is simple. IPOs are financed with credit and with the instability of the market right now, make it very hard for companies who want to go public to be ...

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