How You Know a Company Is Not Ready for an IPO [CHECKLIST]

IPO mania is sweeping through the social media world. It's time for you to take a close look at these companies and weed out the non-hackers!

Zynga’s about to go public. Groupon and Angie’s List just did. And, until the middle of August, social media and tech companies were lining up for their IPOs and executing them. Of course, Facebook is waiting in the wings. In a way, it feels like 1999 all over again … the difference being that we have the lessons of 1999 this time around. And perhaps the greatest is knowing when a company really is ready to go public.

As you watch the social media companies in the IPO

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