The economy is taking its toll on IPO’s, and like any good entrepreneur, Scott Painter is adapting. He’s had a hand in 29 startups throughout his career, but with the latest recession, he’s found that initial public offerings and acquisitions are a thing of the past.

That doesn’t stop Scott. He’s getting behind SharesPost, which is a private stock exchanges that aims to let stakeholders get around the venture capitalist liquidity crisis. SharesPost lets Scott and others trade shares in not-yet-public companies like Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn before they go IPO.

SharesPost launched publicly this June.

Read more about it here.

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