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IPOs:
Longtop Financial Technologies — develops software for the financial industry in China.
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Vital Therapies ($28.1 million):  Develops human cell-based artificial livers
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Wikinvest ($2.5 million):  wiki for investors
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Agent Video Intelligence ($3 million):  A surveillance software company
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The Art of Viral Marketing

As seen with break-out companies like YouTube, viral marketing can be incredibly powerful.  Basically, your customers/users are taking the time to share your products.  What could be better?
In fact, one of my favorite viral campaigns was the business card giveaway from VistaPrint (Nasdaq: VPRT). 
To get some background on it, I interviewed Trynka Shineman, who is [...]