> no immediate plans to pursue the public markets to raise capital Corporations raise capital by selling bonds, by reinvesting profits, by getting money from V

> no immediate plans to pursue the public markets to raise capital Corporations raise capital by selling bonds, by reinvesting profits, by getting money from VC's and through other means. That companies rely heavily on public markets to raise money is a mythology promulgated by people like the quoted Nasdaq employee. The percentage of capital raised by corporations that has been done via initial or secondary offerings as opposed to other means has been miniscule. That is not new either, it has been that way since the 1940s, and even before that.