That has made it nearly impossible for venture capitalists to use the stock market to cash out of their speculative investments.
In fact, until a few years ago, when the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (or JOBS) Act loosened certain securities regulations, it was all but impossible for venture capital or crowdfunding investors to participate in the industry.
"The sonnets," he writes, "are a cunning sequence of beautiful locked boxes to which there are no keys, an exquisitely constructed screen behind which it is virtually impossible to venture with any confidence".
The increased compliance costs would make it nearly impossible for venture capitalists to bring young companies to the public markets and dramatically reduced the opportunities for exits via IPO.
Finally, when sitting still grew impossible, we ventured outside.
Polaroid film was beloved for its immediacy and its distinct color range — so much so that the company's financial demise spawned the Impossible Project, a venture founded by former employees to continue production of instant film, and a sale and reinvention of the original company, under digital auspices, with Lady Gaga as its spokeswoman.
I have the feeling that the company was a bit too early for this type of thing, and that the story would have been different had they only started out now, even though it would have been virtually impossible to raise venture capital for it in the current climate.
However, as older adults age, many face health issues making it impossible, or unsafe, to venture outdoors.
I can recall the event now without discomfort, but the trauma, which for months made it impossible for me to venture outside at night without companionship, still wards me away from any dark enclosed space.
