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In this screen shot taken from SharesPost.com, the SharesPost homepage is shown. SharesPost is one of a few private stock exchanges that are emerging to fight what venture capitalists call a liquidity crisis. These exchanges give stakeholders an alternative way to trade their shares in hot startups like Facebook for cold, hard cash _ without having to wait years for an IPO.

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