then there's matthew wong.st published a report this week giving highlights in the ipo market. and of course bob o'donnell still with us in the studio. i'm hearing from silicon valley banks, talking of the role of ipo's may be doubling, maybe troubling, then i see blue apron stepping back. is this the right time for your companies to be going to the public market? >> i think it is a great time. we had a really weak year in 2016, which is remarkable. i've been involved in technology ipo's for over 40 years. we never saw anything like it. we had high tech prices in the stock market, a lot of great companies, investor interest, and yet only 13 u.s. venture backed tech companies. that is the core of the ipo market. only 13 in 2016. but they did well. they are mostly niche companies. i think as we look to 2017, there's a few changes. there is a large number of companies ready to go public. in my whole time in technology, we've never had more companies of real scale, growth, excitement, that are ready to go public th