Mike Cassidy: Speed as THE primary business strategy

by Nivi on June 3rd, 2008

Mike Cassidy’s talk on building companies fast is a must-read for all entrepreneurs:

(The slides are here if you don’t see them embedded above.)

Mike founded Stylus Innovation (sold 2 years after launch for $13M), Direct Hit (sold 500 days after launch for $500M), and Xfire (sold 2 years after launch for $110M). Mike is currently the CEO of travel guide and tour review site Ruba.

I originally saw Mike’s talk at Dave McClure’s Startup2Startup. The audio from that talk is not available, so I pieced together some clips of Mike on Tim Ferriss’ Art of Speed panel at SXSW: Mike on the Art of Speed (mp3).

You’ll learn a lot more from the slides if you listen to the audio too.

Learn more about: Case Studies · Hiring · Speed · Starting Up · Strategy

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# Chris Brisson · Jun 3, 2008

Thanks for the slides. Heard the audio from Tim’s blog the other day…

Thanks Nivi :)

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Good advice for startups.