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SpeedSim: Made to Exit!
Zafar, Naeem , and Victoria Chang
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The SpeedSim case study focuses on how mergers and acquisitions work in startup and entrepreneurial environments. It describes how an intelligent East Coast engineer built an extremely frugal company with a goal for acquisition and how the SpeedSim team masterfully executed and maximized their return by starting, growing, and selling a company. The case analyzes how small companies position themselves to be acquired and how an acquirer assesses a company. The case can be used formergers and acquisition and exit discussions, aswell as for culture and organizational behavior discussions for entrepreneurship curriculums.