When IPOs are aplenty, venture-backed startups are driven to play the speed-to-IPO game.
"He reads the game and has good catch-up speed, " Petke said.
It is true that a player with such a speed-based game is vulnerable to a leg injury rendering him nearly useless, but that is true of everyone.
Others say fixed-line operators, especially those that have a strong fiber optic backbone in place, are better bets because they are players in the broadband services game -- offering pay TV, video-on-demand, home shopping and banking as well high-speed Internet access.
"Our new fourth generation high-speed satellite Internet service is an industry game changer, allowing customers to do more of what they love online, from shopping and social networking to movies and music, " said Mike Cook, senior vice president, North American Division at Hughes.
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One, called Vollee, streams videogames to high-speed phones, which makes for graphics and game play almost as rich as you'd see on a living-room console.
But if IPOs remain constrained, then speed-to-profitability becomes the new game.
This cat-and-mouse game is being played on a scale, and at a speed, that is unprecedented and growing.
Globally the game is massive, played in 186 countries and renowned as a high-speed, quick reflex contest dominated by China over the years.
Like Satala, who has been a star of Fiji's world renowned seven-a-side team, Rokoduguni is also an expert of that version of rugby which relies more on speed and agility than the traditional 15-a-side game.
Samsung's world-class motion clarity lets viewers read the name on the jersey of a player running at top speed, detect tiny details in a rapid-fire video game and capture every bit of the action in the most dynamic car chase.
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It turns out that the people you passed up in our speed dating metaphor have the most to offer you in terms of game-changing feedback.
High-speed trading has made the financial world even more of a casino game, allowing traders to pick off minuscule price movements in just thousandths of a second.
Game players tend to be early adapters of any new technology, from specialized high-speed graphics chip sets to surround-sound computer speakers, that promises a more complete immersion in the virtual world.
In this sense, the game is a racing simulator, rather than a balls out crash-fest like a Need for Speed or Burnout.
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