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The 10-Year Startup: How Mike Casey Sold His Company to Seek

Doer of Deeds Podcast with Francis McCarthy

Release Date: 04/22/2020

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Mike Casey is a good friend and successful startup entrepreneur.

He has lived the dream of many startup founders - selling your business to a larger company for a decent profit (after 10 years of hard work).

Mike sold his company GradConnection to SEEK: a multi-billion dollar company based in Australia.

Mike’s someone I’ve come to respect for his people skills, his curiosity, and his ability to develop a really awesome product.

On this episode we get into:

  • The origin story of GradConnection
  • How he started a coworking space years before WeWork was even a thing
  • Winning the long tail game on SEO
  • Mike's take on a more strategic approach to PR
  • How he navigated selling his company 
  • His new life as a cherry farmer in NZ

You can find Mike on Twitter @MikeCasey

Follow me on Twitter @FrancisOKC

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