But after the speedy start came a humbling fall.
Tapin, which like many of its batchmates incorporates the twin motifs of mobile and social, is a mobile video app designed for a speedy start.
But perhaps the most valuable support the administration offered the Red Cross was in getting the organization's "Text to Help" program off to a speedy start.
My first day in Delhi, researching the role of sport in international development, hadn't got off to a speedy start.
My aim was to get off to a speedy start with the swim portion in two sprint distance and one Olympic triathlon events.
At the time, however, Mr. Peet was going through a divorce, had a 6-year-old son, and didn't want to take out a loan to get the capital he'd need for a speedy start.
Canada had also enjoyed themselves after winning the toss and batting first with opener Hiral Patel making 54 and helping his side make a surprisingly speedy start before the Australian attack led by Brett Lee (4-46) sliced through the middle order.
Officials cite the need for a speedy start on rebuilding as the chief justification for limiting the initial contracts in Iraq to the small number of American companies that were invited to submit bids.
The morning session gets off to a speedy start with the men's decathlon 100m heats from 9.30am; Mo Farah is back for the men's 5000m heats from 10.05am.
When Sloth is woken by a call announcing that he's got only a few hours to claim a shopping spree ("What's a spree?" thinks the sloth) he manages to get an uncharacteristically speedy start by using a clothesline as a zip line.
