Nº33 Sustainability, Cycling & Personal growth

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Tim van der Weide

July 31 - Issue #33 - View online

Your weekly focus on sustainable solutions to make Corporates, Cycling & Ourselves better + all that overlaps! from @Timvdweide, ex-bikeshop owner, agent @andmoraal and consultant @ERMinsight.

With the holidays, also the newsletter is a bit shorter this week. As always, feel free to send me suggestions. Enjoy the time off if you are having any now and don’t forget to recharge!

This week: Venture capital and cleantech, wetsuits, mica, FBI hostage techniques and Soigneur among others.

Sustainability + business context

1. Why VCs Won’t Get Rewards for Breakthrough Clean Energy Technology

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Venture capital investment in cleantech have underperformed, why? Good article on why cleantech may project finance, instead of venture capital.

- Patagonia’s New Natural Rubber Wetsuits: I posted it about two weeks ago, this short video explain more about this alternative to neoprene.

- Ever heard of “mica”? It may be in your cosmetics and the cosmetics industry is still trying to get rid of child labour mica mining.

Personal growth

- Three Steps To Get Up To Speed On Any Subject Really, Really Fast

- To Be a Better Leader, Learn This FBI Hostage Negotiation Tactic

- If You’re Not Outside Your Comfort Zone, You Won’t Learn Anything

Cycling

- Soigneur, a Dutch cycling magazine, did very well during the Tour de France with their reports. Check out their stats. Congratulations, guys!

Opinions in this newsletter are solely those of Tim van der Weide and do not necessarily represent views of those quoted or cited, ERM or its partners or clients.

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