Nº9 – Cycling, Startups & Sales

I’m excited to be in Berlin for the the MASH premiere next week. Back in December 2007, I helped premiere their first film with my old shop & we threw a an alleycat. It is amazing to see what MASH has done in 10 years & to feel, like so many do, like a part of it.

I’m attending the UK’s #1 cycling show at the NEC Birmingham on the 26 & 27th. I’m looking to meet brands for Ignition & media for Zwift. If you’d like to catch up, click & pick a time here. I’ll have my bike too! Let’s ride! 🚴

Florian Born isn’t the type of person who likes complaining. So he started bumping into potholes around Berlin, he wasn’t going to call up the city to tell it where to send the repair truck. 

I’ll be sharing my story of surviving and thriving in the Amsterdam startup scene along with some sales hacking tips to help attendees’ companies. I would love to see everyone there!

Joachim Baan inspired me to start this newsletter & his issues still set the bar. He is the creative partner behind Tenue de Nîmes and the Red Wing Shoes store here Amsterdam. He is also the driving force behind the online publication Another Something & Co and a local inspiration for me. Keep it up Joachim!

Scott Taylor is closing his Salvagetti bike shop after 11 years to work on a software suite developed to help retailers streamline business and sales.

When I read that more companies are turning to artists when they need fresh perspectives, I couldn’t help but chuckle. I was always the weird guy in all my business classes. ; ) Look at me now. More artistic than ever & working as a business consultant. Some of the tips from the article that all sales people could benefit from: 

Cheesy at first glance but real shit here. As a freelancer & even at companies at which I’ve been employed, it is easy to let this creep up on you. You might think that technological connectivity has or will soon save us from the blight of loneliness. But it seems that we feel more isolated today than ever. I think the advice in this article applies for sales people to leads as much as members within teams. I especially love the walking meeting. (Maybe the cycling meeting even more ; ))

Seems like a lofty role to me from where I type now but coming from an early hire at Linkedin, it is interesting to read. Spoiler alert: it really comes down to how fired up to sell the product you are. You can’t fake this. You have to be all in. 100%. Or you’re gonna fail.