It was a busy week back the office packed with awesome meetings but mired with bad weather though that didn't keep me from beating my previous week by being 10% more productive, logging 18.5 more hours and hitting 87% of my 4hrs per day on 'All Productive Time' goal on rescuetime.com Speaking of numbers, check these out:
Cycling
The stats above are courtesy of Delft startup: BluLocks. During & after Eurobike last month I got to know more than a few new cycling related startups, here is what they're up to:
How not to steal a bike on Vimeo
BluLocks made a great film about Jimmy the thief. If you want to know more about how the system actually works, go to https://blulocks.com
ByCycling™ Take the bike, we'll reward you
Cycling is simply the fastest way from A to B in cities and improves your health by getting fitter and happier. Help @JoshADP & the @cashbycycling team with this quick survey: cashbycycling.com
Veloyo looking for mechanics in Amsterdam
Veloyo from Hamburg will be bringing their GPS-based bicycle service infrastructure to Amsterdam soon. They're looking for mechanics and shop partners too! Rumour has it they may be on the next instalment of #StartupRadioAmsterdam...
Startups
Melissa from Professional Rebel Kicked off #StartupRadioAmsterdam
Listen to the 1st episode here with Maurice Kroon (Yippie) & Paddy Cosgrave (Dublin Web Summit). Stoked to see this take off!
SHOW YOUR SICKEST 5 SECONDS
My bud John Braynard had his app, Clashem, featured on Product Hunt. The rules are easy: two videos play simultaneously in one loop, you decide which video wins!
Public Relations is built on hating reality, reporters and learning
As a 'PR guy' often in the awesome spot where bikes, apps & awesomeness meet, this was funny to read and Ed ain't entirely wrong.
Sales
I'm speaking at 3 events about sales soon in Amsterdam:
@SalesHackerAms,@festivaluprise & @swUtrecht
1. 9/14 @SalesHackerAms: A hands on workshop stepping up your sales strategy with Jorge from MoPub/Twitter & Tobias from TravelBird: http://bit.ly/1KxzuGF 2. 9/25 @festivaluprise: I'm doing a @Sales4startups workshop on sorting your sales process & your customers' buying process whilst adding value along the way: http://bit.ly/1Urmbhc 3. 10/3 @swUtrecht: teaming up with Quentin from @GrowthTribe, we're tackling growth & sales hacks to set in motion during the first 24 hours of launching your startup: http://bit.ly/1LPfspZ ...actually, make that four: 4. I just signed on to do a quick & informal talk on 10/1 during the monthly Hackers & Founders meetup. I'll talk a bit about my experience here in Amsterdam as an expat, in the startup scene, and of course about sales:
Radness
I stopped by http://soulcycle.com on the way home yesterday with my family & picked up a BMX to ride with my son Otto. I already ate it pretty good https://bit.ly/GettingRad !
Here's to taking the big jumps this week!
p.s. when that 4am panic hits, remember this!
It’s a definitive characteristic of the people I work with that they sign up for too much. They’re optimists. They believe they can do anything. They’re eternally growing. That’s the poetry, here’s the reality: