As you read this, I'm embarking the Silk Road Mountain Race.
It is a fixed route, unsupported, single-stage cycling race through the mountains of Kyrgyzstan of about ~1700 kilometers with 26,000m of climbing.
Watch my dot as I tackle this 2 week race: here.
As I'll be off the grid & in the mountains, the next issues of the newsletter will be curated by the Twotone team : )
As always thank you for reading,
Jon
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Cycling
SILK ROAD MOUNTAIN RACE – A TALK WITH MAX, BENGT, JON #SRMR, an episode from Calamaro on Spotify
My friend Stefano at The Broom Wagon interviewed Max & me + our bud Bengt from Berlin too! Give it a listen to hear our answers to:
- who we are
- how we prepared for this insane race
- about our bikes
- what we're bringing with us
- what we're looking forward to
- and what we fear the most
The Pamir Highway: A solo ride across the barren heart of Central Asia
Not the same routes we'll be doing these next two weeks but the same region. What an awesome ride.
I'll be journaling each night in my tent & doing a similar write-up for Cycling Tips in September : )
Pathfinder Giro 2018
My favorite reason to go to Eindhoven is back in October!
Startups
Zebras vs. Unicorns
Zebras know what's up.
MessageBird offers single API for customer comms across WhatsApp, WeChat, Messenger and more – TechCrunch
MessageBird, the Amsterdam-based cloud communications platform backed by Accel in the U.S. and Europe’s Atomico, unveiled a new product that aims to make it easier for enterprises to communicate with customers across various channels of their choosing.
FRAHM launched!
Looks great!
Sales & PR
Top Follow-Up Tips To Raise Your Response Rate
You need to know your prospect, grab their attention with a snappy subject line and then write a message that convinces them to take some kind of action. So when you’ve spent hours/days/eons working on an award-winning email, it’s a real kick in the conversions when the results are meh.
Tips For The Perfect Sales Pitch | Nimble
How many types of sales closing methods do you know?
What is Conversational Marketing?
Drift is convinced this is the next big thing.
Seem like MessageBird above agrees.
What do you think?
Radness
The #silkroadmountainrace hashtag on Instagram
When you're taking breaks from watching dots, check some grams.
Albeit sparse from racers, there will be coverage despite the remote setting.