Every week I start with a blank screen. I pull sites, highlights and articles I've spotted throughout the week from Pocket and begin laying out what I'll share.
There is never a theme initially yet one always appears. This week? Feeling good.
From Mark's site feelgoodridegood.com to the startups section posts on not needing a fortune / venture capital to start a company combined with Ev Williams' investigation of work-life balance and the sales section's entry on hiring outside experts and the implication on employed staff morale to 71-year-old Gabriel Horchler's badass multi-modal commute in the radness section. It became clear before pressing send, "more isn't better, better is better". Its not about over doing it but doing it better. I think, then, we'll all feel good : )
As always, thanks for reading!
Cycling
Find new and awesome cycling products on Feel Good Ride Good!
On Feel Good Ride Good you'll find 105 Jerseys, Caps, Socks and more.
My friend Mark here in Amsterdam made this site to show everybody that there are tons of awesome brands that make really great looking products, and you will surely feel great wearing them. After all, if you feel good, you ride good! : )
Frog Bikes builds bike factory in UK
My kids don't have a Frog Bike yet but I've been following the brand for some time now. Just this week they announced plans to build a bike factory in South Wales during 2016. Speaking of Wales, I spotted an exciting date to save on the calendar: Grinduro United Kingdom on Juni 24. Maybe mix in some gravel grindin' with a Frog factory tour?
5 reasons we love biking
In recognition of Valentine’s Day, Dutch-born, America-based, @ellacyclingtips editor Anne-Marije Rook & Australian contributor Simone Giuliani wrote this piece to celebrate their biggest love: cycling. Hat tip to Jakob of @yoursales for mentioning this one.
Startups
You Don't Need A Fortune To Start Up A Company
At a time where unemployment rates are rising up, oil prices are hitting rock bottom and even the value of gold is plummeting, maybe it's time to consider entrepreneurship as a way to move forward with your life and career.
You’re Either Venture-Backed or a Lifestyle Business: The Big Lie | Hunter Walk
Shout out to the team at next.amsterdam for mentioning this 2 year old post this week: "The profitable seventeen person company with an enterprise value of $20 million, 90% owned by its founder? That’s awesome even if you’ll never read about them in TechCrunch." [...] "RIP calling anything not venture-backed a “lifestyle business.” Go build your business the way you want."
Growing kids and growing companies
"Work, Sleep, Family, Fitness, or Friends: Pick 3" I call bullshit.
Randi Zuckerberg calls this the entrepreneur's dilemma. Does it ring true for you? Not for me. I've been striving to balance all 5 since forever. But how much do people work who have kids? This post by Medium's CEO, Ev Williams, is pretty damn interesting. If anything, I was compelled to upgrade to rescuetime.com premium to track offscreen time. My time working at my computer last month looks like this.
Sales
Aligning Your Organization with an Agile Workforce
Adapted from the Harvard Business Review Press Book Agile Talent: How to Source and Manage Outside Experts. TL;DR? Manage contractors the same way you manage internal staff. Why is this in the sales section? Three reasons:
- if you sell contract services, this is relevant to how buyers perceive your team's role in their company
- for us at Twotone Consulting, contributing to business development for clients as a contractor is a growing niche and this article is very relevant for the work we do.
3 Free Tools to Understand Your Audience and Quickly Grow Sales
Technology is a massively important tool for growing your company. Here are three services that will help you better understand your audience so you can easily boost sales.
Leveraging Feedback in your Sales Process – #saleshackerams #1 for 2016 is this Thursday!
I'm looking forward to seeing everyone this Thursday at Deskbookers. Speaking of Deskbookers, here is a recent (Dutch) article about their lofty goals!
Radness
‘Master of the River’: A 71-year-old librarian’s 15 years of water commute
I often think my #amsterdamcommute can feature some unorthodox highlights but 71-year-old Gabriel Horchler's method of travel to and from work involves three bikes, the Metro and a boat. He has been blowing everyone else's commute, wait for it, out of the water for 15 years! How rad is this? Hat tip to my old high school buddy & librarian Chris Nylund for sharing this.