Ingmar Jungnickel

Founder: Inspire Gold - A high performance sports R&D lab.
Prior Aero and Innovation at Specialized Bicycles.

[Celine Halioua @celinehalioua]

this is the dream
>> make a lot of money in business #1
>> use it to fund business #2 that is otherwise too ambitious/technically risky/unclear ROI for traditional capitalization

[Ingmar Jungnickel @ijaero]

@thogge @KyleTibbitts Really not bad at all. Great community too.

[Ingmar Jungnickel @ijaero]

@Object_Zero_

[Jason Fried @jasonfried]

It took me a while to fully realize the value of something my company achieved years ago, and continues to savor today. It’s one of our greatest quiet advantages, full stop.

It’s not something you hear much about in business circles. In fact, I can’t remember the last time I heard anyone spend much time on the topic, or even bring it up in conversation, on a conference stage, or behind a podcast mic.

There is, however, lots of discussion about achievement in business. A company can achieve product market fit, operational efficiency, influence, revenue goals, or, ultimately — and hopefully — profitability.

But I’m not taking about those things. Those are the obvious things, the common talking points. And to those you can add the vanity metrics of achievement — social media followers, traffic, views, impressions, open rates, press mentions, gross this or gross that.

All those are what they are, but they aren’t where it’s at.

What I’m talking about is optionality. Achieving optionality is where it’s at.

Optionality is a hearty mix of profit margin, small size, independence, attitude, and freedom. You’ve got to have all of it to have optionality.

If a board is calling the shots, you don’t have much optionality. If your margins are thin, or non-existent, you don’t have much optionality. If the public owns a piece, you don’t have much optionality. If you’re too big to change direction quickly, you don’t have much optionality. And if you’re afraid to speak your mind and stake your point of view, you don’t have much optionality.

Optionality lets you do things no one would give you permission to do. It lets you write excellent software and give it away for free if you choose. It lets you do things that don’t make sense in the current climate, but will long-term. It lets you be early while eventually catches up.

Optionality is ecstasy. It’s making it up as you go, without making excuses. It’s openly changing your mind without having to save face. Optionality is equanimity, the corporate equivalent of enlightenment.

So, entrepreneurs, ditch the bullshit. Abandon growth-at-all-costs. Reject conventional metrics. Scorn hollow acceptance. Instead, hunt for optionality. It's freedom. It's power. It's everything you crave, wrapped in a single, potent package. Chase it relentlessly. And when you get it, don’t let go.

[Ingmar Jungnickel @ijaero]

@thogge And somehow managed to convince everyone that the center of the builder universe is venture capital.

[Ingmar Jungnickel @ijaero]

@USSpeedskating @ECepuran @ISU_Speed @TeamUSA @NBCOlympics YES! Way to go! Its an honor to work with you!

[ISU Speed Skating @ISU_Speed]

Team USA shatters the track record and claims gold in the men's Team Pursuit in Hamar! 🏁

#WorldSpeed #SpeedSkating

[US Speedskating @USSpeedskating]

That World Champion feeling 🥹🙌🇺🇸

This trio have won their first ever World Championship medals; and it was GOLD!! 🥇

[Ingmar Jungnickel @ijaero]

At the airport I am at someone is wearing a shirt that says: Smooth seas never made skilled sailors.

I like that.

[Ingmar Jungnickel @ijaero]

I tried the same thing with all the major AIs 6 month ago and it didn’t work, even after many rounds of corrections. Tried again 3 month ago, and it didn’t work.

Last week I got it to work with 03-mini high.

[Ingmar Jungnickel @ijaero]

@MehdiKordi Great article. Do you have CdA numbers for the difference in position? Looks massive.

[Ingmar Jungnickel @ijaero]

Reading the last chapter of The Martian on a plane going through heavy turbulence was absolutely the way to do it.

Movie wasn’t nearly as immersive. Great book @andyweirauthor

[Ingmar Jungnickel @ijaero]

I am so sorry for all the friends family and supporters that last some one on Flight 5342.

Horrific.

[Triathlon Magazine @TriMagCan]

Where you put your bottle could save you minutes on the bike
https://t.co/gZw1a4yxGy

[Jordan Taylor @Jordan_W_Taylor]

One thing CFD and computer aided design allows is rapid, semi-automated design iteration and comparing lots of unusual concepts very, very quickly.

Take, for example, the 2020 unconventional aircraft design study run by Onera and DLR...

[Sports Engineering 🏄💻 @ISEA_Journal]

Practical computational fluid dynamic predictions of a cyclist in a time trial position | Sports Engineering https://t.co/Vl4EquM4fE

[Ingmar Jungnickel @ijaero]

@ID_AA_Carmack If you drive it fast enough it could protect against stone chips too

[Ingmar Jungnickel @ijaero]

The curved back generates significant lift and induced drag, as indicated by the air streaming downwards. The bottles can act as a spoiler and significantly reduce this effect.

[Ingmar Jungnickel @ijaero]

Bottled Speed: The fastest way to carry hydration in triathlon. Tested using CFD.

[Ingmar Jungnickel @ijaero]

Rear Hydration: Get them as close to your body as possible and horizontal.