Sam Vynckier

Entrepreneur | Founder of no handlebars Co | Likes (fast) bikes & sailboats | Looking to make an impact

[GREG ISENBERG @gregisenberg]

we should talk less about revenue and more about profit.

revenue is the vanity metric of this era.

it looks great in a headline. it makes for a good tweet. “we hit $10m ARR.” but it rarely tells the truth.

[kache @yacineMTB]

the final bottleneck
isn't intelligence
it's doing things
its sampling from the universe
and learning what you want, more accurately

do things

[Product Hunt 😸 @ProductHunt]

Momentum brings energy.

Burnout comes because there's a lack of momentum.

Once you realize that, recharge yourself and find ways to regain that

[Farnam Street @farnamstreet]

"You don't have to be brilliant, only a little bit wiser than the other guys, on average, for a long, long time."

—Charlie Munger

[Suhail @Suhail]

Having a prototype is 10x more valuable than a design. Having a design is 10x more valuable than having a little doc. Having a doc is 10x more valuable than having an idea in your head.

[Tibo @tibo_maker]

The 80/20 rule almost applies to everything: Individuals, teams, and companies.

[Cat Noone @imcatnoone]

"In the short term, you are as good as your intensity. In the long term, you are only as good as your consistency."

— @shaneparrish

[Sam Vynckier @SVynckier]

It's always cool to be able to share these kinds of projects we do at Wrap My Bike!

Running a services business is way different, compared to running a platform or website. Still learning every day.

[no handlebars Co @nohandlebarsco]

When a customer tells our #wrapmybike designer that they have 'carte blache', but it has to be flashy... 🤩

Did our designer hit the mark with this Doodle Art wrap, or what?

[Sam Vynckier @SVynckier]

My #Wrapped2023 podcast top 5

Mostly interested in business, tech, science & sports (even though the latter didn't make it into top 5)

Big fan of the 'no small boy stuff' mentality. Keep doing what you're doing @ShaanVP & @thesamparr
I'm aiming for the top 1% next year 😉

[Sam Vynckier @SVynckier]

While we were working on Wrap My Bike behind the scenes, we're now going to start sharing some cool projects again 🚀

[Sam Vynckier @SVynckier]

The silent global pandemic: overweight & obesity.

With +50% of EU adults being overweight, it's not going in the right direction for Europeans either.

The micro and macro economic advantages behind a healthy population are undeniable. Let's all eat better and exercise more! 😉

[@levelsio @levelsio]

🇺🇸🍰 75% of the US is now overweight and it doesn't seem to be stopping anytime soon

Interestingly, it seems to almost directly correlate with rising incomes since 1975

Added this ⚖️ data to my site now:
https://t.co/NyasLqC7Cd

[Sam Vynckier @SVynckier]

@wattsinabox_eu Some headaches that come with subscription boxes: inventory mgmt, original box contents, production planning (lead times (3-4m) > box drops (2-monthly)), high startup costs due to lead times, design & variety, customer retention, high CAC (no LTV to go from at the start), ...

[Sam Vynckier @SVynckier]

Amen 😅🪦

Extra founder graveyard ideas:
- To-do list/agenda/better email client app
- Subscription box (in hyper niche markets)
- App for booking co-working spaces/business travel
- Fitness app
- App for car sharing
- Virtual business cards
- Copywriting tool on top of GPT API

[Eren Bali @erenbali]

There are some ideas that are graveyards for founders

- Marketplace for homemade food
- App for event discovery
- Social network around interests
- App to aggregate medical records
- Booking site for medical tourism
- Personal CRM

What else?

[Sam Vynckier @SVynckier]

inb4

We started @wattsinabox_eu out as a subscription performance cycling socks business, but already pivoted to pure e-commerce after just a couple of months.
I think subscription offerings can add to your e-comm's baseline, but very hard as a standalone business. (1)

[Jon Erlichman @JonErlichman]

A headline from 23 years ago:

[Sam Vynckier @SVynckier]

@SullyOmarr It feels like the output is worse whenever I see the T icon while ChatGPT is formulating its answer. I also feel like it has a harder time keeping its identity and role (if you've defined one) when you chat during that time.

[Product Hunt 😸 @ProductHunt]

Will I change my ways tho? Absolutely not.

[Sam Vynckier @SVynckier]

I'm wondering what they've been working on and what's hot in tech today. They weren't very clear on that at I/O... 🙃

[The Verge @verge]

Pretty sure Google is focusing on AI at this year’s I/O. #GoogleIO

[Sam Vynckier @SVynckier]

Learned to ship almost anything for Wrap My Bike at @nohandlebarsco the last couple of weeks

12 freshly wrapped Abus Gamechanger helmets? No problem.

Next step, worldwide shipping for the WMB skins!

[Sam Vynckier @SVynckier]

After being acquired by a big corporate, I had forgotten how fun entrepreneurship is.

Getting my company back and running it my way has been worth every penny and sacrifice.

Now, @nohandlebarsco might not work in the end, but at least I'll fail on my own terms.
Stay hungry! ;)