Komoot

Per Banding cos'è il prodotto?

Esatto, perché Banding in realtà ha tanti prodotti, quindi per esempio io lavoro su Komoot in questo momento, ma nell'arco di quattro anni ho cambiato tantissimi prodotti, ho lavorato su Evernote, su Remini, Meet Up e altri.

In questo caso io appunto Komoot, per chi non la conoscesse è un app per fare hike in montagna.

Mi viene in mente un'idea o comunque un cambio di UX importante da fare o anche minimo che però può spostare tanto.

Propongo questa cosa, la disegno e se il team è d'accordo potrei addirittura svilupparla anche se non ho competenze lato codice perché appunto l'azienda con gli strumenti che ci dà ci permette comunque di svilupparlo noi direttamente.

So I did use, like, three different apps.

So I used, like, Komoot, I used the Garmin app, I used Rabbit GPS.

So I'd, like, plan the route on Garmin, and then I'd run it all through Rabbit GPS, 'cause then that tells you how much gravel there is, try and take all of that out-

Okay

So yeah, pack- a packraft guidebook for Scotland is, uh, my ... hopefully my next project.

How do you, how do you do it? Like, uh, you, you just open Komoot or, like, Strava maps, and you just, like, think like, "Ah, how can I connect?" Are you looking at heat maps where people have been before, and then you go where people haven't been before?

I don't look at the heat maps.

I do look at, uh ...

I, I use OutdoorActive, so, uh, which is similar to Komoot.

Um, yeah, no, I basically look at the maps and see where tracks are and, uh, where trails are, and then I look at the lochs, so the, the, the, the Scottish lakes, and how they would connect with, you know, something on the other side.

Mm-hmm.

If you know what I mean.

So, um, for me, when I was doing it by myself, I usually use, like, a, an app like Komoot or Maps.me that typically works pretty well in the Balkans.

Now, with my tour company, we always hike with a local guide who they know the trail like the back of their hands, so I can kind of turn my brain off sometimes [laughs] and just hike with them.

But yeah, it is a lot more involved if you're gonna do it by yourself.

But lucky for you, there are things like, of course, Strava, where you can find various clubs to connect with there that have real, live people associated with it.

Ride with GPS, Komoot, also Strava, where you can find heat mapping features to see where people are riding and routes that will be, um, go off-road, right? Find the gravel.

But honestly, going with real, live people, that's the best option.

Connect with people at bike shops, find a club in your area, and ask others maybe who you've ridden with in the past to find that community of people of gravel in your area.

We have acquired several companies that were growing nicely.

I'm thinking Komoot, Airtable.

Recently, we shared the growth rate.

Uh, but yes, m- m- prob- we have a bigger percentage of, uh, of companies i- in our acquisition portfolio, let's say, that were struggling than, say, most acquirers.

I work as a drone pilot doing sort of traffic surveys.

and I also freelance for Komoot.

Very nice and you mentioned

love for cycling has that always been a thing like even from a little girl do you remember getting like your first bike do you remember cycling or is this something that happened later on?

I tend to like colour first, practicality second.

So I'll always choose things like vehicles and bikes based on the colour.

And is that when you started working with Komoot as well? So after the Sussex 1000 trip, I think somebody, I'd used Komoot to plan it all and I found like Komoot a really good tool to plan it.

and I think one of the editors might have got in contact with me because she'd seen that I'd done it and I met with her for coffee and she sort of suggested that, you know, I wrote it up and put it on a commute as a collection.