How Technology is Improving Bentonville's Mountain Biking Experience | Bryce Paden & Ryan Shelton of Flowfeed

The Bentonville Beacon

Show Notes:

(0:45) Introductions

(6:08) Getting into Mountain Biking

(8:45) Flowfeed App

(9:36) Collaboration over Competition

(18:54) Why Is Bentonville Best for Flowfeed?

(21:41) Response to Flowfeed

(23:53) Newest Features

(29:57) The Hardest Learning

(36:13) Tapping into Local Resources

(40:45) How Bentonville Is Changing

(44:44) How Else Should People Know Northwest Arkansas?

(53:14) Where to Find Flowfeed and a Final Shameless Plug

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Bryce Paden

Ryan Shelton

Flowfeed

Quotes:

“So we live in a digitized data-rich world, and we believe that data can add a lot of value to the mountain biking community.” Ryan Shelton, (8:57)

”That's not to say, you know, the answer is go ride everything. The answer is: let's make sure we efficiently communicate all of the excellent trails we have down here that can be ridden in almost any weather condition, and all of the value that's here, even when it's wet outside.” Ryan Shelton, (16:57)

”The raw drive and desire to grow that I found here meant huge potential, and being an entrepreneur, I'm always betting on the upside. And I think the upside on entrepreneurship in Northwest Arkansas over the next five years is tremendous.“ Ryan Shelton, (20:35)

”We felt like if you try to build something for everybody, you potentially build something for nobody, so we wanted to be really focused on mountain biking and make sure that we could really understand that user well.” Bryce Paden, (29:04)

”We're no longer just where Walmart is. There's this whole other narrative that's being built that is resonating with people.” Bryce Paden, (41:18)