Cycling4Women editor Leigh Hargrove chats with women’s cycling Team TIBCO President Linda Jackson about the evolution of a women’s cycling team in North America, keeping sponsors happy and believing in your dreams.
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Running a pro women’s cycling team
Cycling4women editor Leigh Hargrove chats with women’s cycling Team TIBCO President & Director Sportif, past Canadian National Champion and Olympian Linda Jackson, about the evolution of a women’s cycling team in North America, keeping sponsors happy and believing in your dreams.
Four short years ago, Linda Jackson and friend Brooke Miller went to the Interbike trade show with a dream. At the time, they had no sponsors – just a dream, a dream to start a women’s cycling team.
“We went around and told our story to everyone,” Linda recalls, “we walked out of that place after three days, exhausted, but with sponsors for everything. It took believing in ourselves…at that point we had nothing. I mean, we were 24th in the NRC, we had nothing, we just had this dream, this vision and this passion. We went around and we told our story and they said “we believe you, we see your passion, we can see the fire in your eyes,” and that’s why we got what we got. We are still with those people today, all those sponsors we got that weekend, we’re still with them now. read more…
Obviously a job she loves very much. Watch for Team TIBCO to give Team HTC-Columbia a run for the money during the 2010 season. Cycling4Women.ca has announced Team TIBCO’s 2010 roster (2010 Team Tibco/To the Top Roster), and will continue to track the Team’s goals, ambitions and plans for the future!
Team TIBCO: www.Teamtibco.com
