Highlights from their conversation include: Introduction to Anchor Harvey and what sets it apart (1:02) Having a data-driven approach to forging (4:32) Commonly forged products (6:39) Monitoring the steps in the process (10:27) Developing a process control system (11:51) Is there an unraveling of globalization or just a course correction for supply chains? (15:48) Staying relevant and offering value to customers (20:11) Streamlining workflows (22:05) Anchor Harvey is a data-driven aluminum forgi...
Jun 15, 2022•24 min
Highlights from their conversation include: About Zebra Technologies (1:16) The Mark Wheeler story (1:57) Acquisition of Fetch Robotics (3:31) How Zebra enabled customers through the pandemic (6:40) Intelligent edge solutions (8:06) RFID as a technology (13:39) Outlook for the supply chain (17:34) Advice for entrepreneurs (19:03) Dynamo is a VC firm led by supply chain and mobility specialists that focus on seed stage, enterprise startups. Find out more at: https://www.dynamo.vc/...
Jun 08, 2022•21 min
Highlights from their conversation include: An overview of Capstone Logistics and Sean’s path in the industry (1:05) Weighing the added value from a new partner against the risk it could bring to the relationship with the customer (5:04) 3PL’s build versus buy discussion (8:35) Analyzing the 3PL and shipper relationship (13:30) Creative deal structures (18:55) Insights on disruption and change in the future of the industry (21:41) Quick takes on recent supply chain news, including the distributi...
Jun 01, 2022•28 min
Highlights from their conversation include: The Philipp story (1:26) Explaining emissions (4:06) How Climatiq approaches variation (5:48) How to better steward the environment (9:04) Businesses’ willingness to pay for sustainability consciousness (11:27) ROI associated with carbon emissions accounting (12:57) Implementing Climatiq’s software (15:05) Making investments in climate related technology (17:48) Selling climate oriented SaaS products (18:50) Advice for supply chain founders (20:29) Dyn...
May 25, 2022•22 min
Highlights from their conversation include: Clay’s background (2:09) Dynamo fellowship (3:23) Career-wide impact (4:29) Mentorship within the fellowship (13:51) What makes Dynamo different (16:48) Summarizing the fellowship (20:17) Favorite portfolio projects (22:23) If you could do the fellowship again… (24:25) Moving to Chattanooga, Tennessee (27:07) Why YOU should do the fellowship (29:55) Application details (30:36) Application : https://www.dynamo.vc/blog-posts/join-dynamo-ventures-fellowsh...
May 18, 2022•33 min
Highlights from the conversation: How Parade got started (1:18) Defining capacity management (5:20) The ideal Parade customer/partner (9:10) How capacity management is typically dealt with (10:57) Benefits of working with Parade (12:47) How Parade implements AI (16:52) How Parade interfaces with the TMS (20:33) Lessons from selling into freight brokerages (23:02) The future for the brokerage industry (25:11) Rapide fire round: the slowdown in North American trucking, sustained strength in indust...
May 11, 2022•29 min
Highlights from their conversation include: Ryan’s foray into supply chain and RFID (1:06) RFID’s adoption curve in the supply chain (5:46) Ways RFID has evolved recently (9:17) Optimizing the visibility that RFID provides (11:45) Use cases for determining ROI with RFID (17:40) Comparing and contrasting emerging technologies with RFID (23:48) Trends in demand for RFID in 2020 and beyond (27:14) Avery Dennison is a global materials science company specializing in the design and manufacture of a w...
May 04, 2022•31 min
Highlights from their conversation include: About TexAmericas Center (TAC) (1:12) The Eric story (1:42) How TAC is enabling better logistics for its industrial customers (3:58) How TAC is able to have such strong coverage (6:30) Eric’s perspective on nearshoring (8:43) How transportation managers are restrategizing with TAC (10:44) TAC success stories (14:19) Inventory levels through TAC’s facilities (17:21) How TAC leverages technology to better its service (19:19) Which supply chain areas entr...
Apr 27, 2022•23 min
Highlights from their conversation include: What’s being built at Semicab (1:08) The Ajesh story (2:50) The problems Semicab is solving for its customers (5:04) Semicab as a collaborative platform (9:24) Getting scale behind new technology (11:58) Benefiting from Semicab’s advantaged approach (16:03) Integrating with Semicab (18:05) When Semicab is not a great solution (19:27) How Semicab is promoting ESG goals (21:18) Rapid-fire round: signs of a pending freight recession, the future of digital...
Apr 20, 2022•25 min
Highlights from their conversation include: Milk Moovement’s mission (1:20) The Rob story (2:30) Breaking down the dairy industry (5:10) The data farmers are interested in (8:40) The benefits of leveraging Milk Moovement (11:11) The scale of Milk Moovement (13:32) The grand vision for Milk Moovement (15:05) Benefits of taking daily walks (18:02) Valuable business lesson (19:58) If you could take up an opportunity in supply chain… (21:27) Dynamo is a VC firm led by supply chain and mobility speci...
Apr 13, 2022•24 min
Highlights from their conversation included: Using advanced image processing to help bulk materials companies eliminate that year-end surprise (1:14) How bulk materials companies used to assess their inventory (5:53) Interpreting pixels captured by smartphones, drones and more for attributes of a stockpile (9:38) Sample use cases for image acquisition and data integration (13:00) Attitude shifts in inventory management in 2020 (17:37) Offering a bundled option compared to a white label option (1...
Apr 06, 2022•28 min
Highlights from their conversation include: About Locomation AI (1:14) The Çetin story (4:02) Locomation’s competitive advantage (6:43) The different way Locomation is selling (9:34) Long haul trucking being split into relays (11:03) The necessity of underlying trucking OEMs (13:12) The lack of a clear, federal level safety framework (15:58) Transporting 2x as more in the same amount of time (17:53) The arrival of level five autonomy (20:53) Electrification as the energy system of the future (...
Mar 30, 2022•27 min
Highlights from their conversation include: What Rob and team are building at Backbone AI (1:02) Rob’s background and career journey (1:49) The massive ripple effects of spreadsheet limitations (3:56) Backbone’s practical solution: Databots (10:16) The transformation to digital sales happening in B2B (14:27) Backbone IRL: 2 case studies (16:18) Rob’s POV on utilizing the blockchain for supply chain (24:43) Rapid fire on business building (26:54) Dynamo is a VC firm led by supply chain and mobili...
Mar 23, 2022•31 min
Highlights from their conversation include: About XPO (1:15) Matt’s background and career journey (2:45) XPO’s record-breaking year in 2021 (3:52) The Greenwich arrangement (5:20) Tech’s role in XPO’s business (7:57) XPO’s driver school (12:01) LTL’s 2022 Outlook (14:13) The North American Freight Brokerage outlook (17:36) Rapid-fire round: Ukrainian-Russian conflict, truck shortages, prized daily habit (19:43) Dynamo is a VC firm led by supply chain and mobility specialists that focus on seed-s...
Mar 16, 2022•22 min
Their conversation about the state of the container shipping industry covered: The state of the container business in 2020 (3:34) Integration ambition, building larger vessels and depressing sea rates (9:56) Carrier consolidation and global alliances (15:10) Carriers being smart with pricing and keeping space open (19:23) Technological adoption for liners (22:00) Average annual global container growth and proliferation of regional trade (30:44) What does the state of global trade mean for VCOs? ...
Mar 09, 2022•41 min
Highlights from their conversation include: KINETIC and how Haytham got there (1:07) The problem KINETIC is trying to solve (4:39) What KINETIC’s device work (8:33) Selling as an IoT enabled business (12:14) Monetizing around insurance (15:08) Adapting as a CEO (18:47) Brokerage, the MGA model, & underwriting (20:30) Rapid-fire round: labor shortages across supply, favorite hardware product, the outlook for the New York City startup ecosystem (23:48) Dynamo is a VC firm led by supply chain a...
Mar 02, 2022•25 min
Highlights from their conversation include: The Flexport story (2:00) Ben’s career journey (4:41) International global supply chains (9:54) Technology adoption in the forwarding market (13:28) The start of Flexport (18:40) Raising rounds’ effect on the scaling process (26:22) Multi-product line training and quota attainment (30:24) Expansion tactics, incentives, and considerations (35:13) Rapid-fire round: favorite book, important daily habit, uncommon belief (38:34) Dynamo is a VC firm led by s...
Feb 23, 2022•42 min
Highlights from their conversation include: Chris’ entry into venture (1:27) Fontinalis’ start and current investments (4:58) Automotive’s impact on Fontinalis (8:56) Investing in hardware versus software (11:33) Autonomous vehicles (17:02) EVs and commercial applications (21:30) eCommerce enablement (23:11) The of role Spack (24:29) Advice for founders (27:42) Rapid fire round: COVID breaking open the heartland as a place to build a big business, most important daily habit, outlook for Michigan...
Feb 16, 2022•33 min
Highlights from their conversation include: Trucksters and Luis’s background (1:19) Benefits of Trucksters (4:49) Defining relays (8:15) Why European shippers should implement relays (10:38) The relay vision and market today (12:46) Trucksters’ use of artificial intelligence (14:08) Overcoming the cultural barriers of expansion (16:05) Rapid-fire round: biggest scaling lesson, daily habits, 2022 goal (18:06) Dynamo is a VC firm led by supply chain and mobility specialists that focus on seed-stag...
Feb 09, 2022•20 min
Highlights from their discussion include: Brad’s experience in the international logistics software world (1:13) International TMS execution workflows (5:14) Localization challenges to delivering a TMS at scale globally (10:13) Improving access to high-quality data in international freight (19:17) COVID’s impact on logistics teams (23:05) A founder’s approach to product pricing from seed to series A (25:31) Surprise at large organizations that still aren’t using software to manage workflows (30:...
Feb 02, 2022•33 min
Highlights from this conversation include: Overview of Jabu (1:14) David’s background (2:09) How operations work in today’s market (5:07) Economic mobility in Africa (8:47) Why David is building Jabu full-stack (9:57) Africa’s physical infrastructure (12:35) The Jabu experience (15:14) Benefits Jabu stakeholders acquire (18:01) Cash-based economy (20:27) Advice for acting on financial opportunities (23:29) Underappreciating broadening the African supply chain (24:46) The future of Jabu (26:16) S...
Jan 26, 2022•29 min
Highlights from their conversation include: Clay’s background and how he ended up at Dynamo (1:23) Africa’s automotive supply chain (4:57) Importance of infrastructure (8:19) Africa as “the last frontier” for unhindered progress (10:03) Nearshore vs offshore manufacturing (11:16) Fast and fun round: Omicron, Semiconductor Shortage (15:59) Clay’s self-help advice (17:17) Dynamo is a VC firm led by supply chain and mobility specialists that focus on seed-stage and enterprise startups. Find out mor...
Jan 19, 2022•19 min
Important points in the conversation include: Alden breaks down his background with supply chain and automation (1:18) The state of self-driving vehicles in 2020 (2:47) How Ike differentiates itself from competitors (14:31) Navigating regulations and ensuring safety (19:39) Discussing the news of working with Ryder, NFI, and DHL (28:01) Pitching to fleets and helping them prepare for this vision of the future (34:03) Alden’s take on the value of demonstrating the technology on public roads early...
Jan 12, 2022•41 min
Highlights from their conversation include: Rob’s background and founding story (6:02) How Clockwork enables shippers to control the delivery moment (11:06) The 4 key solutions delivered through Clockwork (13:21) The ideal Clockwork customer profile (20:28) Achieving scale by building configurable software (25:31) Solving detention and demurrage through real time delivery tracking (28:27) Fast and fun round: Theranos, 2022 goals, Prediction (33:54) Dynamo is a VC firm led by supply chain and mob...
Jan 05, 2022•40 min
Santosh and Julian discussion covered supply chain start-ups, e-commerce, warehouse automation, the coolest robots and more. Highlights in the conversation include: Getting to know Julian’s background in seed investing and the supply chain (1:17) Discussing the current state of warehouse robotics and industrial automation (7:33) The excitement and challenges of rail automation (20:55) Start-ups and avoiding pitfalls with long-sale cycles (23:35) Offering contrarian takes on robotics and investin...
Dec 29, 2021•41 min
Highlights from their conversation include: Description of Transporeon (1:25) How Stephan got into the Supply Chain technology industry (2:06) The European landscape for supply chain software (5:21) Breaking down Transporeon’s service offerings (11:28) How Transporeon built and launched a carbon visibility product (19:21) Investing in an end to end platform to serve Supply Chain customer needs (26:45) Dynamo is a VC firm led by supply chain and mobility specialists that focus on seed stage, ente...
Dec 22, 2021•30 min
Highlights from their conversation include: Synopsis of Jonathan’s book, “ Supply Chain for Startups ” (1:30) Jonathan’s career background & journey to Google (2:46) The importance of mapping products & strategic planning (7:13) Nearshoring to mitigate risk in supply chain (16:28) Scaling quality control as a competitive advantage (20:28) Opportunities for innovation in early stage raw material procurement (22:45) Dynamo is a VC firm led by supply chain and mobility specialists that focu...
Dec 15, 2021•25 min
Highlights from their conversation include: Why Michael started SwagUp (1:10) The supply chain challenges behind getting startups their Swag (5:26) How SwagUp manages forecasting product availability (9:13) Opportunities for innovation in the swag supply chain (14:28) How the swag supply chain works today (17:20) Managing quality control for customer swag (20:28) How Michael has built learning and growth into his daily habits (26:35) Where to look for future opportunities for innovation (30:10) ...
Dec 08, 2021•33 min
Highlights from their conversation include: HV Capital’s investment thesis (1:30) Felix’s background and career arc (2:26) ‘State of the Union’ on European road freight (5:23) Incumbent obstacles to innovation (11:28) Freight accumulation as a model for growth (15:20) HV’s POV and investment in construction logistics (18:45) Investing €1,000,000 in a single growth area (24:35) Dynamo is a VC firm led by supply chain and mobility specialists that focus on seed-stage, enterprise startups. Find out...
Dec 01, 2021•37 min
Highlights from this episode include: Launching Pactum as a start-up (2:50) Reaching pareto optimality in negotiations (4:45) Use case description of negotiation with vendors (6:23) Benefits seen and value created for customers and suppliers (12:28) Example of Pactum in retail (20:15) Where Pactum fits into the future of the supply chain (21:57) How launching a second startup compares to launching your first one (24:01) Determining pricing strategy and utilizing profit-sharing (26:01) Lessons le...
Nov 24, 2021•31 min
