During this episode, Santosh is joined by Ben Braverman, the CCO at Flexport. Flexport is a freight forwarding and customs brokerage company that provides unprecedented visibility and control for suppliers. Santosh and Ben discuss where labor gets centralized, tools that make jobs easier and more enjoyable, where automation can happen all together, and more.
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)
About The Future of Supply Chain
During each episode of The Future of Supply Chain, we sit down with a different entrepreneur, investor, or industry veteran to discuss their story, views on the industry, and how we can collectively build the future of supply chain together. Listen to more episodes at https://www.dynamo.vc/podcasts.
About Dynamo Ventures
Dynamo Ventures is a pre-seed and seed stage fund that invests in supply chain and mobility startups, worldwide.
