The Dynamo Show: a Dynamo Ventures Podcast

Highlights from their conversation include: The breadth of the supply chain efforts at Georgia Pacific and Trey’s background in philosophy and urban development (1:13) Current state of ocean freight (4:23) Will there be a leveling of the playing field between west and east coast ports? (9:10) What’s top of mind for international logistics in 2021? (13:00) Incentives for carriers to have more compe...

Highlights from their conversation include: The coverage at Bloomberg Intelligence (1:14) How intertwined we are with international activity (2:46) Chip manufacturing (5:06) Reducing our dependency on China (7:11) Sovereignty over the semiconductor supply chain (10:05) The magnitude of investment required (15:22) What you should be keeping tabs on (21:40) Dynamo is a VC firm led by supply chain an...

Highlights from their conversation include: Introducing Nexxiot (1:28) The Dan MacGregor story (3:44) The pillars of Nexxiot: hardware, software, analytics (4:54) Partnerships across the industry (8:55) The importance of bringing Nexia to market (15:52) Distinguish capabilities, enablement, and value (21:25) Untapped areas of the supply chain (25:05) Dan’s favorite daily habit (27:22) Find Nexxiot...

Highlights from their conversation include: An overview of ASCM, its work with individuals and organizations (1:06) Technology’s impact on the supply chain in the near future (7:36) Competencies incoming professionals need to develop and the skill gaps that exist (11:40) Long-term benefit of professional development for company and employee (15:23) Upscaling warehouse workers (21:04) Compelling re...

Highlights from their conversation include: Introducing Solvento (1:17) The Jaime Tabachnik story (2:03) Breaking down the problem (4:47) What this industry needs (15:47) FinTech vs supply chain business (18:01) Customer success story (23:19) Untapped areas of opportunity (27:32) What’s open in Jaime’s browser (32:19) Dynamo is a VC firm led by supply chain and mobility specialists that focus on s...

Highlights from their conversation include: About RRD Supply Chain Solutions (1:25) The John Marrow story (3:56) Combining marketing and supply chain (5:48) RRD partnerships (8:38, 15:38) The most vital part of RRD’s tech stack (10:44) The value of being healthcare focussed (12:34) An untapped area of logistics (18:04) Dynamo is a VC firm led by supply chain and mobility specialists that focus on...

Highlights from their conversation include: Why nearshoring is important (1:40) Benefits to industry stakeholders (6:39) Hurdles we have to overcome (13:30) What this means for a seed investor (17:37) 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/ Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See...

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) Appl...

Highlights from their conversation include: What Craft is focusing on building currently (1:02) Ilya Levtov’s background (1:48) Three modules of supplier discovery, evaluation and monitoring (4:21) Mapping a complex supply chain network (7:16) Sample of a customer’s experience (13:03) Benefits for Craft’s customers (18:08) Craft’s position in the future of the supply chain (21:32) Founded in 2015,...

Highlights from their conversation include: About Partstat (1:11) The Dennis Menefee story (4:39) Capital inventory pre-purchasing (7:31) How Partstat makes money (12:38) Challenges Partstat customers face (17:31) How Partstat views nearshoring (23:18) Untapped areas in the supply chain (28:21) The most interesting read (31:16) Dynamo is a VC firm led by supply chain and mobility specialists that...

Highlights from their conversation include: Background on FEV as a company and Dean’s role (1:07) State of alternative energy drive systems starting with hybrid vehicles (5:38) Electric Trucks (9:00) Utilizing hydrogen (10:58) Use case of battery electric vehicles in logistics (17:12) Technical breakthroughs needed (21:47) Dealing with the impact of regulation (24:32) Evolutionary progress and pre...

Highlights from their conversation include: About OSM Worldwide (1:14) The Gaston Curk story (2:43) Defining “parcel injection” (4:22) The underlying business model (9:47) How Dr. Squatch leverages OSM (10:50) eComm volumes for the rest of the year (14:38) An important lesson about parcel capabilities (16:54) The competition of the larger private parcel businesses (19:39) An area untapped by techn...

Highlights from their conversation include: The Matt Hertz story (1:10) About Second Marathon (5:08) How to establish supply chain competency (7:58) Perspective on delivery times (12:10) Advice for high-growth companies (19:58) Matt’s favorite summer activity (26:30) Dynamo is a VC firm led by supply chain and mobility specialists that focus on seed-stage enterprise startups. Find out more at: htt...

Highlights from their conversation include: What’s being built at Manna (1:10) The Bobby Healy story (1:48) What drones are best suited for (4:23) How Bobby chose the enabler route (11:00) Safety at Manna (14:27) Varying designs for drones (19:38) Deterrents of drone expansion (25:12) The economics of drone delivery (29:33) Advice for rising founders (32:48) Bobby's favorite summer activity (34:01...

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Highlights from their conversation include: About UPS Capital (1:11) The Jeff Iannone story (1:39) What UPS offers (2:18) Managing risk exposure (3:14) Thinking about claims management (4:48) When considering insurance partnerships (7:15) How underwriting is improving (9:05) Making a plan amongst shortages (10:52) Rethinking supplier relationships (14:35) Untapped supply chain problem areas (17:07...

Highlights from their conversation include: About Haul (1:22) The Tim Henry story (1:58) The driver shortage issue (7:00) A secular solution (12:48) Getting screened for Haul (15:26) The Haul customer experience (18:23) California Assembly Bill 5 Impact (21:40) Most important lesson from selling to fleets (26:43) Dynamo is a VC firm led by supply chain and mobility specialists that focus on seed-s...

Highlights from their conversation include: What Mark’s building in Africa (1:15) Mark’s background and career journey (2:17) The freight opportunity in Africa (3:34) Who Amitruck serves best (5:59) How Amitruck helps solve the issue (7:03) Driver recruitment and relations (8:55) Amitruck’s technology enablement (10:50) Working on the underlying fundamentals (13:24) Hardest learned lesson (15:33)...

Highlights from their conversation include: Carolyn Mooney’s path from missiles to food delivery to nextmv (1:08) Using Dash to experiment and simulate and Hop to solve optimization (4:10) Customer benefit use cases (12:42) Practically implementing the nextmv API (14:53) Simulating thousands of decision paths and selecting the most optimal one (16:43) Could this be used to help with vaccine distri...

Highlights from their conversation include: About Wyebot (1:07) The Roger Sands’ story (2:20) Current connectivity status quo (3:46) The wireless intelligence platform (8:08) Internet connectivity today (11:31) How ROI decisions are thought through (13:27) Necessary organizational adjustments (17:17) Selling and servicing WiFi capability (19:53) Unsolved wireless capability issues (21:21) Dynamo i...

Highlights from their conversation include: About Truck Labs (1:18) The Daniel Burrows story (2:50) The one-on-one of “truck wings” (4:34) A new software product for fleets (11:01) Founder advice for selling technology to fleets (13:33) Daniel’s opinion on the debate (21:46) New business opportunities (25:31) Dynamo is a VC firm led by supply chain and mobility specialists that focus on seed-stage...

Highlights from their conversation include: About Zebox (1:14) The Charley Dehoney story (4:10) Why and how you should join Zebox (8:09) Common mistakes made when engaging with enterprises (12:48) How supply chain visibility has changed in the last year (15:23) Looking for supply chain visibility solutions (18:44) The Supply Chain Reform Act of 2022 (22:13) The reality of nearshoring (30:55) Reque...

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 val...

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 tha...

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...