Contrarian Views on Startups, Digital Freight Forwarders, LogTech, AI and more (Jonah McIntire, Founder, TNX Logistics)

Jonah McIntire is the founder of TNX Logistics, an AI-based road
transportation procurement platform that Jonah just sold to
Transporeon. He is also author of the book "Supply Chain
Visibility: From Theory to Practice". Jonah holds many contrarian
views around logistics and supply chain tech in particular. So this
conversation turned into a wide-ranging thought-provoking
discussion with our host Boris Felgendreher on the following
topics: - Why startups are much less about a grand vision and more
about trial-and-error and opportunism - What the first version of
TNX Logistics looked liked like and why that didn’t work - What
actually did work and how - What the “whiteboard rationale” was for
launching TNX in New Zealand in “stealth mode” and what the reality
ended up looking like - The acquisition of TNX by Transporeon -
Jonah’s views on the success of Sennder in the European road
transportation market. What he admires the company for and what he
perceives as “tech-washing” on behalf of Sennder, Uber Freight,
Convoy and others - An analysis of the economic models of Uber
Freight, Convoy, Flexport - The valuation premium of digital
freight forwarders vs. traditional freight forwarders - Why Jonah
is bearish on drones in logistics but very bullish on autonomous
vehicles and why that technology deserves more attention - Why the
vision of humans and AI working together in unison and AI only
replacing the boring and mindless tasks that humans don’t like to
do may be wrong - Is AI in logistics and supply chain actually
making jobs better or not? - How to think about breakthrough
technologies that will suddenly change an entire industry.
Analogies to the Manhattan project - And much more Please subscribe
to The Logistics Tribe Podcast, so you don't miss any of the future
episodes. To connect with Jonah McIntire, visit:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonahmcintire/ To connect with Boris
Felgendreher, founder of the Logistics Tribe, visit:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/borisfelgendreher/ To connect with Dana
von der Heide, host of the Logistics Tribe, visit:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/danavonderheide/ To connect with Marco
Prüglmeier, host of the Logistics Tribe, visit:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/prueglmeier/