#001: Ben James — Hyperlogistics, Helping Old Companies to Innovate and Starting Stories with an Emotional Hook

In this episode Joe speaks with Ben James, the Co-Founder and CEO of Tubular Network which is a startup building the future in Hyperlogistics. Ben was on the top American Hyperloop team at the University of Texas, previously worked for MagicLeap and VRBO in spacial computing and is a self titled Mad Scientist and Dad. 

Ben talks about the history of Tubular Network, his background with Hyperloop, his vision for Hyperlogistics, how being a parent is actually a huge benefit to startup founders, how to handle stress and how Ben navigates the resistance that comes with pitching revolutionary tech to old-school companies.

Timecodes

00:00 Intro

01:24 Background and Story of Tubular Network

08:44 What it means to “Packetize” goods

12:50 Taking Care of Mental and Physical Health

22:40 Advantages of being a founder and parent

26:43 Helping old-school companies to innovate and change

33:15 Communicating Technical Ideas to a Broad Audience

37:52 Closing – Fundraising and contact info

Resources

Hyperloop: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyperloop

Hyperlogistics: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cxj2ut6gPHE

Ben's Contact info

Website: https://www.tubular.network/

Email: info@tubular.network

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/tubular-network/

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-p-james/

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