31 min
006 - Graham Parker, Co-Founder and CEO at Kontainers Supply Chain Connections
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- Business
PROFILES
SUPPLY CHAIN CONVERSATIONS
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EPISODE 6 GRAHAM PARKER, CO-FOUNDER & CEO AT AWARD-WINNING OCEAN SOFTWARE PLATFORM KONTAINERS
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Welcome to Episode 6 of Profiles, a podcast centered around supply chain conversations hosted by Brian Glick, founder and CEO of Chain.io.
Our guest this week is Graham Parker, Co-Founder and CEO at award winning Ocean Software platform Kontainers.
Listen in as Brian and Graham discuss:
* The differences between supply chain logistics systems in the US and the UK
* How a lot of people who get into the supply chain industry begin with dreams of global trade and currencies and maybe they picture something from a movie, but when they actually start the first day and see the pile of paperwork some of them don't make it to lunch time. So — what was it about the logistics industry that made Graham stay?
* Who influenced Graham in his career
* What inspired Graham to create something new in the world of supply chain logistics
* Everything takes longer than you think (what Graham knows now that he wish he'd known when he started in supply chain logistics)
* The importance of setting appropriate expectations up front
* Whether venture capital investors are patient enough to support logistics projects that don't yield return for several years
* Learning moments and challenges over the last 5 years
* Managing expectations allowed them to not grow too fast so that now they are in charge of the destiny of their business
* It's easy to over-raise capital too early
* The importance of having senior management that understands the tech space as well as the freight space
* Whether or not a few mega-companies could corner the market in the freight industry like Amazon has done, or if there is room for several companies in the space
* The trajectory the freight and logistics industry should be taking in order to survive in the future
Learn More About Graham Parker and Kontainers:
* LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/graham-parker-024560a1/]
* Kontainers [https://www.kontainers.com]
Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts so that you're updated when we post a new episode!
Take care, and until next time,
Brian Glick, CEO
chain.io
PROFILES
SUPPLY CHAIN CONVERSATIONS
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EPISODE 6 GRAHAM PARKER, CO-FOUNDER & CEO AT AWARD-WINNING OCEAN SOFTWARE PLATFORM KONTAINERS
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Welcome to Episode 6 of Profiles, a podcast centered around supply chain conversations hosted by Brian Glick, founder and CEO of Chain.io.
Our guest this week is Graham Parker, Co-Founder and CEO at award winning Ocean Software platform Kontainers.
Listen in as Brian and Graham discuss:
* The differences between supply chain logistics systems in the US and the UK
* How a lot of people who get into the supply chain industry begin with dreams of global trade and currencies and maybe they picture something from a movie, but when they actually start the first day and see the pile of paperwork some of them don't make it to lunch time. So — what was it about the logistics industry that made Graham stay?
* Who influenced Graham in his career
* What inspired Graham to create something new in the world of supply chain logistics
* Everything takes longer than you think (what Graham knows now that he wish he'd known when he started in supply chain logistics)
* The importance of setting appropriate expectations up front
* Whether venture capital investors are patient enough to support logistics projects that don't yield return for several years
* Learning moments and challenges over the last 5 years
* Managing expectations allowed them to not grow too fast so that now they are in charge of the destiny of their business
* It's easy to over-raise capital too early
* The importance of having senior management that understands the tech space as well as the freight space
* Whether or not a few mega-companies could corner the market in the freight industry like Amazon has done, or if there is room for several companies in the space
* The trajectory the freight and logistics industry should be taking in order to survive in the future
Learn More About Graham Parker and Kontainers:
* LinkedIn [https://www.linkedin.com/in/graham-parker-024560a1/]
* Kontainers [https://www.kontainers.com]
Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes or wherever you get your podcasts so that you're updated when we post a new episode!
Take care, and until next time,
Brian Glick, CEO
chain.io
31 min