E995: The Next Unicorns: NEXT Trucking CEO & Co-founder Lidia Yan brings trucking into the digital age with her two-sided marketplace, shares insights on finding & focusing on an untapped market, owning & innovating drayage, navigating the trucking indu This Week in Startups

0:55 Jason intros Lidia Yan

5:03 Lidia describes getting into the trucking industry and why NEXT focuses on "drayage"

13:29 How NEXT has revolutionized drayage shipping

18:22 What is a typical shipping broker's take rate

20:54 How does pricing work in the trucking industry?

27:28 How do trucking companies measure their driver's hours?

29:41 Issues within the trucking industry?

35:14 Did trucking lose employees to ride-sharing?

39:20 How NEXT compares to Uber Freight

44:50 Amazon's impact on the trucking industry

46:22 Trade war bringing inconsistency to trucking

48:41 How Lidia dealt with the challenges of being a woman starting a trucking company

50:47 Importance of getting to profitability early on