"The trucking industry is the unseen engine of the American economy, and right now it's running poorly." The founders of WorkHound are determined to fix the debilitating problems of the trucking industry- namely driver retention. Why did these two non-truck drivers decide to tackle this huge problem in the trucking industry? You'll have to listen to find out. A hint: It started with hip hop. Sorta...

At the end of the episode, you'll hear Max's track, "A Step Away (Ratatat Remix)" 

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WorkHound

Marc Held is on his third company as a founder. He uses his computer engineering background to solve problems big and small. Starting small with building a tracking device so bikes don't get stolen to now transforming a $40 billion industry by enabling a truly transparent supply chain with predictive technology. Hear his story on this week's episode. 

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Marc Held, CEO at Armada

3D printing has become quite the buzzword, but there are truly innovative things happening behind the scenes because of this technology. Collider is combining 3D printing with traditional manufacturing to solve a problem that has, up until this point, gone unsolved. Hear Graham's story and how he and his team of impressive additive manufacturing experts, have figured out to get the most out of 3D printing tech.

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Graham Bredemeyer, Founder of Collider

This week we speak with the founder and CEO of ClearMetal, Adam Compain, and get the inside scoop on what it takes to run a predictive logistics company.

Adam Compain, CEO at ClearMetal

Each week we bring you logistics tech updates and news from the VC world. This week Katlyn gets you up to speed on big happenings in the ridesharing and automotive world, autonomous delivery, and much more. Santosh gives you an overview of the Warren Buffet's Annual Letter, the Snapchat IPO and the WeWork Secondary.

Weekly Update with Katlyn and Santosh

Stefan Seltz-Axmacher has never considered himself "cool enough" to be a startup founder. Others would likely disagree, though. Even as a kid, he wanted to be an inventor and has always shown an interest in entrepreneurship. He joins us today to talk about his latest invention: the driverless truck startup, Starsky Robotics. 

Hear how Stefan came up with this unique idea for a driverless truck startup and the difficulty he experienced trying to bring it to life. A great story with insightful perspectives on tenacity, salesmanship and authenticity in a startup community too often plagued by BS.

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Check out our new weekly update later this week!

Stefan Seltz-Axmacher, Starsky Robotics

In less than 5 minutes, we update you on some big funding news in the on demand space, tech solving some first world probs, Amazon Prime going to Mexico, and robots reading our minds. A quick listen to keep you up to speed on the amazing innovations happening in logistics, transportation and the supply chain. 

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This Week in Logistics Tech

This week: Katlyn covers driverless tech advances in India, new delivery tech, more efficient airport security + more. Then, Santosh discusses the MobilEye acquisition, thematic investing + more.

Tech + VC Wrap Up from the Week

Quick weekly update: Jeff Bezos moves his arms, drunk dialing with Amazon's Alexa, Airports meet technology, better data for better crops, and more! 

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Tech Wrap Up from the Week, 3/24/17

Robots become our buddies, lots of logistics tech funding happened, and more. Katlyn and Santosh keep you up to speed on all logistics tech happenings from the week.

Katlyn does a written weekly wrap as well. Find this week's at: https://medium.com/p/6cb0f69a3d3d/
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Interesting Logistics Tech and VC News from the Week

Katlyn does her quick weekly wrap up on major news in logistics, transportation and supply chain technologies, and then Santosh discusses venture news from the past two weeks. 

This week in the update: We have new ways of delivering food, glasses made out of paper, and Walmart trying to convince you to pick up your online purchases in the store + more. Also, Santosh reflects on Q1, the opportunities in the movement of funds across the supply chain, and the burgeoning industry of telematics. 

Get the written wrap up with a list of major funding that happened in logistics tech this week: www.hitthebutton.com

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This Week in Logistics Tech and VC- 4/13/17

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