Logistics is 14% of India's GDP, and transportation around 60-65%. On this episode of Shunya One, Shiladitya and Amit are joined by Md. Imthiaz. Imthiaz talks to us about how he started working for a pizza startup in Chennai, to then selling liquor, to setting up his first hyper-local commerce company in 2010 called Hopper and then later in 2017 starting Raaho. He further tells us about his dad being a trader, cycling for 2.5 km just for the food grain truck to arrive, and lots more. Imthiaz also talks about having 10 trucks at one point to later having only 6 and how most of the customers use trucks as moving warehouses. Shiladitya and Amit also ask Imthiaz about organized and unorganized trucking and the break-up between the market that he has and the larger trucking business. They also discuss how the trucking industry has not changed for 100 years, the dark side of it and how technology can work well in this space. This and a lot more with Md. Imthiaz, Co-Founder & CEO at Raaho.

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