The Multiplier Effect

Director of Plug and Play's Supply Chain accelerator, Josh Saffran, joins us on the show to share emerging trends he is uncovering with founders engaged in Plug and Plays programming and what Fortune 500s are prioritizing as it relates to finding solutions that address increasing sustainability in the supply chain. 

Alan Holland, Founder, and CEO of Keelvar joins us on the show to share how his team is pioneering intelligent sourcing and automation solutions to simplify and radically improve procurement, the world’s most inefficient trillion-dollar marketplace. Alan unpacks how he’s scaling Keelvar and how he’s been so successful at partnering with 70+ fortune 500 companies.

We are honored to be sharing one of the amazing panel sessions hosted at Plug and Play's recent Supply Chain Expo held in Northwest Arkansas with Senior Venture Associate at Plug and Play, Danae Robert, Zach Freeze (Sr. Director of Strategic Initiatives, Supply Chain at Walmart), Luke McCollum (VP, Walmart), and Steve Sikra (VP Americas, Alliance to End Plastic Waste). They discuss the challenges we face in supply chain sustainability today and how companies can help support the changes we want to see for tomorrow's supply chain. 

In this episode, Rory Guinan, Managing Director of Endeavor Ireland sits down with Barry Napier, CEO of Cubic Telecom to hear how he manages Cubic's culture and talent recruitment when building next-generation solutions to help OEMs accelerate data-driven business decisions. So today, we are focusing on who is behind the future of mobility and how leading brands around the world choose the right team to provide data insights across their fleets. 

Endeavor's network mentors many CPG companies across the U.S. hearing their challenges related to funding their manufacturing and inventory costs. And, we believe sometimes rethinking supply chain, means rethinking access to capital. After chatting with cofounders of Kickfurther, Sean De Clercq and Erik Straub, we've learned just how often funding solutions don't typically match the natural cash flow cycle of a product-based business and the challenges associated with traditional lending. Kickfurther is building the go-to resource for funding growth brands by connecting people across the US through their active marketplace and today, they share how companies can maximize their scale potential through their innovative solutions. 

In this episode, Tracy Black, Managing Partner at NewRoad Capital, shares shocking stats related to cyber threats and her advice for supply chain tech companies looking to evaluate their cyber-security preparedness planning for internal and external cyber-crisis communications. Tracy shares her tips for ensuring these prospects will be ready to commit at the contract phase for supply chain founders looking to sell to enterprise customers.

6% of today's corporations have complete supply chain visibility, making it nearly impossible for enterprise companies to source ethical manufacturers and ensure retail sustainability. To The Market is providing an incredible untapped production capacity around the world, particularly in the artisan industry. It's the second-largest economy in the developing world, behind agriculture, but is largely disconnected from the supply chains of traditional retailers and corporations. Through To The Market's work with consumers and makers, they take steps toward protecting our planet, empowering people through the dignity of work via sustainable, transparent, and ethical production. In addition, their proprietary data and inventory of suppliers ensure big players can provide a more sustainable supply chain. In this episode, Jane Morris, Founder, and CEO of To The Market shares how their clients like Bloomingdales, Target, Macy's, and Mastercard have bought into the mission of a sustainable supply chain. It's not just a nice to have but a need to have. 

Recorded live at Startup Crawl — James Farmer, Founder, and CEO of EasyBins shares how suppliers are mitigating global supply chain issues, how product categories are currently being impacted by inflation, shifting assortments to meet consumer demand, and the cost of last-mile delivery. EasyBins addresses key issues that plague many legacy grocery delivery companies by providing a one-stop, single-checkout marketplace of brands, products, and retailers.

The cleaning industry has a dirty little secret: it’s not so clean after all. In order to fix tomorrow’s problems, we have to fix today’s cleaning model. So that’s what Ryan Lupberger, Founder and CEO of Cleancult, did. One that rethinks everything, from ingredients to packaging to performance to shipping. Ryan dives into the process of partnering with Carbon Fund, among other essential factors companies should evaluate as they launch with sustainable scalability in mind. 

Endeavor Entrepreneurs from every corner of the globe, are coming up with the most creative and scalable solutions to growing and stabilizing our economy through sustainable supply chain practices. And this week, we are privileged to be joined by Charu Thomas, as she is leading fulfillment operations by automating manual tasks and increasing workforce efficiency at Ox. Ox decreases labor costs by automatically generating optimized pick walks, routing orders to multiple facilities, and increasing order picking efficiency using AR-based, hands-free order picking technology creating a "generational skip" in supply chain solutions.