Originally published at www.refashiond.com on Friday, October 18, 2019. Note: 3,749 Words, 14 Minutes Reading Time Authors: Brian Laung Aoaeh, CFA, and Lisa Morales-Hellebo The world is a supply chain. It’s that simple. But what does that really mean? Whether we like it or not, current economic, political, social, and technology trends will compel more people to […]
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#UserManual – Send Us All The Early-Stage Supply Chain Technology Startups
By Brian Laung Aoaeh on October 17, 2019 in Investing, Investment Themes, Investment Thesis, REFASHIOND Ventures, Venture Capital
Author’s Note: This blog post is an updated version of User Manual: The Early Stage Startups I Want To Hear About Most in 2016 and 2017 and User Manual: The Early Stage Startups I Want To Hear About Most in 2017 and 2018. Certain portions of this version may be exactly the same as in […]
Can Collaboration and Community Serve as Catalysts For Innovation in Supply Chain?
By Brian Laung Aoaeh on September 12, 2019 in #TNYSCM, #TWSCF, Business Models, Communities, Entrepreneurship, How and Why, Innovation, Investing, Long Read, Startups, Strategy, Supply Chain, Technology, Venture Capital
Note: A version of this article was first published on July 31, 2019 at Port Technology. The innovations required to reinvent global supply chains will not happen without collaboration. This article describes our experience facilitating such collaborations, starting in late 2017. In late 2016 and early 2017, I spent a lot of time studying trucking […]
Key Supply Chain Innovation Issues to Consider as the World Becomes More Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, and Ambiguous
By Brian Laung Aoaeh on July 20, 2019 in Economics, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Investing, Investment Themes, MarketVoices at FreightWaves, Supply Chain, Technology
Note: A version of this story was first published on June 11, 2019, at FreightWaves. For a couple of years now, I wake up each morning thinking to myself; “I wonder what insane thing happened while I was asleep.” Initially, it was an enervating experience. Now, I have become accustomed to it, and I do not […]
Disputes Will Disrupt Global Trade and Supply Chains
By Brian Laung Aoaeh on July 20, 2019 in Economics, Investment Themes, MarketVoices at FreightWaves, Supply Chain, Technology
Note: A version of this story was first published on June 04, 2019, at FreightWaves. The United States is now in the midst of well publicised trade disputes with China, and Mexico, two of its biggest trading partners. There are also simmering trade tensions between the European Union and the United States. Supply chains are networks […]
The Democratization of Data for Supply Chain Logistics
By Brian Laung Aoaeh on July 20, 2019 in Business Models, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, MarketVoices at FreightWaves, Shipping, Startups, Supply Chain, Technology, Trucking, Venture Capital
Note: A version of this story was first published on May 29, 2019, at FreightWaves. Almost every day, there are reports warning of severe weather events, across the United States and in other parts of the world. About two weeks ago, while listening to one of those reports I thought to myself “I wonder how easy […]
Our Trash Is Creating A Coming Supply Chain Crisis
By Brian Laung Aoaeh on July 20, 2019 in Business Models, Fashion, Innovation, Investment Themes, MarketVoices at FreightWaves, Startups, Supply Chain, Technology, Venture Capital
Note: A version of this story was first published on May 22, 2019, at FreightWaves. News reports about the 2019 Copenhagen Fashion Summit (May 15 — May 16, 2019) highlighted current efforts by the French government to encourage fashion companies to establish sustainability goals for the industry. French President, Emmanuel Macron, has appointed Francois-Henri Pinault, CEO […]
Why You Should Be Rooting for Startups Like Uber
By Brian Laung Aoaeh on July 20, 2019 in Business Models, Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Investing, MarketVoices at FreightWaves, Startups, Supply Chain, Technology, Venture Capital
Note: A version of this story was first published on May 13, 2019, at FreightWaves. Disclaimer: The author is not an investor in Uber, or any of its competitors. Steve Case’s Rise of the Rest is an investor in FreightWaves. On May 9 — just one day before Uber’s I.P.O., The New York Times published; Why You […]
Is disruption finally underway in the freight brokerage industry?
By Brian Laung Aoaeh on July 20, 2019 in Entrepreneurship, Innovation, Investment Themes, Market Study, MarketVoices at FreightWaves, Shipping, Startups, Supply Chain, Technology, Trucking, Venture Capital
Note: A version of this story was first published on May 10, 2019, at FreightWaves. On April 25, Amazon announced that it was making an investment of $800 million to reduce delivery times, from two days to one, for members of Amazon Prime. The next day FreightWaves was first to report that, without any fanfare, Amazon […]
A Big Change Is Coming To Maritime Shipping And It Could Affect Everything
By Brian Laung Aoaeh on July 20, 2019 in Innovation, Investing, Market Study, MarketVoices at FreightWaves, Shipping, Startups, Supply Chain, Technology, Venture Capital
Note: A version of this story was first published on April 30, 2019, at FreightWaves. The maritime freight shipping industry is central to the functioning of the modern world. Yet it is foreign to most people because it is largely hidden from view. A big change in the way the industry uses oil will come into […]