The Fort #259 - Aaron Rubin - Founder & CEO of ShipHero - Building a Better Supply Chain | The FORT #259
EPISODE #259 After being bailed out of his first company by his dad 15 years ago while in college, Aaron Rubin learned his lesson and founded ShipHero in 2013 as a warehouse management system for e-commerce shippers.
Since then, ShipHero has gone on to serve around $8 billion per year in orders from e-commerce stores.
In the last 3 years alone, they have opened up 9 warehouses across the country to manage shipping and fulfillment for medium and large businesses including Shopify, Canadian Tire, Glossier and Universal Music Group.
Aaron is known for having his finger on the pulse of ShipHero’s major initiatives, He is responsible for planning and executing the overall vision and strategy of the organization.
In today’s episode, Aaron sits down to discuss his backstory, how he almost went bankrupt in 2008, taking inspiration from Amazon, and what lies ahead in 2023 for the logistics world.
Key Takeaways:
- Intro (00:00)
- How Aaron got started (01:30)
- What is ShipHero? (07:32)
- The problem with copying Amazon (13:25)
- Everyone hates logistics (22:51)
- The state of the market (28:08)
- What’s going on with supply chains (37:15)
- Is manufacturing leaving China? (43:33)
- What’s coming up in 2023 (48:44)
- The future of the workforce (58:36)
- Episode wrap-up (1:05:07)
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