Evan Smith is the co-founder and CEO of Altana, a global supply chain management platform. Altana is one of the newest freight tech unicorns out there– they recently raised $200mm in a Series C round that valued the company at over a billion dollars.

In this episode, Evan and Auren discuss:

Why "Globalization 2.0" is replacing free trade
How Russia's economy defied sanctions expectations
The hidden power of supply chain middlemen
China's transformation from cheap labor to tech leader

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Episode #113 Adam Davidson