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Oren Zislansky

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
247 total appearances

Appearances Over Time

Podcast Appearances

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Look Back: FlockFreight Grows 400% YoY, 500k Pallets Shipped, Still Shy of $1b Valuation

Now, to be fair, that trucking company is not charging you $1 per pallet.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Look Back: FlockFreight Grows 400% YoY, 500k Pallets Shipped, Still Shy of $1b Valuation

They're charging you $26.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Look Back: FlockFreight Grows 400% YoY, 500k Pallets Shipped, Still Shy of $1b Valuation

Whether you put one pallet on board or 26 pallets on board, you're going to pay $26.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Look Back: FlockFreight Grows 400% YoY, 500k Pallets Shipped, Still Shy of $1b Valuation

You're a smart guy.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Look Back: FlockFreight Grows 400% YoY, 500k Pallets Shipped, Still Shy of $1b Valuation

You want to get the truck full.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Look Back: FlockFreight Grows 400% YoY, 500k Pallets Shipped, Still Shy of $1b Valuation

You want to get your lowest possible unit economics.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Look Back: FlockFreight Grows 400% YoY, 500k Pallets Shipped, Still Shy of $1b Valuation

You put 26 pallets on board.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Look Back: FlockFreight Grows 400% YoY, 500k Pallets Shipped, Still Shy of $1b Valuation

You have in your head $1 a pallet.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Look Back: FlockFreight Grows 400% YoY, 500k Pallets Shipped, Still Shy of $1b Valuation

Conversely, now you're a small shipper or you have a small order.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Look Back: FlockFreight Grows 400% YoY, 500k Pallets Shipped, Still Shy of $1b Valuation

It could be a big shipper, but you have a small order.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Look Back: FlockFreight Grows 400% YoY, 500k Pallets Shipped, Still Shy of $1b Valuation

You just have one pallet to ship.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Look Back: FlockFreight Grows 400% YoY, 500k Pallets Shipped, Still Shy of $1b Valuation

That's it.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Look Back: FlockFreight Grows 400% YoY, 500k Pallets Shipped, Still Shy of $1b Valuation

It doesn't make sense to buy the whole truck for $26, right?

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Look Back: FlockFreight Grows 400% YoY, 500k Pallets Shipped, Still Shy of $1b Valuation

So instead you go to the LTL industry, these hub and spoke operators, the UPS FedEx without the truck, without the aircraft, they charge you $2 to move that one pallet.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Look Back: FlockFreight Grows 400% YoY, 500k Pallets Shipped, Still Shy of $1b Valuation

That's what we do.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Look Back: FlockFreight Grows 400% YoY, 500k Pallets Shipped, Still Shy of $1b Valuation

That's what our financial model is, is that instead of charging $2 and paying almost $2, we can charge $2 and pay $1 because we're buying.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Look Back: FlockFreight Grows 400% YoY, 500k Pallets Shipped, Still Shy of $1b Valuation

It's like we're syndicating that entire truck.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Look Back: FlockFreight Grows 400% YoY, 500k Pallets Shipped, Still Shy of $1b Valuation

We're taking all the risk and telling the customer, don't worry about it.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Look Back: FlockFreight Grows 400% YoY, 500k Pallets Shipped, Still Shy of $1b Valuation

I'll find the other 25 pallets to go with your one pallet.

SaaS Interviews with CEOs, Startups, Founders
Look Back: FlockFreight Grows 400% YoY, 500k Pallets Shipped, Still Shy of $1b Valuation

It'll never move through a terminal.