Choice: The secret ingredient to creating a cross-border marketplace - Global Trade Tech 2020
b'Creating a cross-border marketplace from scratch is a tough business, but Forager CEO and co-founder Matt Silver looked to tech giants like Amazon, eBay and Airbnb for inspiration.\\n\\u201cIt\\u2019s not about thinking how we used to do this back in the day, it\\u2019s how do we do this differently now,\\u201d Silver said. \\u201cWe want shippers and carriers to be able to have choice on what they do on a daily basis. We want to position this technology as a way for people to grow their businesses.\\u201d \\xa0\\nForager is a freight tech startup founded in 2018 by Silver and vice president of finance and analytics Jordan Salins, with Chief Operating Officer Jessie Essman joining shortly thereafter. The Chicago-based company specializes in cross-border truckload freight matching between the U.S., Mexico and Canada.\\nSilver recently discussed his company\\u2019s vision and purpose with Toronto-based transportation lawyer Heather Devine of the law firm Alexander Holburn Beaudin + Lang LLP.\\nTheir virtual fireside chat \\u2014 \\u201cForager: manically focused on cross-border with tech\\u201d \\u2014 was part of American Shipper\\u2019s Global Trade Tech summit on Thursday.\\n\\xa0\\nApple Podcast\\nSpotify\\nMore FreightWaves Podcasts\\nWatch\\n\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'