#86: Founding, Scaling, and Selling a Supply Chain Software Business with John Urban of GT Nexus

On this week’s episode of The Future of Supply Chain, Santosh talks with John Urban, the now-retired co-founder and president of GT Nexus. John shares his experience founding, scaling, and selling his supply chain software business. Highlights from their conversation include:John Urban’s background (1:32)The innovations of GT Nexus “The slowest overnight success” (3:29)Challenges with over interest in visibility and whether visibility is a means to an end (6:20)Consulting with young companies to take the supply chain to the next level (10:19)AI and digitization (15:02)Long-term adjustments for good sparked by a global pandemic (17:01)How John decided to lean in and work with the companies he’s with today (21:09)Product-oriented advice for startups in the supply chain (24:54)Selling software into an industry that is slow to adopt software (26:57)Digesting decades of experience (30:19)GT Nexus is now Infor Nexus. Find out more at https://www.infor.com/aboutAbout The Future of Supply Chain:During each episode of The Future of Supply Chain, we sit down with a different entrepreneur, investor, or industry veteran to discuss their story, views on the industry, and how we can collectively build the future of supply chain together.