Inspired by 'Moneyball,' These 2 College Friends Built a Logistics Company Bringing in $369 Million Last Year

Sep 23, 2019 at 11:27 AM CST - 1
The increasing primacy of e-commerce ensures that logistics and transport companies are well-represented on recent Inc. 500 lists. (Indeed, last year's top 10 featured two firms that serve that space, including the No. 1 company, SwanLeap.) That opportunity has drawn lots of new businesses. So how can you succeed amid all that competition? Matt Pyatt, the co-founder of Arrive Logistics--which brokers vacant space in trucks for clients like Kraft and Pepsi--knows how his company cracked the 500 this year: It all comes down to the math. --As told to Una Morera

Sep 23, 2019 at 11:27 AM CST

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The increasing primacy of e-commerce ensures that logistics and transport companies are well-represented on recent Inc. 500 lists. (Indeed, last year's top 10 featured two firms that serve that space, including the No. 1 company, SwanLeap.) That opportunity has drawn lots of new businesses. So how can you succeed amid all that competition? Matt Pyatt, the co-founder of Arrive Logistics--which brokers vacant space in trucks for clients like Kraft and Pepsi--knows how his company cracked the 500 this year: It all comes down to the math. --As told to Una Morera