Lessons from Business Failure w/ Kevin Gibbon (Airhouse)

Kevin Gibbon is the CEO and cofounder of Airhouse, an end-to-end operations and logistics platform for modern e-commerce companies.

Airhouse works with companies to make distribution of their consumer goods products easy. They use a platform that is an all-in-one, cloud-based warehouse that maintains itself, helping direct-to-consumer companies get orders from factory to front-door.

This company is informed by Kevin’s previous experience founding Shyp, a verticalized startup tackling the same problem. He raised over $60 million for the company, but it eventually shut down.

In this episode, Aaron and Kevin talk about what he learned from Shyp’s failure, the challenges of operating a good distribution center, and the opportunity for DTC brands to expand internationally.

Kevin Gibbon’s Challenge: Go set a scary goal and act on it.

TIMESTAMPS:

00:00 - 00:46 Who is Kevin Gibbon?
01:49 - 04:38 Scaling Business
05:16 - 08:21 Business Digitization
09:42 - 16:39 Handling E-Commerce Shipping
18:17 - 21:53 Building Business Revenue
22:10 - 25:32 Capital Structure
25:58 - 29:01 Shyp's Venture
30:29 - 35:25 Kevin Gibbon's Learning From His Failure
35:54 - 38:26 Kevin Gibbon's on Scaling Business
40:57 - 42:15 Kevin Gibbon's Call To Action