John Larkin

Truck driver shortage: Myth or reality? 

Trucking industry experts weighed in during a debate Wednesday at FreightWaves’ F3: Future of Freight Festival on the controversial subject of whether there is a driver shortage or a driver retention problem.

The debate, moderated by Timothy Dooner of FreightWaves’ WHAT THE TRUCK?!?, featured Lewie Pugh, executive vice president of the Owner-Operator Independent Drivers Association, and John Larkin, strategic adviser for Clarendon Capital, a private equity firm.

Pugh, representing OOIDA, a trade...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/truck-driver-shortage-myth-or-reality

Venture 53 partner talks winning early stage strategies

Industry experience, an ability to market a product and a total addressable market are the main requirements for a successful FreightTech launch, John Larkin, senior partner at Venture 53, said Wednesday at FreightWaves’ F3: Future of Freight Festival.

Larkin said an early stage company’s ability to scale quickly is key to success, and that is usually only realistic if the potential market is large enough. He said it’s also preferable that a new company is working on a problem that no one else...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/venture-53-partner-talks-winning-early-stage-strategies

SPACs aren’t out of whack in 2020 (with video)

SPACs— special purpose acquisition corporations — have come a long way from being regarded as the “skunk at the garden party” to a welcome investment vehicle.

“It’s a pretty tricky world, especially given all the filing requirements with the SEC and the interaction that is required with public equity investors,” said John Larkin, an operating partner at Clarendon Capital, a private equity firm that invests solely in transportation and logistics companies. 

During a virtual fireside chat Friday as...

https://www.freightwaves.com/news/spacs-arent-out-of-whack-in-2020-with-video