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How an On-Demand Labor Platform is Solving the Labor Shortage with Veryable’s Noah Labhart

Manufacturing Happy Hour · 24 Feb 2020 · 46m

What this episode covers

Noah Labhart, CTO and co-founder of Veryable, explains how his platform serves as an on-demand marketplace for manufacturing, logistics, and warehousing labor, effectively creating a 'third labor paradigm' alongside full-time and temp staffing. Labhart details the platform's mechanics, allowing businesses to ramp up or down workforce capacity based on demand spikes while offering operators flexible schedules and daily pay. He shares his personal journey from a corporate IT role at Alcon to a failed freelance project that taught him the importance of small steps, leading to the creation of Veryable with CEO Mike Kinder to solve the industry's workforce shortage.

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Veryable, Alcon, Concept Systems, Touch Tap
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