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Khaled Naim shared thisAmazing opportunity to work with some brilliant product minds and leaders at Onfleet. The team is building the future of logistics and powers millions of deliveries every week for thousands of business around the world, so you’ll have global impact from day one. DM me if you’re interested or know someone who might be a fit.Khaled Naim shared this𝐖𝐞'𝐫𝐞 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐟𝐨𝐫 𝐚 𝐕𝐏 𝐨𝐟 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐭 𝐚𝐭 𝐎𝐧𝐟𝐥𝐞𝐞𝐭. I'm not the hiring manager, but as CTO I'll work closely with this person, so I have opinions. I want someone who picks a few things, says no to the rest, and works out scope with engineering before we commit. Someone who ships small and often and stays close to the details. The role reports to our CEO, sits on our leadership team, and leads Product Management, Design and User Research. Remote in the US or Canada. Job description and pay range: https://lnkd.in/gX7aWw4m Applying? I shared some opinionated application advice earlier. Link in the comments. Curious about the role, or know someone who'd be a good fit? 𝐌𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐦𝐞.
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Khaled Naim shared this🚨 Some big news to share! 🚨 After more than 10 incredible years and hundreds of millions of deliveries powered, as of this morning I am transitioning from CEO to Executive Chairman of Onfleet. I am thrilled to announce that Andrew Travis, my longtime partner in crime and our current COO, will be taking over as CEO. They say a founder’s job is to fire themselves from every role until there’s nothing left to do. Well, the hardest part isn't doing the work. It’s knowing exactly when to pass the torch to someone who can run the next leg of the race faster than you can. Why now? Simply put: The business is flying. We’re shipping product faster than ever, hitting new delivery volume highs, and growing faster than we have in years. The company is ready for a leader who lives and breathes operational scale. That leader is Andrew. Andrew knows the Onfleet DNA better than anyone. He’s been in the trenches with me since we were just a few guys in a room with an idea (and cardboard boxes and a ping pong table). As our second employee, Andrew’s been there steadfast, by my side, through pretty much all the ups and downs, the twists and the turns, building the business into what it is today. I’m leaving the execution in the most capable hands I know. As for me? I’m not going far. As Executive Chairman, I’ll be focused on big-picture strategy and trading my daily stand-ups for board meetings. On a personal note, leading this team has been the privilege of my lifetime. Onfleet has always been more than just a company to me; it has been my second home. But the thing that got me out of bed every single morning wasn’t the ARR or the product releases. It was the human impact of what we do. It was working alongside our incredibly talented team to enable our customers and their drivers to do their best work. Just the other day, I saw an app store review come in from a driver titled “My favorite app.” It read: “This is where I make money to take care of my family, so it is my favorite.” It stopped me in my tracks. It is easy to get lost in the software, the tickets, and the KPIs. But that review was a reminder that behind every task we power, there is a fellow human being trying to make a living, and a business owner trying to thrive. Because of the Onfleet team’s hard work, thousands of businesses are growing and tens of thousands of drivers are providing for their families with less stress, greater efficiency, and more delight. To the team, our customers, and our drivers: Thank you. 🙏 Onwards! 🚀
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Khaled Naim posted this🚚 Speed + Precision = Growth 📈 In an era where consumers expect their orders not just “soon” but "now", two retailers are showing how a sharper last-mile experience pays off: 🔹 Home Depot reports that investing in faster fulfillment (using both stores and DCs), plus better in-stock visibility, is delivering improved customer satisfaction and driving engagement and sales: https://lnkd.in/dpuY6VnK 🔹 Walmart’s e-commerce business surged 26% in Q3 as more shoppers opt for same-day or sub-hour delivery, showing that when you deliver fast and reliably, shoppers respond: https://lnkd.in/dBWp8ZJZ Here’s the takeaway for retailers: 👉 Faster delivery with accurate ETAs isn’t just a value add. It’s a competitive lever. When you reduce friction, make timing reliable, and optimize supply-chain + in-store fulfillment as one ecosystem, you boost customer trust and frequency, which in turn fuels sales and loyalty. The winners aren’t just the ones who offer fast delivery. They’re the ones who make it consistently predictable and delightful. And Onfleet helps thousands of retailers do both of those things. #Retail #Ecommerce #SupplyChain #LastMile #CustomerExperience #Fulfilment
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Khaled Naim shared thisJust wrapped our Onfleet exec team offsite and I’m feeling incredibly grateful. 😊 I get to work with a team of brilliant, driven leaders who also know how to not take themselves too seriously. One minute we’re in heated debate about product strategy, the next minute we’re elbow-deep in ramen noodles (which we made ourselves!). And then going full Squid Game on each other at Sandbox VR. 🦑 ☠️ As our CTO, Kjell H., said yesterday: “Onfleet has a truly special culture where you can argue to the brink of tears in the boardroom and then be actually crying of laughter five minutes later.” 🤣 We’re building some amazing new products to power the future of last mile delivery and having a great time doing it. Can’t wait to share what we've been cooking (other than ramen) 🚀 P.S. We're hiring! Check out our open positions here: https://lnkd.in/g7hC_uS
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Khaled Naim reposted thisKhaled Naim reposted this🚀 We’re hiring: Mobile Engineering Manager at Onfleet At Onfleet, we power the future of last mile delivery, helping businesses move goods efficiently and delightfully across millions of deliveries every week. Our mission is simple: make logistics feel effortless. We are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager based in Latin America or Canada with a strong background in mobile development on iOS or Android to lead one of our cross functional product teams. You will guide talented engineers working on iOS and Android, foster clarity and ownership, and make decisions that keep us moving fast without losing quality. Leadership at Onfleet means staying close to the work without smothering it, coaching when things are calm, and stepping in decisively when they are not. 💡 What you will do • Lead a high performing mobile team shipping impactful features • Coach engineers for growth, clarity, and accountability • Collaborate with product and design to deliver exceptional user experiences • Weigh in on architectural decisions, especially around iOS • Continuously improve processes, reduce noise, and sustain velocity 🌎 What we are looking for • At least 3 years of proven people management experience (not just “lead” roles) • Hands on iOS or Android experience within the past 6 years • Skilled at guiding decisions, resolving conflicts, and fostering trust • Excellent communicator, clear, empathetic, and fluent in English • Experience managing teams across time zones in Europe and LATAM You will join a global, remote first company that values autonomy, reflection, and results. Our engineering managers build environments where teams thrive, not through control, but through clarity, coaching, and courage. Location: Remote (Canada or Latin America) Core hours: East Coast Time (EDT) Apply here: https://lnkd.in/gjqGBWt9
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Khaled Naim shared thisCome find Onfleet at the Innovator's Showcase at National Retail Federation's NRF 2025: Retail's Big Show Europe Booth 4S128 next week!Khaled Naim shared this[One space. 30 pioneers.] We’re proud to unveil the Innovators Showcase participants ✨ From AI-driven personalization to immersive retail experiences and sustainable supply chain solutions, these innovators are solving retailers’ most critical challenges and redefining the industry. ✨ The 2025 Innovators Showcase companies include: 7Learnings | Advertima | Aura Vision | Ekyam.ai | EVERYANGLE | Fanfare | Haut.AI | Kahoona | Measmerize | BeMyEye | Nectar Social | New Black | Onfleet | Realytics | Reckon.ai | Rockfish Data | Selectika AI | Stork | Tradeverifyd | Trax Retail | TruRating | Twini | Veesual | Alice | Yofi | Zappar | London Dynamics Are you a VC or investor? 🍸 Register for our NRF 2025: Retail's Big Show Europe-sponsored cocktail party and receive a free 3-day pass to connect with the Showcase participants in person → https://luma.com/ye7evc8j 📍 Hall 4 – Paris Expo Porte de Versailles 📅 16–18 September 2025 Tusk Strategies #NRFRetailsBigShowEurope #NRF2025 #RetailTogether #RetailInnovation #RetailTech #NRFInnovatorsShowcase
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Khaled Naim reposted thisKhaled Naim reposted this🚀 We’re hiring a Senior Engineering Manager @ Onfleet We’re growing, and we’re looking for a strong, grounded Engineering Manager to lead one of our cross-functional teams. At Onfleet, leadership isn’t about hovering, but it’s not about detaching either. You create the conditions for smart execution: pushing clarity, enabling ownership, and stepping in hard when you have to. You don’t confuse autonomy with drift. When things are working, you support and amplify. When they’re not, you intervene early, directly, and with context. You have a sharp eye for inefficiency and a lean mindset. You spot waste in tools, process, team dynamics, and delivery flow, and you work methodically to remove friction, so the team moves faster, with more purpose, and less noise. You make the environment better, not just the output. This role is about: ✨ Building a high-performing, psychologically safe team that delivers ✨ Delegating to empower, and pairing it with transparency and follow-through ✨ Coaching with honesty, acting with clarity, and owning outcomes ✨ Partnering tightly with design and product to drive sharp execution ✨ Keeping the mission visible and the team aligned to it We operate remotely across the US, Canada, and Latin America. We’re asynchronous by default, focused, and outcome-driven. If you’ve built teams that ship and grow through calm and crisis, we want to hear from you.
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Khaled Naim shared this🚛 Big news at Onfleet! We’ve just turbocharged our board with the addition of Rob Howard as our newest independent director! Rob is the real deal — founder of two successful logistics startups: Ensenda (acq. by Transforce) and Grand Junction (acq. by Target), ex-VP of Technology at Target, and now CEO of Kindred Motorworks where vintage cars meet cutting-edge tech. 🚗⚡ He’s scaled companies, raised over $100M, and currently sits on the board of Shipt. Basically, if it moves from A to B, Rob’s probably figured out how to optimize, scale, and deliver it. 📦📈 We’re thrilled to welcome Rob to the Onfleet crew as we keep truckin' on our mission to build the future of last-mile delivery — smarter, faster, and of course, more delightful. 🏁 ⭐ Welcome aboard, Rob — onwards! 🛻💨
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Khaled Naim shared thisWe just wrapped up an incredible Onfleet Customer Advisory Board event in San Francisco with a powerhouse group of half a dozen of our amazing customers: Total Wine & More, Capsule, Sway, Eaze, The Rounds, and Fair Ortho Logistics, LLC. It was an energizing 24 hours of collaborative brainstorming, deep product insights, and a memorable evening at the Giants stadium! ⚾ The conversations were rich, honest, and deeply motivating. It’s moments like these that remind us how lucky we are to build Onfleet with our customers, not just for them. 🙏 Huge thanks to everyone who joined us—your ideas, feedback, and passion are already shaping what’s next at Onfleet. 💡
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Matt Maloney interesting. Rooting for you guys, sounds like a win for the consumer, restaurant and driver!
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Khaled Naim liked thisKhaled Naim liked thisHere’s a 2019 photo of Tony Xu Apoorva Mehta and me. That was the year DoorDash bought Caviar (which I was running). Apoorva was running Instacart . Tony was 6 years into running DoorDash. 7 years later, DoorDash announced that it has agreed to buy Instacart, and Tony is still at it. He’s the last founder-CEO from that generation of local commerce players. You learn a lot from selling to someone and then working for them. I got to see how Tony leads, problem solves, and and never lets up. He goes deeper into the details than anyone I’ve worked with. The bar he sets for himself is the bar the whole company rises to. He's still doing it 13 years in. Apoorva is cut from the same cloth, with the same founder intensity. He saw the future of grocery before almost anyone else and built Instacart into the defining company in the category. As he put it, “I’m excited for Instacart to be part of a founder-led company again.” Proud of both of them, and congrats to both teams.
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Khaled Naim reacted on thisKhaled Naim reacted on thisMy job as a VC is to learn something new every day. I love that! I moved here from Italy, solo, at 16, and I spent years trying to crack every piece of America's invisible code (more on cracking the code in the essay in the comments). BUT there are also a few pieces I've chosen to never learn. Not knowing them used to make me feel insecure. Now I'm just embracing the ignorance 🤷♀️ 1) Fahrenheit to Celsius conversion 2) Miles, feet, inches, ounces, and all that imperial system nonsense 3) Anything about American sports. Teams, players, positions. Nothing. So even after 20 years in the country, when someone makes a sports analogy in a work meeting, I stop them and ask for a redo. 4) How to get rid of my Italian accent
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Khaled Naim liked thisKhaled Naim liked thisBig personal news: I have decided to leave Andreessen Horowitz, move to SF, and start a company. It's time to build :) It has been almost 10 years since I joined the firm. I met Chris, Ben, and Marc in 2017. At the time, I was an engineer at Google Brain working on robotics. I had a deep interest in open source. And I knew nothing about investing. Chris meanwhile had already planted the a16z flag at the frontier that was early crypto with investments in companies like Coinbase. But the crypto team at the firm consisted of only him, and he had the ambition to expand. His pitch to me was simple: "You should leave Google and come help me build the crypto vertical at the firm." The work we've done together since then to build out our team and support our founders has been the most meaningful work of my life. I am grateful to have spent a decade working with everyone here, supporting our founders, learning from Chris, Ben, and Marc, and living the firm's culture. It is a culture that values integrity, life-long working relationships, and the belief that we humans have the power to build our own future. Marc and Ben have built a16z into an incredible force for good in the world. Before I joined the firm, I always thought that my inevitable path was to become a founder. The truth is that I wasn't ready for it then. Somehow, this year I've gotten the overwhelming feeling that this has changed. As for what I want to build: It is early, but I care most about building infrastructure that enables open software ecosystems. I am starting with two core observations: 1. AI today is largely a single-player technology. Most uses involve one human talking with one agent in isolation from the rest of the world. That will soon change. Most uses of AI will soon be many-to-many: many humans and many agents working together. There will be at least one massive open network on top of which those uses will be built. 2. Software is now free. It can now be written just-in-time, on the spot for a single individual's hyper-targeted use case, and it can even be thrown out after a single use. This means that our entire software stack will have to change. In the limit, it will lead to a whole new kind of AI-mediated operating systems, which in turn will create an ecosystem of AI-native developers who build applications that actively rebuild themselves on the fly. If you are working on related ideas, and especially if you are in the Bay Area, hit me up. Let's chat! Ben, Marc, Chris, Eddy Jason, and our whole team — I want to thank you. Working with you has been the time of a lifetime. I am forever an a16z superfan and your ally. Onward 🫡
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