S03 E3: Shawn Khan, CEO & President of Metropolitan Warehouse & Delivery Corp
Meet Shawn Khan
Shawn didn’t inherit a company. He didn’t raise venture capital. He bought a small, one-truck delivery business in New York City and rented vehicles daily just to keep it running.
Two years in, he was ready to shut it down.
Instead, mentorship, disciplined expansion, and long-term thinking transformed that small operation into a national logistics company operating 47 facilities across the lower 48 states.
In this episode, we cover:
Why mentorship — not just capital — changed the trajectory of the business
How e-commerce reshaped furniture logistics and created massive expansion opportunities
What it takes to double revenue in two years during COVID
Why Shawn transitioned to an independent contractor model — and how it created an entrepreneurial ecosystem within his fleet
The difference between running a job and building infrastructure that lasts
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