Resilience in Logistics: Ruth Correa on Building Two Delivery Companies

Episode 31 of the Last2First Podcast features Ruth Correa, founder and CEO of Cheetah Final Mile and Tempo Courier. Ruth’s story is one of resilience, strategy, and growth. When the housing crash of 2008 wiped out her career, she pivoted into logistics while pregnant and built two successful delivery companies across South Florida and Kansas City. Today, she leads operations spanning final mile, medical delivery, warehousing, and white glove services. In this episode, Ruth shares: ✅ How she transitioned from the housing market to logistics ✅ Lessons learned from partnerships, franchising, and scaling independently ✅ Expanding into warehousing and white glove deliveries ✅ Balancing business leadership with being a single mother ✅ Why resilience, hard work, and integrity define her success 👀 Ruth’s journey shows what it means to push through setbacks and build a business that lasts. 🎧 Listen & Subscribe: 🎧 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/3gDS58wo6IWeLl48LHukdP?si=gmhv7Lh8QvyY5xxFS9ZpPA 🍏 Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/hn/podcast/last2first-podcast/id1778491941 📲 Follow Ruth and Cheetah Final Mile 🔗 Website: https://cheetahfinalmile.com/ 🔗 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruth-correa-cfm/ 📢 Connect with Our Sponsors 🚛 Deliver DFRNT – https://deliverdifferent.com/ 🛡 GigSafe – https://www.gigsafe.com/ 🚚 Dropoff – https://www.dropoff.com/ #Last2FirstPodcast #RuthCorrea #CheetahFinalMile #TempoCourier #LogisticsLeadership #Entrepreneurship #Resilience