very Monday, Chris Carter drives his GMC Sierra nine hours north from Alabama (where his family is quarantining) to the Kentucky headquarters of his high-end meat startup Porter Road. His cofounder, James Peisker, makes a similar, grueling trek seven hours south from Chicago to help handle the booming demand for Porter Road’s gourmet steaks, chicken, and pork. \"It\'s like we are in the middle of the holiday season,\" says Carter, 37, who sells top-shelf cuts of beef for as much as $20 a pound. \"Our business is up more than four times our projections for 2021—and that includes the hiring, infrastructure buildout and fundraising that’s supposed to happen later this year.”
每周一,克里斯·卡特(Chris Carter)都会开着他的GMC Sierra,从阿拉巴马州(他的家人都在那里接受隔离检疫)向北行驶9个小时,来到他的高端肉类初创公司Porter Road在肯塔基州的总部。他的联合创始人詹姆斯·佩斯克(James Peisker)也做过类似的艰苦跋涉,从芝加哥往南走了7个小时,以帮助满足波特路美食牛排、鸡肉和猪肉日益增长的需求。37岁的卡特说:“这就像我们处在节日季节的中间。”他以每磅20美元的价格出售顶级牛肉。“我们的业务增长了四倍多,是我们对2021年的预测的四倍多,其中包括招聘、基础设施扩建和预计将在今年晚些时候进行的融资。