Episode #15 What's Your 20, Driver? A Highlight of TextLocate with Founder and CEO Ryan Rogers

Manufacturers and shippers are demanding greater visibility of their products at all times in the supply chain. The Transportation & Logistics Clubhouse welcomes Ryan Rogers, founder and CEO of TextLocate, to discuss his less invasive product. 12.8.2021 Powered by ⁠Atlanta Dispatch LLC For Dispatching Services: www.atlantadispatch.org Podcast Website: transportationandlogistics.club Join our newsletter: transportationandlogistics.club/newsletter Learn how to dispatch: Physical Book Copy: transportationandlogistics.club/amazon eBook: https://books2read.com/u/4jqlzX Stay updated with our happenings: https://linktr.ee/transportationandlogistics?utm_source=linktree_profile_share&ltsid=601f8834-e86c-4ff1-a555-2d9ff17f1735Listen on Youtube:https://youtu.be/tIuhxz7Xchs Intro/Outro Music Shoutout: Positive Hip-Hop by MaxKoMusic | https://maxkomusic.com/ Music promoted by https://www.chosic.com/free-music/all/ Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/0:00 Intro and background 3:42 Experience with U.S Express Logistics 10:00 TextLocate and how it came about 14:43 Who is TextLocate's perfect customer? 16:07 Support while starting out from colleagues at U.S Express Logistics 17:40 Is TextLocate a disruptor? 19:14 Will TextLocate build on multimedia messages? 22:36 Did experience at Trucker Path plant the seed for TextLocate? 22:53 Experience working for larger companies and how it shaped the path to establishing TextLocate. How grasping opportunities and luck played a key role 34:00 Factors to consider when scaling a company 40:25 Grit and why it is essential 42:25 Price to get started with TextLocate 45:16 Ryan's side hustle Silver Fox Men's apparel 48:18 Audience member take 50:26 Will TextLocate integrate updates sent to TMS sysstms through IDI so they are automatically sent to the brokerage? 55:03 Will TextLocate develop Geofence capabilities? 1:01:15 Cloing remarks 1:04:43 Outro