Episode #69 Providing the Solution w/ Jake McLeod COO of EXO Freight

There is always excitement surrounding the launch of a new company. So much time has gone into the logos, the mottos, and the service offerings that it feels like we should stop there and make these our core competencies. BUT sometimes you may need to expand to meet the needs of your customers. The Transportation & Logistics Clubhouse welcomes Jake McLeod of EXO Freight to discuss how to know when it’s time to push your company to offer more. 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/Subscribe on Youtube: https://youtu.be/83MvwTGMRPw 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/ ---- 00:00 Intro 02:06 What constitutes a start up? 04:00 Thoughts on how the company has been over the last year for him. 05:57 Why did Exo freight start with open deck LTE market? 10:09 Do they still require 250,000 on cargo insurance? 12:45 What was important in training in the past but don't put much emphasis as much nowadays. 14:48 What they heard or did inorder to put attention to other things. 17:04 His thoughts on aggressive plays to buy businesses and where it will lead the industry. 19:09 Asset based carrier rates vs brokers rates. 22:05 Exo's position on people purchasing more trailers and making trailer orders in a down cycle more than they have in a long time and whether they would hop in the trailer space if the right times comes along. 25:56 Ideal personnel who has bought value at their company. 28:24 Their position on non-competes. 33:54 How it looked like when they decided to expand services. 38:35 Time it took from idea to actualization. 40:23 Are their percentages going to change? 42:20 Is the process easy for a dispatcher to see whom they will buy invoices for? 46:41 His thoughts on if he feels a major shift coming that people should take note of. 48:30 Final shots. 49:30 Outro. #transportationandlogisticsclubhouse #freightbroker #hotshot #flatbed #dispatcher #boxtruck #logistics #opendeck #broker #freight #freightforwarding #carrier #trucking #supplychain #warehousing #storageyard #freightmanagement #Reefer #drayage #refrigeratedfreight #trucking #dedicatedfreight #dat #containers #chassis #networking