Episode #87 4th & Goal with Bear Down Logistics' Founder and CEO Desmond Clark

Opportunities for game winning and game saving performances happen everyday and can take many different forms. When your customer is at 4th and goal, are they willing to put the ball in your hands? Join the Transportation & Logistics Clubhouse and DESMOND CLARK of Bear Down Logistics Inc. as we discuss what it means to be clutch in business and how making plays in the crunch time can set your business and life up for success. 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-a555-2d9ff17f1735 -- Listen/Subscribe on Youtube: https://youtu.be/mUiy-X346WM 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. 01:50 Sports chat. 06:49 Journey to becoming a freight broker. 08:55 Niche or keeping options open. 10:36 Warehouses locations. 11:49 First cold call to a shipper. 15:15 What he attributes his quick success to. 18:58 Memorable league moment(s). 21:07 Similarities between building a corporate team and a league team. 23:23 Importance of trust to him. 26:23 How does someone become clutch? 28:31 Their business structure. 31:14 Thoughts on competition or collaboration with other brokerages. 34:12 Dispatcher’s Guide To The Galaxy book. 35:00 Is there an established pipeline that's welcoming to former pro athletes into logistics and does he want to be a part of it if so? 37:09 Whether he would advice athletes to invest in the transportation industry. 39:18 Where he draws his strength from. 42:05 Final shots. 43:03 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