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The FreightCaviar Podcast — 270 episodes

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Freight Theft Is Preventable 99% of the Time

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Why Freight Brokerage Margins Are Headed to 8%

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Scaling Like a GOAT

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How Cold Calls and Customer Service Built a $50M Freight Brokerage

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Scaling a Freight Brokerage to $100M+ Using Offshore Talent

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How They Built a $500M Freight Brokerage

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He Sold His First Company at 28. Then Came Freight

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Moldova: The Hidden Dispatch Workforce Powering U.S. Trucking

9

The Hidden Problem Costing Fleets Millions

10

Bridging the Border: The Future of U.S.–Mexico Cross-Border Freight

11

The Hidden Engine of North American Logistics: El Paso–Juárez

12

How Smarter Brokers Ship Less, Save More by Building Better Networks

13

Inside the Case That’s Shaking Up the Entire Industry

14

The Deal That Could Take Freight Off the Highway

15

What Makes Kansas City a Magnet for Logistics Investment

16

Highway Founder & CEO on The End of Trust-Based Freight

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Reed Rivers on Building Freight Flex Around the Hardest Customers in Freight

18

Freight Tech’s Real Bottleneck Isn’t AI, It’s Relationships

19

Why Freight Data Doesn’t Fix Carrier Pricing Without Network Context

20

The 27-Year-Old Building a $70M Freight Brokerage Out of Birmingham

21

Inside OTR Select: Turning Carrier Data Into Broker Insight

22

(PREVIEW): The Story Behind Chattanooga’s Freight Dominance

23

AI, Margin Pressure, and the Consolidation of Freight Tech

24

American Trucking’s New Reality: Risk, Fraud, and Pressure

25

(PREVIEW) David Parker, CEO & Founder of Covenant: Building a Freight Legacy

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(PREVIEW) Max Fuller, Founder of U.S. Xpress: What Happened to Trucking and What’s Next

27

Winning Freight Sales in 2026

28

The Strategy Gap That Makes Freight Tech Fail

29

How Truck Parking Club Is Solving the Parking Crisis

30

Freight’s Invisible Bottlenecks and the AI Fix

31

Compliance, Chaos & the Non-Domicile Dilemma

32

How Two Supreme Court Cases Could Shape the Future of Logistics

33

How GenLogs Tracks Fraud Across U.S. Highways

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The Making of SearchCarriers.com

35

Navigating a Turbulent Freight Market

36

Chattanooga: A City Shaped by Freight

37

Freight Alley Recap

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2025 Freight Recap

39

Scaling Smart in Logistics with David Radom

40

Inside Saudia Airlines Cargo Company with Per Højland

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Why 2026 Will Test Every Player in Logistics

42

Combating Freight Fraud with Highway

43

Silicon Valley Founder Explains How AI Is Rewriting Freight Ops

44

Vooma: Transforming Freight Operations with AI

45

FleetWorks and the Next Era of Logistics

46

How Hyperbound is Redefining Sales Training with AI Roleplays

47

HappyRobot: Where Humans Meet AI in the Workplace

48

The Future of Driver Hiring: Inside GetDrivers.ai

49

TruckSmarter Co-Founder and CEO on the Future of Freight in the Tech Scene

50

Navigating AI and the Human Edge with Santosh Sankar

51

Ex-Uber Head of Data on The Future of AI and Software in Freight

52

Bill Driegert Talks Tech, Fraud Prevention, and Industry Shifts

53

I Went to Serbia to Learn How It Became Trucking HQ

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Diablo Freight Ventures, Inc.: From Burnout to Breakthrough

55

Elysium Enterprise: Fixing Trucking’s Broken Recruiting System

56

How Balic Transport Built a 110-Truck Fleet in Denver

57

Inside Serbia’s Outsourcing Surge

58

Inside Pallet: The AI-Driven Platform Solving Freight Inefficiencies

59

Battling A New Wave of Cyberthreaths with GLCS

60

Running an On Board Courier Service

61

Building Freight’s First AI Load Board with Jin Stedge

62

Little John Transportation Services Inc. on Nearshoring and Navigating Tariffs

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Redefining Cross-Border Freight with VAX Solutions

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Roberto Icaza’s Playbook for U.S.– Mexico Freight

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How WireBee Is Making Freight Calls Safe Again

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Logistics Has a BIG Problem...

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Why He Sold His Freight Empire to Build an AI Company

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#202: Trinity Logistics President on Leadership, AI, and Future

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#201: The Broker’s Role in Freight Fraud (Part 1)

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#200: Freight Fraud in 2025 and What Highway Just Launched for Carriers

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#199: Mesilla Valley Transportation: A Legacy in Motion

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#198: Miles of Wisdom: Lessons from Texas’ Oldest Truck Driver

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#197: Navigating the Cybersecurity Landscape with Aleksander Frelas

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#196: Bridging the Gap in Trucking Education and Financial Literacy

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#195: 500 Years of Freight: The Past, Present & Future of Gebrüder Weiss with Mark McCullough

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#194: The Tale of Triple T Transport - John Mahle

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Feb. 7th, 2025 – FreightCaviar News: Freight Earnings: Winners & Losers

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Feb. 5th, 2025 – FreightCaviar News: 10 Quarters of Decline

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Feb. 3, 2025 – FreightCaviar News: Trade War 2.0 & Freight Fallout

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#192: The Power of Effective Leadership - Travis Ahern

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Will Nikola SURVIVE? | EV Chaos | $200M COKE Smuggling Bust 💰 | BIG Freight AGENCY CHANGES on the horizon?

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#191: Freight Agency Hit with EXPLOSIVE Legal Battle – Freight Agents, This Could Change EVERYTHING!

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#190: From Super Bowl Star to Freight Brokerage CEO: Desmond Clark

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#189: Peter Katai: Behind the Scenes of 90s Freight Revolution

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#188: Leading a $1 Billion Freight Brokerage with Cameron Ramsdell, CEO of Armstrong Transport Group

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#187: Building Trucking Tower Leads & Sustainability in Freight

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#186: How HappyRobot is Changing Freight Brokerages with AI

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#185: How Alvil Trucking's CEO Built a YouTube Channel with 60k Subscribers

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#184: The GlobalTranz Mafia and Beyond with Charley Dehoney

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#183: MoLo Co-Founder Invests in Shipper CRM, A FreightCaviar Product

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#182: Thomas Mella on TMS, Visibility, and API Solutions in Freight Tech

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#181: Levity.ai’s Thilo Huellmann on Automation Solutions for Freight

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#180: Carrier411 CEO Darren Brewer on Freight Fraud Prevention

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#179: Nearshoring Carrier Sales Reps to Mexico

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#178: How AI Is Changing Freight Brokerages

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#177: Ari Levy: Former Coyote & MoLo Broker Turned Recruiter & FreightCaviar Content Creator

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#176: Building Cargado and Navigating Mexico's Freight Market

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#175: Level Up Your Freight Game: Nick Dangles on Broker Training

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#174: Outsourcing Freight Operations to Poland

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#173: Freight Agent vs. Freight Broker: Insights with Brian AuBuchon, VP of Logistics at TAB LLC

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#172: Hanging Out with Kevin Nolan & Andrew Silver at Arrow Trans HQ in Villa Park, IL

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#171: The Logistics Evolution: Charles Craigmile's Insights on Technology and Team Success

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#170: From Harvard to AI: Dhruv Gupta on Revolutionizing Brokerages with Drumkit

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#169: Behind the Scenes with CtrlChain at Their Headquarters in Eindhoven, Netherlands

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#168: Mastering Freight Brokerage Sales with Will Jenkins

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#167: Kary Jablonski’s Leadership and Vision at Trucker Tools

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#166: From Poland to Prosperity: Adam Karcz's Journey in Freight Brokerage

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#165: Rob Liss, Vice President at MAKA Logistics

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#164: Former American Backhaulers COO Noam Frankel on Freight’s Past, Present, and Future

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#163: Authentic Engagement, Closing Deals, and Carrier Advocacy in Freight

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#162: Metafora’s Ryan Schreiber on Data, AI, and Human Connection in Freight

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#161: The Importance of Teamwork, Transparency, and Real Pricing in Freight

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#160: Kevin Nolan, Founder & CEO, Nolan Transportation Group (NTG)

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#159: Plotting the Future of Freight Tech with Echo Logistics Vet

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#158: Vetting the Real from the Fake in Freight

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#157: Insider Tips From Leading Produce Shipper COO

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#156: Aleks Bates on Dispatching US Trucks from Serbia

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#155: Can Freight Brokerage Be Automated? with Anthony Fecarotta, Founder of linehaul.ai

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#154: Building C.H. Robinson into an Intermodal Powerhouse

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#153: How the Silicon Valley of Europe is Birthing Next-Gen Freight Tech

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#152: Berlin Tech Meets American Freight With Levity.AI Co-Founders

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#151: The FreightCaviar and ShipperCRM Story

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#150: TIA 2024 Conference Recap: Innovations, Networking, and Industry Insights

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#149: The “Lean Startup” Approach in Freight with Alexander Folk, Founding Principal of Apollo Advisory Group

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#148: Tackling the $700M Freight Fraud Problem with Michael Caney, CCO of Highway

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#147: Why OTR Solutions Acquired EPay Manager: Back Office Tech Support for Freight Brokers

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#146: From Cold Calls to Closing Deals with Senior Sales Exec John Mahle of Triple T Transport

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#145: M&A Trends in the Freight Industry in 2024

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#144: Michael Sachaj of Hyde Park Angels (First Investor in FourKites)

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#143: Bill Driegert (Employee #4 at Coyote)

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#142: The Co-Founders of Critical Brokerage Services (CBS)

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#141: How to Land Shippers

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#140: Trailer Marketplace & Truck Parking

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#139: Interviewing a Shipper

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#138: Reed Loustalot

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#137: Founding the Hottest Logistics Conference

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#136: Tag Trans Inc. & Logan Premium Logistics: Toni Gjurovski & Simon Wylangowski

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#135: Joseph Klikas: Chief Experience Officer at The Custom Companies, Inc.

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#134: Matt Silver: Former CEO & Founder of Forager Logistics (Acq. by Arrive in 2022)

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#133: The Will Jenkins Story: From Selling Cutco Knives to Co-Founding MoLo Solutions

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#132: Geoff Anderman: Mastering Major Acquisitions in Logistics

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#131: Prashant Shah: Running Logistics at Swag Up

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Freight Gong Friday: F3 Recap w/ Special Guest Craig Fuller

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#129: Matt Perkins On Building Business to Business (BTB) Logistics

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#128: Emmanuil Mytryk: Growing a Freight Brokerage from Scratch

146

#127: Rasmus Nielsen: From Denmark to the US: A Journey in Logistics

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#126: Pavel Botev: Journey from Communist Bulgaria to U.S. Hazmat Drayage

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#125: The Story Behind Freight 360 with Nate Cross & Benjamin Kowalski

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#124: A Deep Dive with Will Hopkins, Co-Founder of BlackBox Logistics

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#123: From Cold Calls to CEO: The Rocket Shipping Journey with Gabe Pankonin

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#122: How a Family-Owned Truck Stop Dominates the Northeast

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#121: Eddie Leshin & Brian Winshall: From American Backhaulers to Sheer Logistics

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#120: Cultivating a Successful Produce Logistics Company with Adam DeGroot

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#119: Building a Logistics Business You Can Sell with Jordan Gerber

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#118: Grace Maher: the COO of OTR Solutions

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#117: John Stauffer: ISO - the FICO Score Of Transportation

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#116: Joe Egertson: The Journey of Sheer Logistics

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#115: Nicole Glenn: What Is Expedited Freight?

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#114: Mikhail Rasner: CEO & President at MiRUnited

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#113: Kenneth Lund: The Allen Lund Story Part 2

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#112: Ryan Rogers: Bootstrapping A Freight Tech Product

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#111: Dennis Brown: How To Succeed As A Freight Broker

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#110: Brad Hollister: Selling A Freight Tech Company For Millions

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#109: Paul Klimovich: Going From Conditional to Satisfactory

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#108: Kenneth Lund: The Allen Lund Story Part 1

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#107: Cassandra Gaines: How To Stop Double Brokering

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#106: Kevin Coomes: Artificial Intelligence In Freight

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#105: Building Truck N Hustle to 140K YouTube Subscribers

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#104: Reliance Parters: The Freight Insurance Giants

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#103: $6,000 Towing Bill for 16 Miles

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#102: Truck Smarter with Daniel Kao

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#101: Denys Paniv of Alvil Trucking: From Zero to 250+ Reefers

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#100: Covenant: A Chattanooga Story

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#99: Tim Higham: The CEO & Founder of AscendMS

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#98: Brian Bourke from SEKO Logistics

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#97: Growing a Freight Brokerage to $765 Million in Revenue

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#96: How to Succeed in Freight Sales with Kevin Hill

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#95: Mastering Logistics Marketing with Kara Smith-Brown

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#94: Hot Topics in Freight Brokerage with the CEO of TIA

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#93: Tim Breckenridge: How To Succeed In Trucking & Brokerage In 2023

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#92: Desmond Clark: From Super Bowl Player to Freight Broker

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#91: What You Need to Know About Freight Factoring

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#90: Inside the Freight Industry

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#89: How Sunset Transportation Became a $350+ Million Revenue Freight Brokerage with the Best Google Reviews

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#88: Inside Logistics Investing with Dynamo Ventures

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#87: The ComFreight Story from Load Boards to Collecting Money From Shippers

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#86: Why Carriers Fail & Lose Money

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#85: Migway: From Zero to 250 Trucks

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#84: Freight Broker vs Dispatcher

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#83: Why Freight Factoring Isn't A Scam With Brett Byman

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#82: Selling Freight Services For Freight Brokers and Carriers: Top 10 Tips From EXPERTS

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#81: Andrew Silver: CEO at MoLo Solutions

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#80: Carlos Barahona, Director of Business Development at Universal Logistics Services

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#79: Whimsy Intermodal: Trucking Since 1996

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#78: Jason Doc Brown: Freight Brokers Customer Sales Tips

196

#77: Krystian Gebis: On Creating Auto Pilot for Semi-Trucks at the Age of 20

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#76: FreightCaviar Hitchhikes with a Truck Driver

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#75: Marshall Nebeker: Double Brokers Are Now Impersonating Real Freight Brokers

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#74: Rafael Quintana: Building a Boutique Freight Brokerage

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#73: The Edge Logistics Story with William Kerr

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#72: The Realities of Owning a Trucking Company

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#71: Hunter Yaw: Co-Founder & CEO at LogRock

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#70: Leo Gorodinski (Co-Founder & CTO at Alvys) & Matt Tabatabai (Co-Founder & COO of Zuum App)

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#69: Matthew Leffler: The Armchair Attorney

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#68: Danny Frisco: Nearshoring Logistics Jobs to Mexico

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#67: A Shippers Perspective for Freight Brokers

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#66: Andrew Silver: CEO at MoLo Solutions

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#65: Preview: Mark McKenna: Tips for Freight Brokers to Land More Business

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#64: Tobenna Arodiogbu, CEO at CloudTrucks & Daniel Sokolovsky, CEO at W/:\RP

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#63: Andrew Sobko: Founder & CEO at CDL 1000

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#62: Ryan Rogers: the Founder & CEO of TextLocate.com

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#61: Charlie Saffro: The Story Behind CS Recruiting

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#60: Tim Higham: President & CEO of the Most Popular TMS in the World (TheFreeTMS.com)

214

#59: Matt McLelland: The Green Future of Freight

215

#58: Andrew Silver: The CEO of MoLo Solutions

216

#57: Why You Shouldn’t Open a Freight Brokerage?

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#56: Benjamin Gordon on the Ukrainian Logistics Coalition, the impacts of war on his business

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#55: Leo Gorodinski (Alvys) & Tim Higham (AscendTMS) on the ins and outs of developing a successful TMS

219

#54: Listen in as the top 2 TMS providers talk about the industry

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#53: BasicBlock: Revolutionizing the Factoring Industry

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#52: The Future of Freight Tech

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#51: Alvys: Revolutionizing the TMS Industry Pt. 2

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#50: How has the U.S trucking market changed in the last few months?

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#49: Is TQL a Good Company to Work For?

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#48: 8 top facts you need to know about humanitarian shipments to Ukraine

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#47: How a freight broker escaped Kyiv: Amazing, honest talk with a U.S freight broker from Kyiv

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#46: Leo Gorodinski: From Building Jet.com to Revolutionizing the TMS Industry

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#45: Talking to a Billion Dollar Shipper About Logistics

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#44: The #1 Sales Agent at Echo & Shark Tank Guest

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#43: Sales 101 from the Top Logistics Sales Agent

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#42: Logistics Marketing: Should You Spray-and-Pray?

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#41: AscendTMS Partners with UShip

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#40: Asking Random People in Chicago: What is a Freight Broker?

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#39: Outsourcing Logistics Jobs from the US to Macedonia

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#38: Will Autonomous Trucks Replace Truck Drivers?

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#36: LTL: Why is the Class System Outdated?

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#35: Shipping Bombs & Military Equipment

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#34: What is Being Shipped if the Value of Cargo is Over a Million Dollars?

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#33: How Does Newegg Pick a Transportation Provider? Trust is more important than price.

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#31: Double Brokering Offices in the United States

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#30: The Power of Linkedin

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#29: Tim Higham, the CEO & Founder of AscendTMS, the worlds most popular TMS

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#28: The Logistics of a Warehouse in Pomona, California

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#27: Chris Jolly, AKA "The Freight Coach"

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#26: The #1 Sales Agent at Echo Global to Being on Shark Tank

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#25: Talking Freight with Tom Stawinski in Armenia

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#24: Shipping Mushrooms with the VP of Supply Chain 🍄

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#23: The Story of FreightWaves

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#22: How Hitchhiking w/ Truck Drivers Led to BasicBlock.io

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#21: Doug Estrada: the Senior Director of Walmart Logistics

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#20: Non-Competes in the Freight Industry

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#19: How Will BasicBlock Offer Free Factoring?

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#18: Soliciting Business from Shippers

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#17: Logistics Content Creation with Blythe Brumleve

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#16: Walmart Senior Director of Logistics Tells Us His Pet Peeves

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#15: Freight Brokers are a Punching Bag & It is Why They Won't Be Replaced

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#14: Brokers Spam Shippers. How Do You Win Their Business?

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#13: How Does DAT Rateview Come Up With Rates?

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#12: Does Spamming DAT with the Same Load Affect the Load to Truck Ratio on the Hot Market Map?

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#11: The Morning Routine of the Top Logistics & Supply Chain Recruiter

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#10: A Crazy Story on Why You Need to Do Carrier Compliance

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#9: The Future of Freight Tech

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#8: What is FreightWaves Sonar & Is It Worth It?

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#7: What Marketing Mistakes Do Companies Make?

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#6: The Fishy Side of Freight: Cutting Owner-Operators Rates

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#5: DAT: What Kind of Rate Changes Will We See this Year?

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#4: Double Brokering Offices in the United States

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#3: What Changes Will the Freight Broker Industry See Within the Next 20 Years?

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#2: The Problems with Freight Tech & Venture Capital

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#1: Advice to Anyone Who Wants to Open a Freight Brokerage