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Chadd Olesen talks about the challenges and successes of building, pivoting, and innovating in freight tech. Find out how AVRL is leading the way with creative automation and fresh strategies to tackle real industry challenges.
Key Chapters:
(0:00) Intro to the Ep
(1:29) What is AVRL?
(6:15) Pivoting AVRL
(9:45) Why to Post on LinkedIn
(13:10) How Chadd Runs his Org
(15:10) Projects and the Projection
(15:36) How AVRL is Funded
(19:09) Venture Capital = Giving Away Power
(24:18) Being ‘Over-Mentored’
(31:36) Chadd’s Thoughts on Trying to do Everything at Once
(36:10) What Drives Chadd
(38:42) Teaching Companies to Leverage Tech
(43:02) Framing Firing and Hiring
(48:56) Internal, External, and Accounting Communication
(53:45) Chadd Olesen Outside of Work
(54:04) Macro and Micro with Politics and Organizations
(1:01:28) Mistakes as a Founder
#LetsTalkLogistics #FreightTech #FreightNews #Scalability #SpotBidding
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Jonathan Salama shares what it’s really like to build and transform a company with freight tech. His company Transfix shifted from brokerage to tech, empowering brokers with tools to thrive in today’s market using the right tools. Here’s why.
Key Chapters:
(0:00) Intro to the Ep
(0:59) Evolution of Transfix
(4:43) Being in a Freight Recession
(9:26) Growing and the Beginning of Transfix
(15:15) Raising Money Outside of the Company
(18:57) Making Decisions as a CEO
(28:08) Correcting Decisions as a Better Founder
(32:52) Jonathan’s Background
(35:42) Having a Family
(39:22) New Challenges within the Company and Selling to NFI
(44:34) The Hardest Decision
(47:56) Personal Growth as a Founder
(53:09) Advice to Someone Starting in the Freight Industry
#LetsTalkLogistics #FreightTech #DigitalBrokerage #FreightNews
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As the founder of FreightFacts.io, Lance Healy gets real about what it takes to build, grow, and pivot in the logistics industry. Watch more to hear why he’s not afraid to keep innovating and how he's shaking things up with accountability and performance metrics shippers can actually use.
Key Chapters:
(0:00) Intro to the Ep
(1:37) Origin of FreightFacts.io
(3:47) Launching Banyan Technology
(4:14) Entering the API Market and Competition
(6:19) Being an Entrepreneur
(9:21) Banyan Exit Strategy
(12:01) Raising Money for Banyan
(19:40) Making Payroll as an Entrepreneur
(23:28) Starting Another Business
(26:20) Being Aware of your Strengths/Weaknesses
(28:49) Having Business Partners
(39:53) Godfather of Dynamic Pricing
(48:58) Revolutionizing API Tech
(1:00:56) Future of Freight Tech Companies
(1:04:25) Lance’s take on Future of TMS Companies
(1:13:13) Advice for Founders and Decision-Making#LetsTalkLogistics #FreightNews #Entrepreneurship #FreightTech
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Todd Fain has seen the industry’s worst inefficiencies firsthand – and he’s not holding back. Tune in to find out how freight’s forgotten problems are holding shippers back, and why it’s costing more than you’d think.
Key Chapters:(0:00) Intro to the Ep(2:20) The Real Todd Fain(3:56) Real vs. Fake on Linkedin(7:43) Todd's Journey to Reconex(10:13) Todd's Early Life in Foster Care(15:43) Todd's Climb in Logistics(19:36) Climbing from Poverty to Progress(30:31) Paul Thompson Impact on Todd's Career(39:15) Turning Struggles into Strengths(42:13) Turning Pain into Purpose(51:17) Todd's Path to Independence(53:30) Unpacking Carrier Agent Conflicts(55:10) Shipper's Guardian vs. 'Free TMS'(58:10) The Free TMS Trap: What's the Catch(1:04:20) Catfish Carriers EXPOSED(1:07:04) From Bongos to Business Ideas (1:15:33) Gabe's Turning Calls into Success(1:23:57) Rocket's Success(1:24:36) Firing & Hiring People(1:31:38) The REAL Freight Experts
In each episode of Let's Talk Logistics, Gabe and his guests cut through industry noise to bring shippers real talk on the issues impacting freight today – no fluff, just facts from people who’ve been there.
#LetsTalkLogistics #NewPodcast #FreightNews #LTL
