Freight Famous

Do you have a set of values that govern your life, yet alone, your company’s?  This week, Freight Famous host Justin Bailie sits down with executive coach, Elizabeth Kurfess to discuss the secret to creating a company culture, even with limited resources. They discuss what exactly it means to have values and why it’s important to define these, both on a personal level and for your company. As thei...

From two day delivery to two hour delivery, has our industry been set-up with impossible standards? This week, Freight Famous host Justin Bailie sits down with PhD Ann Campbell, Business Analytics Executive Officer at the University of Iowa. Ann starts by breaking down the barriers and adjustments that come with the integration of autonomous trucks. As their conversation continues, both Ann &...

How does a single lawsuit cost companies millions of dollars? Nuclear verdict. This week, Freight Famous host Justin Bailie sits down with Eric Zalud, Partner & Associate Chairman at Benesch Law. They take a  deep dive into how transportation companies are finding themselves in hot water over nuclear verdicts. As someone who works on the defense side, Eric shares his insights on the top five t...

How are carrier & broker marketplaces regulated efficiently yet ethically?  In this special episode of Freight Famous, we’re bringing you to the 2023 Mid-America Trucking show where host Justin Bailie talks with Brent Hutto, Chief Relationship officer at Truckstop. Brent talks about the art of learning how to treat people right in the industry, with an emphasis on knowing your audience to succ...

Supply chain resiliency and agility – two terms that are somewhat mystified, yet super relevant to the survival of companies in today’s economic landscape.  In this episode, host Justin Bailie is joined by Ryan Ernst, a Canadian Partner at Deloitte, and leader of Canada’s Planning & Fulfillment practice, to go through today’s supply chain trends, and what companies can expect when undergoing a...

What pushed driver Dee Sova to become a mentor for other women in trucking? The sudden death of her daughter in a drunk driving accident. In this episode, host Justin Bailie talks with Dee Sova, founder of Trucking Diva’s Rock and CDL Instructor at Prime Inc. They discuss Dee’s personal journey to becoming a positive role model for women in trucking & how she turned her grief into becoming a s...

How can fleets manage their data better and reduce losses? In this episode, host Justin Bailie talks with Hayden Cardiff, founder and Chief Innovations Officer at Idelic. Hayden shares insights on the gap he identified in the trucking industry, insurance and assessing risk associated with fleets, and nuclear verdicts within the American legal system. 

In this episode, host Justin Bailie talks with Jason Miller (PhD The Ohio State University), Associate Professor of Supply Chain Management and interim department chair for the Department of Supply Chain Management at Michigan State University’s Eli Broad College of Business. Jason shares insights on what’s been happening in the spot market, what’s going to happen in 2023, freight cycles, reshorin...

In this episode, host Winnie Chen takes us back to 2022 to revisit some of our favourite snippets from each episode we produced in the last year. Think of this as your cheatsheet to some of our most important moments. Thank you to all our insightful guests and to you, the listener! 

In this episode, host Justin Bailie talks with Benjamin Gordon, Founder and Managing Partner of Cambridge Capital. They discuss Benjamin’s current thoughts about the merger & acquisition space in the supply chain, what a transportation company needs to think about if they want to sell or acquire a business, and lessons from Benjamin’s entrepreneurship journey, as well as his philanthropic work...

How can you use TikTok and other social media for your business? In this episode, host Justin Bailie talks with Kevin Huang, Co-founder of TruckingUp. They discuss Kevin’s journey into the trucking industry and how he’s learned about the industry through visiting truck stops and documenting his learnings on social media. Kevin also shares insights on utilizing social media, such as TikTok, for bus...

How can carrier identity strengthen the connection and relationship between brokers and carriers? In this episode of Freight Famous, host Justin Bailie talks with Jordan Graft, Founder & CEO of Highway about how he got into the trucking industry, his experience starting a business with his wife and tips on working with your partner, and how Highway is helping to build relationships between car...

Should you join your family’s trucking business? In this episode, host Justin Bailie talks with Jacquie Meyers, Managing Partner of Mosaic Logistics Inc. about joining and leading a family trucking business, the obstacles she faced, her transition from the LTL family business to 3PL, and her experience being a woman in the industry and balancing motherhood. This episode is packed with great advice...

What do you need to think about if you’re scaling a 3PL? In this episode, host Justin Bailie talks with Michael Caney, Founder of GrowthNexus about growing a 3PL and how to overcome hurdles during growth, Michael’s three part framework to leading a business, freight tech, buying SaaS, and advice on how to be a better leader. 

Hosted in front of a live audience at the Rose Rocket office, tune into this unique episode where host Justin Bailie talks with  Aditi Verasamy, Group Product Manager, Connected Driver at Samsara and Kyle Humphries, Pre-Sales Consultant at Rose Rocket. They discuss how the driver workforce has changed, what pain points fleets are looking to solve, and how fleets can leverage technology like Samsar...

What attracts women to the trucking industry? What does the data show about the impact of hiring women? In this episode, host Justin Bailie talks with Ellen Voie, President & CEO of the Women In Trucking Association, about her experience being a woman in the industry and why she started Women In Trucking, attracting and retaining female team members, and the data behind why women make great em...

Very few things in life are linear — especially starting a business. In this episode, host Justin Bailie talks with Craig Fuller, CEO and Founder of FreightWaves. Craig shares stories about his background in trucking, building FreightWaves, and how his role as a founder and leader has evolved as the business has grown. This episode is filled with informational gems about founding a company, the ch...

Is freight a commodity? In this episode, host Justin Bailie and guest Kyle Lintner, take a deep dive into the current state of the freight industry and the ways organizations can collaborate to solve shared problems. They discuss topics like freight futures, whether freight is a commodity, solving for industry pain points, and what organizations can do to better future-proof themselves. 

“The ones who make it are the ones who last.” You just have to keep going. With a few Hail Mary moments, perseverance, and maybe a little bit of good timing and luck, the road to what Rose Rocket is today wasn’t always easy. In this bonus episode, Freight Famous host Justin Bailie chats with Winnie Chen, Rose Rocket’s Director of Marketing, about how he got into transportation, his experience at Y...

How do you go from 0 - 1 when building a business in the freight industry? In this episode, host Justin Bailie talks with Charley Dehoney of ZEBOX America. Charley shares how ZEBOX America works with supply chain focused startups to solve pain points in the industry, his experience being employee 1 at Cargomatic and the early days of building that business, and what it takes to be an entrepreneur...

What’s involved in bootstrapping a freight brokerage business? In this episode, host Justin Bailie, talks with Nicholas Reasoner of TransLoop about the early days of building a freight brokerage and they cover topics like working with co-founders, financing, hiring, and leveraging technology to improve customer experience.

How can data help predict rates? In this episode, host Justin Bailie, talks with Dawn Salvucci-Favier of Greenscreens.ai about the power of analyzing historical load data and market activity to predict rates, the democratization of data, parenting as a female leader, what’s happening in the market right now, and how we can learn from the past to prepare for the future. 

What does it mean to get paid fast? In this episode, host Justin Bailie, talks with Bharath Krishnamoorthy of Axle Payments about the payment process for brokers, how technology can help improve that process, building Axle Payments with his co-founder, and the effects of changing interest rates. 

How does a venture capital firm help solve pain points in the logistics industry? In this information-packed conversation, host Justin Bailie, and episode guest, Justin Young from Prologis Ventures talk about the role of venture capital in the logistics industry, what venture capital is, and current and future trends you need to know as a logistics or transportation business.

What is public relations? How should a trucking company think about PR? In this episode, host Justin Bailie, talks with Susan Fall of LaunchIt PR about how trucking companies should integrate PR into their business strategy, what they should do to improve their PR, and how to think about the ROI of PR.