FreightCasts

Once a lightly regarded alternative to a traditional initial public offering, the special purpose acquisition company, or SPAC, is here to stay, says Vincent Cubbage, CEO of Tortoise Acquisition Corp. After marshaling the public debut of natural gas Class 8 truck driveline maker Hyliion Holdings, Cubbage is hunting again. His new SPAC is one of more than 170 so-called blank check companies sifting...

Hyliion Founder and CEO Thomas Healy delivers this keynote highlighting Hyliion's plans to bring forward electrified fleets. Watch Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Aaron Wood, the Trailer Management Lead at U.S. Xpress and Siamak Azmoudeh, VP PLM and Business Development at SkyBitz talk about the ROI achieved from metrics-driven fleet management. Watch Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Trinity Logistics President Sarah Ruffcorn responds the same way to practically every business challenge and opportunity: focus first on relationships. Whether completing a merger as Trinity did with Burris Logistics in 2019 or determining the best approach to the warp-speed changes in logistics technology, making sure all stakeholders are considered is her go-to philosophy for running a business....

FreightWaves CEO, Craig Fuller, and Mike Isaac discuss the rise of Uber in the transportation industry. Isaac is the New York Times, bestselling author of “Super Pumped: The Battle for Uber.” They dive into the evolution of Uber, the impacts of new regulations, SPACs and technology’s place in the world today. Watch Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices....

Some transportation companies have leaned into the headwinds and supply chain disruptions caused by the pandemic. ArcBest’s CEO Judy McReynolds and FreightWaves’ President George Abernathy discuss the challenges COVID-19 has presented and how ArcBest is using its customer-centric approach to thrive in the chaos. Watch Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choice...

J.B. Hunt has committed to a technology evolution, but that journey has taken time, investment, and the right mix of people and innovative thinking. President & CEO John Roberts III sat down with J.B. Hunt’s EVP & Chief Commercial Officer Shelley Simpson to talk about that transformation. Watch Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/ad...

Sageview Capital partner Andrew Korn sits down with Craig Fuller to talk about growth capital vs venture capital investments. They discuss longevity of growth investing, Sageview's big bet with Drivewyze, and the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on investment strategies. FreightWaves for Start Ups Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm...

The need for deep industry knowledge and a deeper network of contacts has become key to competing in the crowded logistics venture capital arena. Zach Barasz, director at G2VP, and Ty Findley, managing partner with Ironspring, discuss the advantages startup and later-stage companies find when working with sector-focused VC funds. FreightWaves for Start Ups Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves P...

On today’s episode, Dooner and The Dude look into the impacts of the #StopTheTires strike, talk to an owner-operator whose son has terminal brain cancer and needs your support, find out about the logistics behind fantasy sports trophies, learn about the good and bad of Amazon’s FBA, and crunch the numbers behind this week in freight rates. Plus, Dooner reviews the PS5, best Friday The 13th movie,...

The freight business is both complicated and asset-heavy. To be successful, both tech startups and their VC backers need to know the freight business, its pain points and its limitations. Prologis Ventures’ Will O’Donnell speaks with Assembly Ventures’ Jessica Robinson on how the right combination of entrepreneurs and investors can create the most value in FreightTech. FreightWaves for Start Ups A...

Zach Strickland and JP Hampstead discuss the current state of freight markets and how shippers, carriers, and intermodal providers are responding to capacity constraints. Apple Podcasts Spotify Watch the LIVE video More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

FreightWaves founder and CEO Craig Fuller catches up with Andrew Berberick, cofounder at Baton. FreightWaves for Start Ups Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Venture capitalists Kunal Mehta with Hearst Ventures and Earnest Sweat with GreatPoint Ventures share perspectives on the changing venture capital markets in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic. Mehta and Sweat, both with backgrounds in the supply chain sector, discuss their recent experience with startup founders in those markets as well as in healthcare and other verticals. They also provide an ou...

The earnings season for the third quarter has wrapped up and Todd Fowler of KeyBanc has a few things to say. Fowler is the lead transportation analyst at KeyBanc and he shares his perspective on the numbers on this week's edition of Drilling Deep. What companies did things that were notable? And what did the earnings say about the future? Also on Drilling Deep, host John Kingston talks about the r...

FreightWaves CEO and founder Craig Fuller hosted a “Fuller Speed Ahead” episode with Truckstop.com CEO Paris Cole and Phil Yates of Bregal Sagemount. The virtual chat titled “Growth Investments: A Successful Entry and Exit,” was part of FreightWaves’ FreightTech Venture Summit on Wednesday. It centered on the founding and growth of Truckstop.com and what’s next for the 25-year-old company, the lar...

FreightTech entrepreneur Kathryn Schifferle, the founder of Work Truck Solutions and Comvoy, shared with FreightWaves President George Abernathy her journey navigating the venture capital world during the virtual FreightTech Venture Summit. FreightWaves for Start Ups Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

George Abernathy, President of FreightWaves talks to Karen Jones, the Executive Vice President, Chief Marketing Officer and Head of New Product Development at Ryder System on how funding logistics startups helps Ryder System gain tech insights. FreightWaves for Start Ups Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On today’s episode, Dooner and Hill are talking all about how to get access to fortune 100 marketing on a small business budget. We’re joined by Erik Huberman, Founder and CEO, Hawke Media. Erik Huberman went from making only $350 his first year in business to growing and selling two successful companies.  Sick of seeing that 99% of marketing agencies were useless and the other 1% inaccessible to...

Leaf Logistics CEO and Co-founder Anshu Prasad talks with Kinetic Co-founder Ryan Schrieber about figuring out whether to go VC or “bootstrap” in an industry that is “serious” but with some tough issues to overcome. FreightWaves for Start Ups Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

There is little doubt that the next few months will be busy for domestic transportation, but will increasing COVID cases and the looming changes of policy from the new president-elect have any impact? Anthony and Zach bring on Dr. Zac Rogers to discuss near and long-term expectations. Visit our sponsor Watch  Listen on Apple Podcasts Subscribe on Spotify Show Less Learn more about your ad choices....

Shipwell has succeeded in securing three rounds of investment since its start in 2016. The millions of dollars have allowed the company to rapidly grow its business into an industry-recognized freight transportation management platform. However, as company CEO Greg Price said to Dynamo partner Ted Ailing, come to the venture capital table with your "A" game. FreightWaves for Start Ups Apple Podcas...

FreightWaves Chief Financial Officer Spencer Piland chats with Kevin Diestel, managing director of venture capital fund Sapphire Ventures, to discuss the many opportunities available for venture capitalists wanting to be involved in freight tech. The multi-trillion dollar freight sector is rich in revenue-generating opportunities for those wanting to support data-driven start-up companies, Diestel...

Justin Bailie, co-founder and chief strategy officer for Rose Rocket, shared the company's journey from seedling to full-blown transportation management system provider with Brian Aoaeh, co-founder and general partner of REFASHIOND Ventures, during the FreightTech Venture Summit. FreightWaves for Start Ups Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit meg...

Ben Weinberg, the Managing Director at Susquehanna Growth Equity discusses with the Managing Director at DC Advisory US, David Dolan how the COVID-19 pandemic will accelerate a decade-long trend of supply chain efficiency advancements that have already drawn large sums of venture capital and private equity into the segment. FreightWaves for Start Ups Apple Podcast Spotify More FreightWaves Podcast...