Newsletter #30

Good Morning,

Little late with this one, but whatever, I’ve been busy lol.

In this edition

• TIA Recap

• I’ve got a couple hats left

• Reform is demoing TONIGHT

• Like working with owner ops? Hit up Van!

Reed

Some Thoughts

I had a great week at the TIA conference last week. As always, it’s fun meeting folks you’ve only ever interacted with online.

I think this was a top 3 event for me in the last year. It was at a great venue, to start. But I think the main thing was the booth time was limited. They only opened the booth expo area in the late afternoon on Thursday and Friday and they opened the bar at the same time which resulted in a very social booth atmosphere. I thought it was good.

I remain bullish on my friends over at Genlogs as I got a little bit more of a peek at what they’re working on. Check them out if you haven’t.

Besides that I didn’t really see much tech that was surprising or out of the ordinary.

This was my last conference for a while, as I’ve got my second daughter arriving sometime in June, so I’ll be occupied.

Next week is the Broker Carrier Summit in Kansas City. I won’t be there, but I know a lot of people will and I’m sure it’ll be a good time.

Our friends at Truck Parking Club are even offering free truck parking to the drivers who attend!

Anywho, I’ll resume going to shows in the fall, likely!

PLEASE ADVISE HATS

I’ve got a handful of Please Advise hats left. You should buy one. If you’re in the Discord you get a discount! Check the Member Perks channel for the code!

🏟️ Community Section

The LOST FR8 Discord is a digital freight community.

It’s comprised of 1389 freight professionals ranging from drivers, brokers, fleet owners, freight forwarders, tech bros, journalists, and more.

FR8TECH

I put together a simple webpage to keep track of the goings on on the tech side of things. It will feature info on upcoming demos, links to apply to demo, and more. You can view that here.

I’d like to

Tech Bro Tuesday (9pm EST Tuesdays in Discord)

• This week we have a demo by Reform.

The Arena

Check out recordings here.

Our next guest is Cameron Robertson, the CEO of 3PL Systems. Cameron has a super interesting story, as he started out as an entry level employee at 3PL and has worked his way up to CEO over the last decade.

This event will take place Wednesday, May 1 at 9pm EST.

LOST FR8 Carrier Corner

Had a conversation with Van Gearing of Van’s Freight Solution. He’s an owner op out of Conway, SC looking for more brokers to work with. Hit him up!

Freight Caviar Corner

🎣 This Is What Happened

Main takeaways from the TIA Conference. Plus, TQL expands into Freight Alley, the impact of the Baltimore bridge collapse on OTR freight, and Transport Topics names the Top 100 largest logistics companies of 2024.

Freight Gong Friday

Every Friday at 9a EST, myself and the Freight Caviar guys livestream and discuss the goings on from the week. You can tune in on most social channels.

Here’s last week’s recording!

If you’d like to be a guest, reply to this email and lmk!

What’s going on on FreightX?

I’ve been a bit distracted lately so haven’t paid close enough attention to the goings on. If you’re part of the FreightX squad shout some folks out on this thread!

Best Meme This Week

This has nothing to do with freight, but I lol’d at this so I’m putting it here. Shoutout to my buddy Joe for sending it to me.

What’s Up On LinkedIn?

This is a long post, which normally I’m against, but if Ryan Joyce is doing it and then I guess I’ll let it slide. Follow him and Genlogs.