It's getting real

Good Morning,

In this edition

• Hybernation time

• I’ve got a couple hats left

• Reform demo went well, we have ShipperCRM next week

• Like working with owner ops? Hit up Van!

Reed

Some Thoughts

I’m going into hibernation mode now from a travel/social standpoint as my wife and I are about to welcome our 2nd daughter in June.

It will be nice to not travel for a while tbh!

I’m ready for a little focus time at home. When you’re on the road it’s pretty easy to rationalize not getting things done. So now that I can’t go on the road I basically have to confront the tasks I don’t want to.

Anywho, hope you all are well.

As a parting gift for this week, here is a picture from my friend and LOST FR8 customer HIllary Hagen’s,MATS recap photobook that she mailed to a handful of us. I can’t even sleep in peace!

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 1407 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 all relevant links here.

Tech Bro Tuesday (9pm EST Tuesdays in Discord)

• Last week we had a demo from Reform. It was pretty cool. I’ll probably start adding summaries to this as well.

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

📉 Trucking Stocks Tank

Plus: Tesla to build an electric semi-truck corridor, FMCSA approves TIA's petition for freight broker training, and Arrive Logistics releases a freight market update.

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?

Paul & Mike Lombard linked up at the Broker Carrier Summit

Freight Caviar recorded a bunch of podcasts on a sick rooftop in Chicago

Best Meme This Week

Gatego had a funny reply to Dooner’s post about a cybertruck getting hit at a loading dock.

What’s Up On LinkedIn?

Shoutout Mike Bush & Trey Griggs who are at the Broker Carrier Summit in Kansas City this week.