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FreightWaves Staff Tuesday, May 21, 2019

What the Truck?!? Week of May 21

Today on WTT we take a deep dive into the Idaho Hemp Trucker fiasco with journalist, Linda Baker, CEO Jacob Findlay has some huge news concerning FullBay, McLeod announces two new products, plus all the latest headlines, Big Deal, Little Deal, and the very first Comment Section Rodeo!

All this and more now on WTT?!?

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Wednesday, May 8, 2019

Freight tech has big upside, Wired UK founding editor says

Technology is reshaping the transportation and logistics world, bringing innovation, opportunities and threats to existing ways of doing business, journalist David Rowan, founding editor of Wired UK, said during a keynote at Transparency19. “Freight wasn’t one of the first, but it’s deep in it now. There are billions to be made if you see ahead,” […]

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John Gallagher Tuesday, May 7, 2019

J.B. Hunt forging new customer links

Over the last decade, J.B. Hunt has not only tripled in size, but has evolved from a big truckload and intermodal operator to offering dedicated services and what has turned into a billion-dollar brokerage and third-party logistics provider (3PL). The next stage, according to Shelley Simpson, the company’s chief commercial officer, executive vice president and […]

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Digital media guru laments era of “fake entrepreneurship”

Lamenting the rise of “fake entrepreneurship,” wine critic turned author, investor and internet personality Gary Vaynerchuk delivered a funny, provocative critique of today’s overheated startup scene as well as legacy companies that fail to recognize the disruptive potential of innovation. “I’m fascinated by people’s inability to understand that technology changes culture,” said Vaynerchuk, a Belarussian-American […]

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