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Trucking love stories; Trump’s reciprocal tariffs; Response’s $4M seed round | WHAT THE TRUCK?!?

Timothy Dooner
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Key Takeaways:

  • Episode 804 of What The Truck?! features trucking love stories, an analysis of Trump's reciprocal tariffs, and an interview with Response CEO Keivan Shahida.
  • The episode also discusses the importance of carrier background checks and MVR reports using J.J. Keller's expertise, and insights from Stephenson & Co.'s industry benchmarks.
  • Listeners can find the episode on various platforms including FreightWaves' social media, podcasts, and SiriusXM.
  • The show includes promotional material for upcoming free introductory sessions from Stephenson & Co. covering LTL, truckload, and small package delivery industries.
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On Episode 804 of WHAT THE TRUCK?!?, Dooner is celebrating Valentine’s Day in the supply chain by sharing your best trucking love stories. 

Trump writes a love letter to the world by slapping every country with reciprocal tariffs. What you need to know before April 1.

Response raised $4 million to simplify spend and procurement management. We’ll meet CEO and co-founder Keivan Shahida.

Before you head out on a date, you may want to know whose car you’re getting in. If you’re shipping freight, you want to know who is hauling that load. J. J. Keller’s Mark Schedler talks all about background checks and MVR reports.

Stephenson & Co. founder John Stephenson shares insights from their latest industry benchmarks.

LTL signup form – Free Introductory Session – February 18, 2025

https://stephenson-co.com/2025-ltl-industry

Truckload signup form – Free Introductory Session – February 25, 2025

https://stephenson-co.com/truckload-industry

Small Package Delivery Industry – Free Introductory Session – February 20, 2025

https://stephenson-co.com/small-package-delivery

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Timothy Dooner

Dooner is an award-winning podcaster who hosts and produces FreightWaves' WHAT THE TRUCK?!? In under a year he helped build FreightCasts, the world’s largest logistics and supply chain podcast network in media. WTT is ranked in Apple Podcasts top-20 Business News podcasts. He also writes a newsletter of the same title with over 15k subscribers in the supply chain and trucking niche. Dooner has been in freight since 2005 and has held directors positions in operations, sales, consulting, and marketing. He has worked with FedEx, Reebok, Adidas, L.L. Bean, Hasbro, Louis Vuitton, and many more high level clients across the full spectrum of the supply chain. He was a featured speaker at TEDx Chattanooga.