Restructure for success: Sales and marketing seal the deal

The often lucrative transportation and logistics industry attracts a host of ambitious players seeking a stake.

But far too often companies go years spinning their wheels, so to speak, putting in twice the effort but achieving only incremental success. Frustration grows as efforts to scale and build a customer base appear futile.

It’s not that these companies aren’t doing sales; the founders are giving their best pitches. But word-of-mouth networking can get you only so far. Plus, it’s hard...

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FreightWaves replaying FreightTech Venture Summit, LIVE @HOME

FreightWaves just completed its most recent LIVE @HOME annual event as well as a special venture capital summit. But we recognize that everyone is busy these days and doesn’t have the ability to sit and watch three days of content. Because of requests we received asking how to access all the great content from last week’s FreightTech Venture Summit and FreightWaves LIVE @HOME, FreightWaves will replay the two events again this week.

The three days of content will stream on live.freightwaves.com...

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The Daily Dash: Volumes and rates begin receding; Cold Chain Summit coverage; CDL fraud

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, freight volumes and rates have taken a step back in October after reaching near-historic highs, but it may only be a temporary reprieve for shippers. Plus, complete coverage of FreightWaves’ Cold Chain Summit and a new report highlights the toll CDL fraud is having on the industry.

Lull takes hold for carriers

Freight volumes, rejections and spot rates have all declined from near-historic highs in...

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Lean Staffing Solutions offers full stack of tech, sales and marketing services

Over the past two years, Lean Staffing Solutions has diversified its offerings beyond back-office logistics employees to include revenue-generating positions, sales, marketing and software development. 

At the beginning of October, Lean announced that it had raised a $42.5 million growth equity minority investment from FTV Capital. In a press release, Lean founder and Chief Executive Officer Robert Cadena said the capital would help Lean “advance our product and services and launch into new...

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The Daily Dash: Independent truck repair and zero-emission trailers

truck maintenance

The Daily Dash is a quick look at what is happening in the freight ecosystem. In today’s edition, voters in Massachusetts will be voting on a bill that would allow independent repair shops to access otherwise proprietary vehicle repair data. Plus, refrigerated trailers are looking for zero-emission solutions and Xos is one of the suppliers to the new Hino-Toyota fuel cell truck.

Right to repair and your truck

A ballot initiative in Massachusetts could break the logjam that is proprietary...

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Lean Staffing Solutions raises $42.5 million from FTV Capital

Lean Staffing Solutions (LSS), a staffing firm offering nearshored solutions in Colombia focused on transportation and logistics, announced Tuesday that it had raised a $42.5 million growth equity minority investment from FTV Capital. 

“Colombia is the fourth-largest business process outsourcing (BPO) market in Latin America with a $2.3 billion market size and an annual growth rate of 19% over the last seven years,” said Brad Bernstein, managing partner of FTV Capital, in a statement. “With its...

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FreightWaves virtual 3PL Summit focus: efficiency and profitability

FreightWaves LIVE @Home, the industry’s premier virtual freight conference, was such a smashing success among attendees that we are doing it again – this time the focus will be on third-party logistics (3PL) providers.

The inaugural 3PL Summit virtual event will take place on July 21 live on computers and television screens through the FreightWaves TV network.

“COVID-19 has changed the landscape for industry events – virtual events have replaced in-person events. Duplicating that experience is...

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