Jared Flinn
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So like we're starting at the very, very beginning phase of trucking. Like we're actually helping this guy that was a company driver actually get get a company name, get the stickers put on the side of his door. So I see us moving more that direction. I want to get more involved in helping these guys get good loans and financing for their equipment. That's an area that we haven't tackled.
So again, I can go down the hole, but I think for us, for where I dream is where we just continue to kind of create this full ecosystem where you can go through the list, everything that that trucker has to deal with or anything that freight that we can have a hand in that and be involved.
So again, I can go down the hole, but I think for us, for where I dream is where we just continue to kind of create this full ecosystem where you can go through the list, everything that that trucker has to deal with or anything that freight that we can have a hand in that and be involved.
So again, I can go down the hole, but I think for us, for where I dream is where we just continue to kind of create this full ecosystem where you can go through the list, everything that that trucker has to deal with or anything that freight that we can have a hand in that and be involved.
Challenges in the trucking industry, I'll give you kind of macroly and then I'll talk kind of microly within our specifics. But I think trucking industry as a whole, we got to figure out how to be safer on the roads. These accidents, billboard attorneys, I think.
Challenges in the trucking industry, I'll give you kind of macroly and then I'll talk kind of microly within our specifics. But I think trucking industry as a whole, we got to figure out how to be safer on the roads. These accidents, billboard attorneys, I think.
Challenges in the trucking industry, I'll give you kind of macroly and then I'll talk kind of microly within our specifics. But I think trucking industry as a whole, we got to figure out how to be safer on the roads. These accidents, billboard attorneys, I think.
And again, it was surprising when I found, when we got into the insurance game, I was actually surprised, number one, how much these guys are paying for insurance compared to even 10 years ago. I mean, a lot of these companies, like a one-truck operator, especially a brand new guy, can be paying $40,000, $50,000 a year. That same guy was paying maybe $5,000 to $6,000.
And again, it was surprising when I found, when we got into the insurance game, I was actually surprised, number one, how much these guys are paying for insurance compared to even 10 years ago. I mean, a lot of these companies, like a one-truck operator, especially a brand new guy, can be paying $40,000, $50,000 a year. That same guy was paying maybe $5,000 to $6,000.
And again, it was surprising when I found, when we got into the insurance game, I was actually surprised, number one, how much these guys are paying for insurance compared to even 10 years ago. I mean, a lot of these companies, like a one-truck operator, especially a brand new guy, can be paying $40,000, $50,000 a year. That same guy was paying maybe $5,000 to $6,000.
So, I mean, it's went up like 10 times. How do we kind of reverse that cycle? Obviously, we see these nuclear verdicts, billboard attorneys. So, I think that's a big problem that we see in the industry. In this industry, you got these small owner-operators. There's a lot of companies preying on these people. And how do we stop predatorial practices?
So, I mean, it's went up like 10 times. How do we kind of reverse that cycle? Obviously, we see these nuclear verdicts, billboard attorneys. So, I think that's a big problem that we see in the industry. In this industry, you got these small owner-operators. There's a lot of companies preying on these people. And how do we stop predatorial practices?
So, I mean, it's went up like 10 times. How do we kind of reverse that cycle? Obviously, we see these nuclear verdicts, billboard attorneys. So, I think that's a big problem that we see in the industry. In this industry, you got these small owner-operators. There's a lot of companies preying on these people. And how do we stop predatorial practices?
Again, we're all accountable for ourselves, but I think sometimes people like to prey on the weak and the vulnerable. How do we reduce predators? that in the industry. I think too, you know, you hear this driver myth thing or driver shortage myth. And again, like I said, it is a myth.
Again, we're all accountable for ourselves, but I think sometimes people like to prey on the weak and the vulnerable. How do we reduce predators? that in the industry. I think too, you know, you hear this driver myth thing or driver shortage myth. And again, like I said, it is a myth.
Again, we're all accountable for ourselves, but I think sometimes people like to prey on the weak and the vulnerable. How do we reduce predators? that in the industry. I think too, you know, you hear this driver myth thing or driver shortage myth. And again, like I said, it is a myth.
I don't, I think there's plenty of well-capable drivers out there, but I think the industry's got to do a better job of promoting trucking as a good business, sustainable business, trucking, just like farming, just like construction. It's a good reputable job. So I think we as a society or industry have just done a really poor job of promoting the value and the opportunity that there is in trucking
I don't, I think there's plenty of well-capable drivers out there, but I think the industry's got to do a better job of promoting trucking as a good business, sustainable business, trucking, just like farming, just like construction. It's a good reputable job. So I think we as a society or industry have just done a really poor job of promoting the value and the opportunity that there is in trucking
I don't, I think there's plenty of well-capable drivers out there, but I think the industry's got to do a better job of promoting trucking as a good business, sustainable business, trucking, just like farming, just like construction. It's a good reputable job. So I think we as a society or industry have just done a really poor job of promoting the value and the opportunity that there is in trucking
For us, microly or internally, I think, and this will be with any business, but I think for us, how do we keep evolving technology? We're a technology company, bulk loads. So for us, it's just, man, you look at the whole AI industry and kind of what that's come into and everything. You know, some people think it's going to be the save all solve all.