Trucking for Millennials

2020 is upon us! The "roaring" 20's have arrived and we're discussing how to start the New Year with your foot on the gas pedal!

Michael and Aaron discuss the Flatbed Forecast, a downloadable PDF that will be available for our Carrier Network, a way of thinking about decision making for the new year, and we're featuring a snippet from a conversation we had with Harry Wilde of Lube Zone about leveraging the potential that young people have.

Enjoy!

2020 is upon us! The "roaring" 20's have arrived and we're discussing how to start the New Year with your foot on the gas pedal!

Michael and Aaron discuss the Flatbed Forecast, a downloadable PDF that will be available for our Carrier Network, a way of thinking about decision making for the new year, and we're featuring a snippet from a conversation we had with Harry Wilde of Lube Zone about leveraging the potential that young people have. 

Enjoy!

In this episode Michael and Aaron chat about whether or not these topics belong on Santa's nice list or naughty list:

Uber Freight

FreightWaves

Celadon

Truck Drivers

Tesla

Automated Trucks

Electric Trucks

Transport Stocks

Trump

Congress

Infrastructure

Trade Deal

FMCSA

Millennials

Boomers

Podcast Listeners/Guests

GATS

Dallas Cowboys

In this episode Michael and Aaron chat about whether or not these topics belong on Santa's nice list or naughty list:

Uber Freight 

FreightWaves 

Celadon 

Truck Drivers 

Tesla 

Automated Trucks 

Electric Trucks 

Transport Stocks

Trump 

Congress 

Infrastructure 

Trade Deal

FMCSA 

Millennials 

Boomers 

Podcast Listeners/Guests 

GATS 

Dallas Cowboys 

In this episode we continue the conversation we had with Business Insider Senior Transportation Reporter Rachel Premack and get deep into the latest Trucking news.

First we chat about the word "bloodbath" and how it has been the word for the industry in 2019.

https://www.businessinsider.com/truckers-warn-bloodbath-companies-bankrupt-lower-expectations-2019-6

Then we chat about a news story she broke the day we recorded, a report about how Amazon is paying their drivers a day rate instead of per mile.

https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-truck-drivers-pay-hourly-per-mile-2019-11

If you enjoyed this conversation with Rachel Premack, let us know on social @pdqamerica or via email [email protected]

We're always open to covering topics you're interested in!

In this episode we continue the conversation we had with Business Insider Senior Transportation Reporter Rachel Premack and get deep into the latest Trucking news.

First we chat about the word "bloodbath" and how it has been the word for the industry in 2019.

https://www.businessinsider.com/truckers-warn-bloodbath-companies-bankrupt-lower-expectations-2019-6

Then we chat about a news story she broke the day we recorded, a report about how Amazon is paying their drivers a day rate instead of per mile. 

https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-truck-drivers-pay-hourly-per-mile-2019-11

If you enjoyed this conversation with Rachel Premack, let us know on social @pdqamerica or via email [email protected]

We're always open to covering topics you're interested in! 

We had the opportunity to meet Business Insider Senior Transportation Reporter Rachel Premack at FreightWaves LIVE, and she was kind enough to be our guest!

Rachel is a senior transportation reporter at Business Insider. She focuses on logistics — particularly trucking and how deliveries are changing with the rise of e-commerce — and speaks regularly on national radio, industry panels, and podcasts.

For part 1 of this 2 part conversation, Michael, Aaron, and Rachel start with a few "millennial" topics:

The viral "Ok Boomer" retort: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/29/style/ok-boomer.html

The newly announced Tesla Cybertruck:

https://www.foxnews.com/auto/elon-musk-explains-tesla-cybertruck-window-fail

We start shifting into "trucking stuff" when we discuss this article Rachel wrote about Andrew Yang, a Democratic presidential nominee. He's growing in popularity with young people and has found a passionate following with the group "Truckers for Yang".

Andrew's lead campaign policy is the "Freedom Dividend", a $1,000 / month payment from the federal government that he says will help offset unemployment as jobs are automated away.

https://www.businessinsider.com/truck-drivers-andrew-yang-self-driving-2019-9

We hope you enjoy this conversation!

We had the opportunity to meet Business Insider Senior Transportation Reporter Rachel Premack at FreightWaves LIVE, and she was kind enough to be our guest! 

Rachel is a senior transportation reporter at Business Insider. She focuses on logistics — particularly trucking and how deliveries are changing with the rise of e-commerce — and speaks regularly on national radio, industry panels, and podcasts.

For part 1 of this 2 part conversation, Michael, Aaron, and Rachel start with a few "millennial" topics:

The viral "Ok Boomer" retort: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/29/style/ok-boomer.html

The newly announced Tesla Cybertruck: 

https://www.foxnews.com/auto/elon-musk-explains-tesla-cybertruck-window-fail

We start shifting into "trucking stuff" when we discuss this article Rachel wrote about Andrew Yang, a Democratic presidential nominee. He's growing in popularity with young people and has found a passionate following with the group "Truckers for Yang". 

Andrew's lead campaign policy is the "Freedom Dividend", a $1,000 / month payment from the federal government that he says will help offset unemployment as jobs are automated away. 

https://www.businessinsider.com/truck-drivers-andrew-yang-self-driving-2019-9

We hope you enjoy this conversation! 

In this episode Michael sits down with David Abell for a wide ranging conversation. They cover David's professional career, how to build a successful brokerage team, how he read 65 books last year, the role of an online presence for trucking companies and freight brokerages, content on social media, tips for Millennials looking to take their career to the next level in 2020, and more!

We hope you enjoy this episode and connect with him on Linkedin here.

In this episode Michael sits down with David Abell for a wide ranging conversation. They cover David's professional career, how to build a successful brokerage team, how he read 65 books last year, the role of an online presence for trucking companies and freight brokerages, content on social media, tips for Millennials looking to take their career to the next level in 2020, and more!

We hope you enjoy this episode and connect with him on Linkedin here.