Please Explain Arrive Logistics...

You overlooked, they both worked at Command Transportation, a brokerage firm in Chicago.

Don’t underestimate Matt Pyatt’s intelligence. People like him look at things from an analytical perspective, without emotion. That is a huge key to success.

Mannish Patel is a key person, bringing the money and business/revenue. Without Namish and Nutrabolt, those two guys probably wouldn’t have pursued brokerage on their own.

Every successful person I’ve ever met, had at least one person who assisted their trajectory.

 

Surround yourself with smarter people than yourself and you will be successful if you have the drive. Other than the last 4 years I have always been around a great team and very smart owners. I always got the credit from the owner but he understood that same thought. Drive can replace smartness with the right people around.

The guy I worked for always seen me starting my own business and being doing very well for myself with the drive I had. Well health issues and a little bit of personal issues took my drive away. I have managed very well on my own but not to the point I could. If I had the drive I had back then I would have a 100 plus fleet.

 

Well, the CEO tore the roof off of the U Haul he was driving on a low bridge when they were moving from Chicago to Austin so if you haven't done that before, you're one up on him.

They didn't reinvent anything, they had plenty of case studies to reference and the investment backing to weather the mistakes and grow. They're some smart guys with the confidence, energy, and the soft skills needed to succeed. I think there's plenty of room in the industry for several more of these but in my opinion, the fragmentation of the industry is an advantage to the drivers and especially O/O's. Heavy consolidation would be bad news for the O/O.

 

From the linked articles.

I quickly realized the dynamic of how this succeeded, as I’ve worked for/around some very successful people. Since I love stories, I’ve always asked how they made it. There were always consistencies, with all of them, which is basically the same way this went down.

 

They hire a lot of ESL people to answer the phones. They must work from home. Children crying/toilets flushing in the background, inaccurate pick up numbers, never want to tell us what product we are picking up. Not my favorites.

Believe it or not, XPO has been really good to work with on the phone. We get good freight from them.

 

The way of the world, unfortunately.

My daughter is in charge of just over 100 employees, with most working from home. She said it’s like babysitting adults. They don’t want to dress appropriately for their work day (they’re on camera), struggle to get them out of bed to actually log-in for work (they have flex schedules), get them to remain on-duty at their work stations (constant household distractions), and the list goes on. I couldn’t do it.