Building a Successful Logistics Company Without Outside Investment

Chris Brewer, Founder & CEO of River City Logistics, joined Paul-Bernard Jaroslawski, Lev Krasnopolskiy, and Reed Loustalot, to discuss how he built a logistics company without outside investment, Chris’ thoughts on AI, and more. Brought to you by: Epay Manager, Goodship, Bitfreighter, and Chain. (0:00) Intro (1:40) Building a 60-Truck Fleet (4:25) Why Contract Freight Needs a Fuel Program (5:31) How River City Builds Its Carrier Network (13:15) Starting a Brokerage (16:22) Bootstrapping to $500M (20:27) Will Sales Be Fully Automated ? (22:35) Why Not All Brokers Are Bad (26:35) What Chris Would Change About FMCSA (31:17) Debt Is Not The Enemy