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My startup life at Fourkites

I’ve always wanted to work for a startup. Creating something from nothing, building something from the ground up is very gratifying to me. I started a company a long time ago (CompareRepair.com) with a fellow MBA student right in the midst of the dot-com bust. It was...

Next Billion-Dollar Startups 2019

Each year for the past five, Forbes has searched the country for the 25 fast-growing, venture-backed startups most likely to reach $1 billion in value. Graduates include: food delivery service DoorDash, home seller Opendoor, luggage brand Away and synthetic biology...

There’s Got to Be a Better Way

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Partnering to Solve the Trafficking Problem

[vc_row css=”.vc_custom_1575270258618{padding-top: 0px !important;padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_column_text]We, here at FourKites, are excited to announce our partnership with Truckers Against Trafficking! Truckers Against Trafficking...

FourKites® Partners with Truckers Against Trafficking

FourKites’ CarrierLink App Now Includes One-touch Access to National Human Trafficking Hotline CHICAGO – July 11, 2019 – FourKites®, the leader in predictive supply chain visibility, today announced that it is partnering with Truckers Against Trafficking (TAT) to help...

Predictability Is the Game. What Position Are You Playing?

Recently, as I was driving from Van Buren, Arkansas, to Tulsa, Oklahoma (in a passenger car, not a truck cab) it occurred to me: We drivers all want the same thing. Whether it’s me and my family heading off on a weekend trip, or a long-haul veteran pulling a load of...

When a “Nice to have” becomes a “Need to have”

At the risk of dating myself, I distinctly remember when social media – specifically, LinkedIn – went from an interesting new way of using the Internet to a career-critical tool. I was a marketing manager at a large software company, and our team attended an...

Pride in Every Supply Chain

For many of us, this June marks a welcome return to the predictable: sowing season has passed, and along with it, unnatural weather and words from Washington on trade, tariffs, and HoS regulations. We know all we can know about what comes next: Ice cream sales will...