Brad Jacobs, Executive Chairman of XPO, Inc., discusses achieving financial success by setting smaller goals, the cyclical nature of the brokerage market, and the importance of marketing, sales, and acquisitions. He also emphasizes the role of mid-level management and people in the transportation and logistics business.

Freight brokers are shuttering or declaring bankruptcy at unusual levels. There are unexpected costs in these brokerage shutdowns, like whether carriers can expect to secure payment for completed work.Clayton Griffin - Chief Strategy Officer - OTR SolutionsRachel Premack - Editorial Director - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Andrew Leto - CEO - EmergeCraig Fuller - Founder and CEO - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Josh Phelan - SVP of Finance and Pricing - J.B. Hunt Transport, Inc.Craig Fuller - Founder and CEO - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Sabrina Carr - Director, Global Transportation - The Clorox CompanyRachel Premack - Editorial Director - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

China is the United States’ largest trading partner, but its domestic economy is opaque. Leland Miller, co-founder and CEO of China Beige Book International, has used independent and alternative data to shed light on China’s economy and financial system for more than a decade. Miller will explain the structure of China’s economy and the current state of play.Leland Miller - CEO - China Beige Book InternationalCraig Fuller - Founder and CEO - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Human flourishing depends on cheap, abundant energy. Alex Epstein, the founder and president of the Center for Industrial Progress, will discuss his book Fossil Future and what it will take to ensure that living standards improve throughout the world.Alex Epstein - Author and President, Center for Industrial ProgressCraig Fuller - Founder and CEO - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Learn how brokerages can compete in a challenging freight environment, and why the battle to end non-competes is so crucial.Jason Provonsha - CEO - Steam LogisticsRachel Premack - Editorial Director - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Whether you are shipping a meal kit, frozen pet food, or flowers, perishable freight requires a unique mix of on-time-delivery and temperature control - all in a parcel-sized box. During this fireside chat, learn how Juan Meisel from Grip overcame challenges when building the logistics arm of ButcherBox and founded a technology business with the goal of eliminating spoiled meat and improving logistics for frozen and refrigerated ecommerce products.Juan Meisel - Founder & CEO - GripSpencer Piland - CFO & COO - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Peter Rentschler - CEO - MetaforaCraig Fuller - Founder and CEO - FreightWaves Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices