How to Start a Successful Freight Business
A freight broker helps trucking companies find drivers to haul their loads. They arrange the transportation of the load and track the load. A freight broker essentially ensures that goods get to their destination. Transportation Academy offers courses and consulting services to those looking to start their own freight broker business. Learn how to get…
How to Start Your Own Trucking Company in 4 Steps
If you’ve been thinking about starting your own trucking company, then keep reading. Transportation Academy offers courses in order to help you get started in the transportation business. Learn more about how to start your own trucking company in four steps, and sign up for a free webinar today! Start With a Business Plan You…
Why Are Gas Prices So High? And What’s Being Done About It?
With gas being among the most useful and valuable resources around the world, it’s an understatement to say that it’s prices can indeed send a wave of fluctuations around global activities. With the current gas prices at an all time high in the United States, things do indeed seem bleak however, contrary to popular belief…
4 Benefits of Becoming a Freight Broker
Our Freight Broker Training Online Course is less than a week away and while freight brokers are in high demand and are known for their extreme value to trucking companies, a career in freight brokerage may be right for you! Here are some benefits to starting a career in freight brokerage. 1. Open the…
Join the Trucking Industry Without Starting a Trucking Company
Do you want to get into the trucking industry but don’t want to start your own trucking company? Are you looking for a cheaper, easier option? We’re here to tell you there are options available! You can join the $897 billion dollar industry without buying any trucks and without spending thousands of dollars! The…
Molding Your Mindset for Success
Just because you start a business, doesn’t mean you’re automatically going to be successful. Success comes from not only learning the industry, but learning how to think like a business owner. At Transportation Academy, we teach you how to do that. We don’t just teach you the trade, we teach you how to mold your…
I Bought My Kids a Whole Business for Christmas!
A Narrative by Owner and Founder, Kimberly Carver. I bought my kids a whole business for Christmas! Yup, that’s right. All of my children, from the ages of 2 to 22, received their very own transportation business for Christmas this year. Why? My husband and I wanted to get our children gifts…
Trucking Industry Workers At Top of COVID-19 Vaccination List
A vaccine may finally be surfacing as we reach month 10 of the COVID-19 pandemic and those in the transportation industry could be the first to receive it if supplies are limited. It’s no secret that truck drivers and other workers in the trucking and freight industries have pulled their weight during the pandemic,…
Why it’s Worth it to Invest
Why would I spend money in order to make money? To a lot of people, that doesn’t make sense. We want money, but we don’t want to spend what we have in order to make more. Especially if we don’t have a lot. I’m here to tell you why it’s necessary to spend money…