From Trucks to Transactions: A Beginner's Guide to Freight Brokerage

The freight brokerage industry moves over a trillion dollars in goods every year. You don't need a truck, a warehouse, or a million-dollar investment to get your share of it. You need the right knowledge — and someone who has actually done it to show you how.From Trucks to Transactions is a practical, no-nonsense guide to building a freight brokerage from the ground up. Written by Mark Henry, founder of Creekwood Solutions LLC and a logistics professional with 26 years of experience, this book gives you everything you need to launch, operate, and grow a legitimate freight brokerage business.Inside you will learn:How freight brokerage works and how brokers actually make money. How to get your federal broker authority and surety bond the right way. How to find shippers, build a carrier network, and move your first load. How to price loads, protect your margins, and manage cash flow. How to use technology to run a professional operation from Day 1. How to stay compliant, scale your business, and build something that lasts.This is not theory. Every chapter reflects real-world experience from someone who spent decades on both sides of the freight transaction — as a shipper and as a broker. The mistakes, the lessons, and the standards in this book are the ones that separate brokers who build lasting businesses from the ones who don't make it past year one.Whether you are brand new to the industry or making the leap from logistics into brokerage, From Trucks to Transactions gives you the foundation to do it right. Read more