The creator of the 'Bloomberg for the trucking industry' reveals why being based in a city in Tennessee played such a crucial role in his company's success

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December 3, 2018 9:14 PM

FreightWaves CEO and founder Craig Fuller has lived everywhere from Hong Kong to Dallas, but his company is based in Chattanooga, Tennessee.

FreightWaves CEO Craig Fuller.

Craig Fuller
FreightWaves
IGNITION

FreightWaves was founded only two years ago, and it's already the top logistics news site in the world by page views and unique visitors.

Craig Fuller, the founder and CEO of FreightWaves, credited part of the site's quick success to the fact that the trucking scene is becoming rife with startups. For new entrants to logistics, information on the $1.45 trillion

And as for getting access to that elusive information, Fuller credits FreightWaves' base in Chattanooga.

Other trucking startups have set up in more typical entrepreneurial hubs. Convoy Trucker Path Peloton Technology Terminal 49 Otto

Transfix, an app for truck drivers to connect with shippers, is based in New York City. CEO Drew McElroy previously told Business Insider that he and his co-founder thought it would be easier to attract logistics folks to Manhattan, instead of having to lure techies to the Midwest.

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