Learn everything you need to know about trucking insurance as a new owner-operator, from required coverages and costs to expert tips for finding the right protection for your business.

Learn the five essential strategies successful owner-operators use to build strong relationships with freight brokers, from mastering initial outreach to maintaining long-term partnerships that lead to premium, consistent loads.

Discover 10 crucial steps for starting a trucking business and set yourself up for success on the open road!

Dive into our quick guide to key financial variables and steer your business toward bigger profits!

Discover how to get a DOT number with our fun guide, ensuring your trucking journey hits the road smoothly and legally!

Spot’s strategic partnership with TruckSmarter drove a 400% increase in carrier bids and added 100+ weekly carriers to their network, strengthening Spot’s position in a volatile freight market

Essentials on how to navigate choosing the right factoring partner regardless if you are just getting your authority or have been in the industry for a year.

Navigate the road to success from choosing between interstate and intrastate trucking to understanding CDL requirements and growing your business.

Coolmore Truck Lines optimize for time and save $1000s annually, by adding all 11 of their drivers to their carrier team by using TruckSmarter Factoring.

A comprehensive guide for owner-operators and small trucking companies on creating a professional carrier packet, covering its importance, required documents, and tips for standing out in the freight industry industry!

Stories straight from drivers’ experience, Raheem Sealy of Middle of the Map Trucking LLC and Terri Hernandez of Gonzalez R&T Logistics LLC to talk about their journey in freight, and how their resilience and entrepreneurship guide their businesses.

TruckSmarter Announces $50 million in debt financing to enable the company to expand its suite of financial services to make drivers’ lives easier across the industry.

We partnered with beloved truck stop Sapp Bros. to bring more fuel discounts to drivers and help Sapp Bros. increase volume and gallons.

How to make more money with a cost-per-mile strategy. We talked to three owner-operators about why knowing your cost per mile is the most important strategy for a profitable trucking business.

Nicole Hayes is a 27-year truck driving veteran who has a lot of love for the trucking community, and a lot to say about the current landscape for truck drivers. Nicole is a loyal TruckSmarter factoring customer with an interesting twist: She left our factoring program, then came back. 

Integration of #1-rated owner operator load board and #1-rated TMS software expands services for brokers and carriers

As we wrap up the first quarter of the year, we’re rounding up all the new features and services we launched to help you simplify your day-to-day operations.

As of March 9, 2024, we’re pausing access to our Spending Insights feature. We recognize this decision may impact your workflow and truly apologize for any inconvenience it may cause.

We’re always working to make it easier for you to run your trucking business the way you want—for everyday operations, unexpected cash emergencies, and everything in between. And we’ve been listening: our freight factoring customers want reliable, low-cost, instant transfers to keep cash flow positive, no matter the situation. That’s why we’re thrilled to introduce instant transfers, so you have cash when you need it most.

Two customers tell us what made them switch from RTS and CloudTrucks to TruckSmarter’s non-recourse factoring—and why they’re not looking back.

We asked Josh, a veteran truck driver, owner-operator, and real pro in the business, to share helpful tips to prep your truck and drive safely in the snow.

How to work smart and make a profit—that’s the theme of the chat we had with Jeanise, a TruckSmarter customer and owner-operator in the trucking business for over 10 years. There’s a lot of general advice out there, and we wanted to get down to the details from truck drivers who really know what it takes.

When Josh is on the road, he’s always prepped with his toolkit in case he needs to get himself, or a fellow truck driver, out of a jam. The owner-operator is into his third decade of driving and working in the industry, so he knows a thing or two about the problems that can get a truck driver stuck for hours and, worse, stuck with a huge bill.

This holiday season, CJ delivers wreaths to honor our country’s fallen heroes.

As we build our product roadmap together, let’s take time to celebrate all the wins, big and small, along the journey.

Meet the first expense tracking solution designed for trucking companies. Stay on top of your spend and save even smarter with regular spending breakdown reports, expense categories specific to the trucking industry such as “fuel” and “lumper fees,” and tools to monitor profit, revenue, and expenses.

Non-recourse factoring means we take the hit, so you don’t have to.

If you're thinking about switching factoring companies then you've come to the right place! Sit back and listen to Emma Hartley from our Chicago Factoring Team provide some helpful tips and things to consider.

Fill up, for less, at even more truck stops nationwide.

OK drivers, you asked for it: Introducing the TruckSmarter Load Board on your desktop! Get the load board features you love, including the ability to search, bid and book loads, filter searches, and combine all your load boards in one place. Work seamlessly from your phone to your desktop or laptop computer to build, manage, and grow your trucking business.

Friends help friends earn more. Refer a fellow driver or owner-operator to TruckSmarter, and you both have the chance to rack up fuel rewards (or even cash).

TruckSmarter’s free load board lets you compare 120k+ high-quality truck loads per day, with powerful filtering to help you quickly spot the most relevant, profitable loads that you can bid and book directly. It’s all free, with no hidden fees.

Let’s be real—waiting to get paid is painful. The traditional wait of 30-60 days to pay for a hauled truck load makes zero sense.

For a trucking company or owner-operator, choosing whether to factor and selecting a factoring company are big decisions. Make sure you ask these questions before you sign a contract with a factoring company.

Switching factoring companies in the trucking industry typically involves several steps. Here, you’ll find an easy to understand, 10 step process.

At TruckSmarter, we’re focused on building great products for our country’s 3.5 million owner-operators and truck drivers. We spend a lot of our time working on the critical details that differentiate a good solution from the best solution. But sometimes to build the best, you need to take a step back.This quarter, we hosted our first annual hackathon, one week when we set aside our day-to-day tasks and explore new, out-of-the-box ways to continue empowering truck drivers’ lives.

Ready to switch factoring companies? An easy-to-follow guide for truck drivers and owner-operators.

TruckSmarter emerges as a leading source of quotes and bookings for Armstrong Transport Group

TruckSmarter CEO and Co-Founder Dan Kao joins the Freight Caviar podcast with USA Transportation to discuss the importance and role of freight tech, what it means to be driver-first, and what’s next for TruckSmarter and the industry.

TruckSmarter was named to the Embedded Fintech 50, a list launched by GGV Capital in partnership with Crunchbase, to recognize the most promising fintech companies in the eyes of startup investors.

TruckSmarter CEO and Co-Founder Dan Kao and Joe Lynch of the "Logistics of Logistics" podcast discuss all the ways the TruckSmarter app is changing the freight industry and putting drivers first.

We’re excited to announce TruckSmarter has been recognized as a Top Tech Startup by Food Logistics and Supply & Demand Chain Executive, and we couldn’t be prouder of our team.

Parade, the leader in capacity management software for freight brokers, announces integration with TruckSmarter, the fastest-growing driver-first marketplace and free load board that empowers truck drivers to find and book work, and manage their businesses. Now, TruckSmarter drivers can gain real-time access to leading freight brokers, and those brokers can use the Parade platform to expand their carrier network and quickly book freight with drivers via TruckSmarter.

Aired on Sept 29, 2022 with Grace Sharkey "Today on FreightWaves Drive Time, @manaadiar is back to schooling us on recent global shipping news including falling rates and port operations during hurricanes& CEO tells us why owner ops trust TruckSmarter."

Digital trucking platform TruckSmarter announced it has closed a $25 million Series B funding round led by Thrive Capital with participation from Bain Capital, FJ Labs, Founders Fund, Andreessen Horowitz and Fin Capital to continue building on its dedicated platform for owner-operator functions.

Today, we’re thrilled to - officially - introduce TruckSmarter to the world, and share some of the exciting milestones we’ve hit in a short amount of time.

Truck drivers form the backbone of the US supply chain. In fact, over 70% of all goods shipped in the US travel by truck. Yet there is a massive shortage of drivers — the American Trucking Association estimates a shortage of drivers to the tune of 80,000 today — that’s only set to get worse, setting up a ticking time bomb for the US economy as a whole. The vast majority of truckers in the US are owner-operators, and the job involves long hours behind the wheel, many days out of town, and challenges with making ends meet, given that drivers don’t have health care and have to pay for their own fuel and maintenance.

TruckSmarter is coming out of stealth with $44 million in funding to date. The company recently closed a $25 million Series B, which was led by Thrive Capital, with participating investors like Founders Fund, a16z, Bain Capital Ventures and Fin Capital.