In August of 1998, Tim Barton set out to enter one of the largest markets in the country: Freight.

“Honestly I didn’t know anything about freight. I sometimes joke I still don’t,” Barton said. “It was a very large industry, and what I’d heard about it was that people spend a lot of time gathering quotes because if you’re going to ship something heavy, sometimes the cost of moving the good is more expensive than the goods themselves, so getting a quote is pretty important.” Read more.