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Born Into Entrepreneurship
Fuller was born in Chattanooga, TN. A city he says is a great place to be in a COVID-19 world, with its hyper-fast internet and plenty of outdoor space to enjoy. Entrepreneurship runs way back in Craig’s DNA. His great grandfather was in trucking. His grandfather was a pioneer in the same space. Both of his sons, Craig’s father, and uncle started their own trucking businesses, employing thousands of people. His father began bootstrapping his own business back in the mid-80s. He learned a lot from him. Both about the trucking industry and running a business. He was inspired by him to become an entrepreneur and found his time learning from him at work and around the dinner table the most valuable education he received. Even more so than his Master’s. He had been going to the office with his dad since he was six years old. He became the company’s first help-desk technician. His father’s business went public when Craig was just around 15 years old. He stayed until he was 24, learning everything he could and exploring many roles and parts of the business. He washed the trucks and helped maintain them. He worked dispatch and saw what it took to be an executive.Intrapreneurship
Like many successful entrepreneurs, Craig Fuller started out as an intrapreneur. In college, he tried selling air freight. Pretty soon he became the ‘truck guy’ at DFW airport. They would call him saying, “I don’t care what it costs, but I need a truck.” He took the idea to his father. His son going out to start a competing business didn’t seem like a good move. So, they set it up as an experiment and kind of a startup within this bigger company. Craig was told he could split 25% of the margins with his team by one of the executives. Within 24 months it turned out to be a huge hit. One of the most profitable parts of the organization, with a $68M a year margin. Seeing this, the exec he reported began slashing the compensation. That went down to 5% for the team, then a basic $100k a year salary, with no bonus, instead of the millions he should be earning for his contribution. He was effectively told that since his father and family were doing so well, that he should really take one for the team. Even though his boss was getting the bonuses for his work. He clearly wasn’t being compensated fairly for his value. He decided to go do something else.Getting Fired By Your Father
His father ended up backing him as one of the investors in Transcard. A prepaid card and payments business. They ended up with 400 bank customers and were acquired by US Bank. After the acquisition, Craig had managed to keep part of the business. He was ultimately ousted or fired by his own father. No matter the reasons, getting laid off or let go by a family member never feels good. Still, he knew he loved him, but wasn’t going to involve dad in his next venture.How To Fund Your Business
After doing some day trading and seeing what was happening in global ocean shipping, he stumbled on the idea of creating a futures market around trucking.
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