Media Coverage

This summer, Austin-based uShip Inc. debuted on the Inc. 500 list of the country’s fastest-growing private companies. Ranked No. 378, the company posted revenue of $5.4 million last year, up 790 percent from 2006. The escalation in revenue corresponds with an escalation in the size of the uShip workforce. The company’s website currently lists 16 Austin job openings in technology,… Read More

UShip moved precious cargo a few weeks ago from New Orleans to Virginia for free. The Austin-based technology startup with an online, eBay-style platform for shipping services moved 28 cats and two small dogs from overcrowded shelters in New Orleans. They were feeling the pinch more than usual from the oil spill in the Gulf…. Read More

Thirteen Austin companies were recognized on Inc. magazine’s fastest-growing list. The publication’s 29th annual Inc. 500 list ranks businesses with the highest percentage revenue growth across three years. Dallas-based energy reseller Ambit Energy took the crown this year, reporting $325 million in revenue last year representing 20,369 percent growth. It was the only Texas company in the top 10…. Read More

By Lori Hawkins | Tuesday, August 24, 2010, 09:26 AM Thirteen Austin companies scored spots on Inc. magazine’s list of 500 fastest growing companies. The magazine’s Inc. 500 ranks U.S. companies with the highest percentage revenue growth across three years. California companies led the list with 92; followed by Texas with 52; Virginia, 46; New York, 36;… Read More

Eight transportation and logistics companies landed on Inc. magazine’s 2010 list of the 500 fastest-growing private companies. This year, the transportation companies that made list included Coyote Logistics, which ranked sixth; Molding Box; SNS Logistics; Three Dog Logistics; GPS Insight; LimitLess International; uShip; and Access America Transport. This year’s list measures revenue growth from 2006 to 2009, and… Read More

Cats sent to Virginia shelter By BOB ANDERSON Advocate Florida parishes bureau Published: Aug 11, 2010 – Page: 1B DENHAM SPRINGS — Amid kennel dogs’ raucous barking, 26 quiet cats departed the Denham Springs Animal Shelter on Tuesday on an 18-hour trip to Virginia. Three-legged Marshall left on the“>The Advocate/TRAVIS SPRADLING Meredith Cranch, an associate with the… Read More

NORFOLK — Thirty cats that have been turned over to shelters by people affected by the Gulf oil spill will arrive at PETA’s Norfolk headquaters, located at 501 Front Street, at 9 a.m. PETA responded to a call from the Humane Society of Louisiana to help evacuate animals and will be working to find these animals homes in the Hampton… Read More

In need of good, loving homes NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – Last week, more than 40 dogs were turned over to local animal shelters in the Gulf due to the oil spill and increasing economic concerns. Some of the dogs were transported to Virginia courtesy of PETA and Pamela Anderson. Now it’s the cats turn. On… Read More

By Keitha Nelson BATON ROUGE, LA (WAFB) – The oil and the weather are taking a toll on animal shelters farther inland from the coast.  Many pet owners can no longer afford to take care of their animals. PETA is stepping in to give dozens of cats and dogs a home. Crying out, confused and… Read More

By Rachel Frost Animals are flowing into animal shelters even though oil has stopped flowing out of the well. 27 cats and two dogs are on a trip to Norfolk, Virginia to reduce overcrowding at the Denham Springs Animal Shelter. “People have lost their jobs, people are having to move, people are not making as… Read More