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uShip, the global online transport marketplace, has announced the acquisition of boxby.co.uk, an on-line transport exchange for couriers. The transaction provides UK house removal firms and eBay couriers access to more delivery jobs, helping them run full and more efficiently as they battle rising fuels. The boxby.co.uk site will remain active throughout the incorporation of… Read More

Global transport marketplace uShip has acquired Boxby, the Scotland-based courier exchange. The purchase expands uShip’s global presence and creates more significant localized opportunity for transporters. The boxby.co.uk site will remain active throughout the incorporation of key uShip processes and functionality. Boxby co-founder Sandra Patterson will serve as a uShip consultant. “Boxby has done an outstanding… Read More

ACQUISITIONS UShip’s pickup of online shipping kin Boxby to boost presence in Europe Austin-based uShip.com has purchased Boxby Ltd., a Scottish company, to extend its reach in Europe. UShip runs a reverse auction that allows customers who need to ship something to get the lowest price for doing so. They post what they need to… Read More

uShip, the Austin-based transport marketplace, has acquired the UK’s boxby, which offers a similar but also complementary service by connecting couriers and transporters with customers in need of delivery. The deal, of which terms are undisclosed, will “support the global growth” of uShip, which already offers localized versions of its reverse auction site for couriers and… Read More

“I wrote our business plan in the New Venture Creation class and recruited my co-founders from the class. I got more out of my classes by thinking about how I could immediately apply the concepts to our business.”- Matt Chasen, MBA ’04 Wasted Space Sparks Idea While they were still in their first year of… Read More

Helps Mobile Application Developers Build Geofencing and Other Location 2.0 Services   SAN FRANCISCO, June 21 /PRNewswire/ — Location Labs Inc. announces the launch of its Location-as-a-Service Platform today, providing location APIs for developers to build next-generation location features in their applications. The platform is a product of many decades of cumulative research by the company’s UC Berkeley PhD-heavy… Read More

AUSTIN, Texas — For any owner-operator looking for loads, uShip can help online whether it’s a truckload or less-than-truckload shipment. There are at any given time $8 million to $10 million worth of transport jobs available in its marketplace. According to the uShip.com website the company was born in the back of a rented moving… Read More

uShip, the Online Shipping Marketplace By Tony and Michele Hamer, About.com Guide After spending a year searching for our next restoration project, we found and bought a 1961 Mark II in Austin, Texas. Part of the negotiation of purchase on the seller’s side was how soon we could get the car out their garage. The couple was adopting… Read More

As a city, Austin consistently ranks at the top of the list for entrepreneurship and small-business creation. Part of what contributes to the city’s strong entrepreneurial spirit is the various business programs available locally. In March, The University of Texas at Austin announced the creation of Texas Venture Labs, a program that connects entrepreneurs, investors… Read More

Ship Shape Sam Sigholz, Sales Associate, uShip Career history: Nearly eight years at Hoover’s Inc. Current responsibilities: Helping to build a B2B sales team to expand uShip’s domestic and international operations. About uShip: Founded in 2004, uShip connects people looking to ship unusual freight – motorcycles, golf clubs, pianos, etc. – with transport companies that place competing bids… Read More