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Ryan Petersen talks about his journey at Flexport with such candor that he'll leave you fascinated by the topic of global logistics! It's a classic case of an established industry being transformed by technology.

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Kyriakos Eleftheriou2 年前

It's crazy that you can see @typesfast's starting point too in this live interview with @paulg in 2013 - and then he went all the way to massive success! (at 19:35)

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Brian Jordan2 年前

I remember watching him pitch this on stage at Startup School 10 years ago, fun to have formed a first impression and now hear where it came from / how it has gone since

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Jeffrey D Plumley2 年前

Except this guy has no idea what he is doing and his business is rapidly failing.

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Atiq Khan2 年前

@ycombinator Marvelous

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Olivia Petersen2 年前

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rube heretic2 年前

@typesfast, what does the Flexport system behave like when shady businesses try to muscle in?

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