Flexport, every mention

Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport Aug 5, 2025 · 54 mentions

• ▶ 0:09 Ryan Petersen I've been working on my own thing, which became Flex for. 3 times in the scene
• ▶ 1:24 Shane Parrish That same contrarian thinking would build Flexport into a multi-billion dollar logistics company spanning 2 times in the scene
• ▶ 11:08 Ryan Petersen I've been working on my own thing, which became Flex for.
• ▶ 13:41 Shane Parrish What are some of the lessons you take away from Import Genius before we sort of move on to Flexport? 3 times in the scene
• ▶ 16:37 Shane Parrish Uh, at that point you have the idea for Flexport? 3 times in the scene
• ▶ 21:57 Ryan Petersen They heard about Flexport. 2 times in the scene
• ▶ 25:42 Ryan Petersen Um, actually one of the funniest things, one of our other investors is Ron Conway, and he was, he saved Flexport at one point. 4 times in the scene
• ▶ 28:37 Ryan Petersen One is we started out, when we went through Y Combinator, Flexport was just a customs brokerage. 3 times in the scene
• ▶ 40:38 Ryan Petersen It was like one of the most meaningful parts of my career and everyone at Flexport. 3 times in the scene
• ▶ 46:27 Ryan Petersen So we're looking for a partner to kind of take that on for me and help Flexport mature and grow. 2 times in the scene
• ▶ 50:15 Ryan Petersen And so that's where the Amazon background and Flexport background really came in conflict, actually, because they break it apart into simple tasks and have the same person do it over and over again, and like, kind of robot, human robots… 2 times in the scene
• ▶ 53:32 Ryan Petersen I just thought he would be better for the company. 3 times in the scene
• ▶ 55:29 Ryan Petersen But like, at the end of the day, I know I'm going to still work at Flexport in 10 years, and I don't know if that's true about anyone else. 2 times in the scene
• ▶ 58:37 Ryan Petersen Like some of the smartest people I've ever met have worked come through the doors of Flexport or still work at Flexport. 2 times in the scene
• ▶ 1:00:49 Ryan Petersen Slack or text or phone, um, at Flexport.
• ▶ 1:04:55 Ryan Petersen Oh, it's just like, I can't stop thinking about Flexport.
• ▶ 1:12:03 Ryan Petersen So you really have to build this great, we call it a product library, uh, which Flexport offers this technology product. 4 times in the scene
• ▶ 1:16:56 Ryan Petersen You can deduct the portion, if you file it all correctly, and don't quote me on this because you want to get good legal advice, including from Flexport's team, but you, uh, you can deduct the portion that's U.S. made. 3 times in the scene
• ▶ 1:31:02 Ryan Petersen And one of these dinners at his house was, uh, when I told him about Flexport, he was like,
• ▶ 1:33:41 Ryan Petersen This is not what Flexport does, but I know this guy's a billionaire and his plane, his G-Six-Fifty Goldstream, uh, private jet broke down in Antarctica or, uh, in Southern Chile, like right next to Antarctica.
• ▶ 1:36:36 Ryan Petersen We use velocity as like our main word at Flexport, velocity.
• ▶ 1:38:40 Ryan Petersen That's why I like flex fly sports so much. 7 times in the scene