Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen: Global Shipping and Logistics
About this episode
Ryan Petersen is the founder and CEO of Flexport, a unicorn international freight forwarding business. He’s also a Venture Partner at Founders Fund.
In this episode of World of DaaS, Ryan and Auren discuss:
- Supply chain breakdowns
- Geopolitics of commercial shipping
- Scaling freight forwarding businesses 10X
- Deglobalization vs international trade
- Returning to Flexport after stepping down as CEO
- Why good CEOs micromanage
World of DaaS is brought to you by SafeGraph & Flex Capital. For more episodes, visit worldofdaas.buzzsprout.com, and follow us @WorldOfDaaS.
You can find Auren Hoffman on X at @auren and Ryan on X at @typesfast.
Editing and post-production work for this episode was provided by The Podcast Consultant (https://thepodcastconsultant.com)
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