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Ryan Petersen
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Founder and CEO of Flexport. Tariff whisperer
USA
flexport.com
Joined October 2011
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    Ryan Petersen
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    Jun 8
    Flexport is hiring salespeople in the US, Canada, Mexico, Netherlands, Germany, Denmark, Sweden, Belgium, UK, Ireland, Spain, France, Italy, Switzerland, Singapore, China, India, Thailand, Taiwan, Indonesia, Australia and probably somewhere else I forgot
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    Ryan Petersen
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    Nov 2, 2024
    Flashback to when the mob in San Francisco took down the statue of Ulysses S Grant, the Union general who won the civil war and freed the slaves.
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    Ryan Petersen
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    Feb 2, 2025
    Can’t believe this app is only $8
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    Ryan Petersen
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    Apr 2, 2025
    46% tariff on Vietnam and 49% on Cambodia is an absolute bomb. So many companies moved all their production there to get out of China.
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    Ryan Petersen
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    Oct 22, 2021
    Yesterday I rented a boat and took the leader of one of Flexport's partners in Long Beach on a 3 hour of the port complex. Here's a thread about what I learned.
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    Ryan Petersen
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    Jul 8, 2025
    I saw two guys smoking fentanyl and a guy taking a dump on Market street in Sn Francisco during my afternoon walk yesterday. I also got a ticket for running a stop sign on my bicycle and city fire inspectors are making my company dismantle all our office phone booths bc they
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    Ryan Petersen
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    Mar 26, 2024
    Me remembering the last time I thought about the Port of Baltimore this much...
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    Ryan Petersen
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    Jan 16, 2025
    I’ll never understand people who choose the aisle seat over the window seat.
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    Ryan Petersen
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    Feb 26, 2022
    The cyber attack that has rendered the largest international logistics company in the U.S. totally non-operational since last Sunday seems under-reported.
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    Ryan Petersen
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    Apr 12, 2025
    So we’re exempting all advanced electronics from Chinese tariffs and putting a 125 pct tariff on textiles and toys?
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    Ryan Petersen
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    Jul 4, 2025
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    Ryan Petersen
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    Nov 12, 2024
    My first attempt to get Starlink working on this Delta flight a failure thus far
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    Ryan Petersen
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    Feb 7, 2022
    So many people to thank today, starting with my dentist...
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    Ryan Petersen
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    Apr 10, 2025
    The container ships are still all going around.
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