Ryan Petersen

@typesfast

CEO of and previously co-founder of . Cal and Columbia alum

Joined October 2011
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  1. Apr 12

    Flexport's freighter has made a total of 1.5 round-trips from LAX to Hong Kong since getting it's new paint job and there are already dozens of crowd-sourced pictures of it on the internet. What a world.

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  2. Apr 12

    Live look at Flexport's 747 freighter loaded with 100k kgs of precious customer cargo:

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  3. Retweeted
    Mar 28

    Nice job with the wifi

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  4. Retweeted
    Apr 7

    Here’s leveling up Flexport’s already surprisingly strong emoji-engineering prowess with a new autocomplete. (Fun fact: Flexport has a patent pending called “Emoji-related cargo management systems and methods”. Seriously.)

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  5. Apr 8

    That’s why I say that anyone calling a tech bubble who isn’t shorting can be safely ignored...

    If someone doesn't believe in Bitcoin, they should short it. Opinions are meaningless if you don't vote with your dollars.
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  6. Apr 7

    Most wearable fitness trackers are included in the proposed 25% tariffs because they're classified as measuring devices under HS Code 903180.8085. US import and export data for HS 903180 reveals solid growth for '08-'14, and a marked downturn since:

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  7. Retweeted
    Mar 25

    Coming up on a year since I visited the HQ for a lunchtime AMA with founder CEO -- oh, how much you all have grown since!! (as has r/heavyseas - lol)

    Huge thanks to co-founder for joining us for our Lunch'n'Learn series to talk growth, culture, bots, and r/HeavySeas!
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  8. Retweeted
    Apr 5

    Finally something that takes longer to load than our webpack build: our 747! ✈️

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  9. Apr 6

    Flexport’s 747 freighter is the most skin in the game thing ever: the maintenance mechanic and cargo loadmaster both live on the plane during their shifts.

    Refueling in Anchorage
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  10. Retweeted
    Apr 5

    h/t to and for being proactive & helpful here:

    TFW you find out that components that you import from China (to be assembled into finished products in the US) are covered under 's proposed 25% tariffs
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  11. Apr 6

    Just advised a friend to fire their wealth manager but have them place one final massive short position on the wealth manager’s own stock on the way out...

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  12. Retweeted
    Apr 5
    Replying to

    Hells Angles is the country's most feared gang of geometry teachers (sorry, Ryan, I couldn't resist).

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  13. Apr 5

    Spent the monrning reviewing all the categories affected by the Trump tariffs. Motorcycles, beer-making equipment, and guns are all on the list. Hells Angles are gonna be pissed!

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  14. Apr 5

    Flexport’s COO decided to ride along on our 747 freighter from Hong Kong to LAX overnight. 105,000 kgs of customer cargo and 70 kgs of Dutchman.

    Flexport COO Sanne Manders is on board our 747 freighter from Hong Kong, bound for LAX with stopover in Anchorage with 100,000 kgs of Flexport customer cargo.
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  15. Apr 3

    Omg the official Seinfeld twitter noticed Flexport's demo account is for a company called "Vandelay Industries"

    Replying to @jGage718 @flexport @FlexportEng
    Awesome!
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  16. Retweeted
    Apr 3

    Within the next 24 hours Flexport's squads will get in touch with all of our affected customers to share the exact impact on their business so we can work together to plan for this massive disruption.

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  17. Retweeted
    Apr 3

    If the tariffs that President Trump announced today had been in effect throughout 2017, assuming our clients didn't change their import volumes, it would have cost 173 clients $13,641,334 in additional customs duties (taxes).

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  18. Apr 3

    I'm really looking forward to sharing what I hope are a few useful lessons from our experience digitizing and automating a legacy industry at Women Who Code's conference on April 28th!

    CONNECT New Speaker Announcement 📢 We are proud to welcome Ryan Petersen Founder + CEO of to the line-up on Saturday, April 28th in . Tickets are available online -
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    Mar 30
    Replying to

    If you speak Ruby (Rails) and React, this is your place! part of the family is growing!

    Well-capitalized startup seeks talented engineers:
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  20. Mar 30

    The company making the robot security guard in flexport’s building finally came out of stealth. Super cool.

    If you need office security which you do if you're in SF, check out this robot. full disclosure: I'm an investor.
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