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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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Flexport CEO Ryan Petersen: Global Shipping and Logistics

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