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Ryan Petersen

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The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

We're like, who cares?

The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

Like we get hospitals, like there's civilizational collapse if the hospitals don't show, if the doctors don't show up for work.

The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

and became friendly friends with the guy who runs UCSF, Sam Hoggett.

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Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

He's the chancellor of UCSF, our local hospital.

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Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

And I remember years later, I met his wife at dinner, and she was like, it was when I saw this Zoom call,

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Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

Of you talking to Sam was the first moment when I realized everything's going to be okay.

The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

Cause you guys really touched me.

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Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

It was like, I saw you guys are highly competent.

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Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

People are going to get mass delivered, you know, the day before they run out.

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Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

Uh, now another thing that came out of that was in April of 2020.

The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

Same problem statement.

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Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

The passenger planes weren't very economic.

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Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

They were giving us great deals because we were serving hospitals.

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Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

It was all kind of pro bono, not-for-profit work.

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Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

They were giving us great deals.

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Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

I remember one of the planes, the one I remember was a Dreamliner.

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Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

I won't charge us $200,000 to fly a Dreamliner to China and back.

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Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

Oh, wow.

The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

Which, like, if anyone's ever flown private, that would be like a Dreamliner.