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Ryan Petersen

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The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

And then I saw that.

The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

I got jealous.

The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

I mean, I'm like, you're moving from Arizona.

The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

I moved to Arizona.

The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

I'm not from there.

The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

I moved there for KPX before China, actually.

The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

No, after China.

The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

Excuse me.

The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

Both.

The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

Before and after.

The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

So I had moved there for this business, for these businesses.

The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

Yeah.

The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

And then I saw him leave to go to the Bay Area where I went to college at Berkeley to do Y Combinator.

The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

I was like jealous.

The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

So I followed him.

The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

Like sleeping on the couch.

The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

Literally, yeah, sleeping in the air mattress in our little apartment.

The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

And I would just go.

The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

Y Combinator at that time did not have great security, so I would just go with him to all the Y Combinator sessions and just act like I was part of his company, even though I kind of was.

The Knowledge Project
Ryan Petersen: Building Flexport

And then that inspired me to go.