Ryan Petersen

It's more important than how big you are is how fast you're moving.

And now velocity is different from physics, right?

than speed, velocity has a vector.

So you gotta go in the right direction in business.

But it also, it's kind of an explanation for why startups out-compete.

Big companies have way more mass, but they start to become slow and bureaucratic and three guys in the garage can often out-compete.

You're stuck in the elevator with someone.

Most people will say nothing.

Which is like kind of polite to not say anything.

But if you say hello, they'll actually, turns out most people will say hello back and be nice to you.

I mean, I don't really want to talk to people with old neighbors either, but I get that.

Yeah.

I mean, it's an interesting point.

I like to be worldly wise, try to keep learning.

I'm lucky to have learned that value early on in my life, that learning is the most important thing.

I mean, now I've got kids, so it's love, but learning is right there as a close second for what my number one value is.

That's why I like Flexport so much.

It's like a really incredible vehicle to learn.

And the best way to learn is to solve a problem, you know, be really engaged and do things and solve problems for people.

In the business context for Flexport, we want to be the number one logistics company in the world by far.