I hope Flexport is super successful. My jab was not at them at all.
-person on the 'careers' page
Congrats on the raise, I can't wait to see what you guys do in the future!
'The round came together over the summer, but “we’ve grown revenue 80% in two months,” and racked up $500,000 in August, Petersen says'
What does that mean, 'racked up'? Surely they are not 'very profitable' and also worth $300m on a $6m revenue run rate...right?
Also -- seems like a great company and power to them. Just confused by that line in the article.
There doesn't seem to be a great solution for trying to save money when you're shipping only a few thousands KG a year.
There is also lots of fake comments praising the company in this thread. Very weird to do this at this stage of company.
Calling a company scammy because you don't like their "attitude" might be jumping the gun.
Are they gaming the system? Has PG a way to pump them up since he is an investor? Or is shipping sexy to the HN crowd?
Any suitably complex problem space can be 'sexy' if you consider it in abstract terms. It doesn't matter if you're solving how to move crates on ships, or move people in cars, or move streams of data in networks - it can all be a lot of fun irrespective of the end result. The main differences are the constraints on the problems, not the problems themselves.
