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> "...Money’s sexy I guess" The founder really summed his sole motivation right there. This is a mercenary company that could have been created by a hedge fund
by staunch 9y ago
> "...Money’s sexy I guess"
The founder really summed his sole motivation right there. This is a mercenary company that could have been created by a hedge fund.
Unlike Amazon, no one would want to work at Flexport except people focused entirely on money, and those aren't the best people.
This company is another (still rare) example of 1999 style VC investing. It will either flip or implode within a couple years. See: Zenefits
- jamiequint 9y agoThe founder has been doing import/export for a decade, maybe he likes the industry and is just making a joke.
- akavi 9y ago> Unlike Amazon, no one would want to work at Flexport except people focused entirely on money, and those aren't the best people. I'm a dev at Flexport, and it's pretty funny to hear I chose it for the money (Not my most lucrative job offer by a long shot). Personally, I work there because I find the challenge of mapping the complexity of an industry as consequential as global freight into tractable software to be deeply satisfying. YMMV, of course.
- rfc 9y agoBusinesses are in the business of making money. It's the founders job to ensure that they make money. Also, quoting just "Money's sexy I guess" is taking this entirely out of context. You quoted a specific section to make it sound like this is a money grubbing founder. The whole quote refers to whether or not the freight business is "sexy". “I don’t know if it’s sexy or boring. Wall Street’s pretty [redacted] boring to me, moving money around. Money’s sexy I guess”.