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Flexport
Company blog · flexport.com/blogbusinessstartupseconomics
Flexport is the company blog at flexport.com, writing about business, startups and economics. Since 2014, 107 different Hacker News readers have linked it 172 times, most often “When America Dreamed of a Nuclear-Powered Cargo Fleet”. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Ship smarter with Flexport's AI-powered freight forwarding platform. Ocean, air, and trucking logistics with end-to-end supply chain visibility.
Most-linked posts?
- When America Dreamed of a Nuclear-Powered Cargo Fleet8 people · 8 mentions · first linked 2015-12-02
- /7 people · 30 mentions · first linked 2019-04-02
- /careers/department/engineering5 people · 6 mentions · first linked 2017-07-03
- /blog/airbus-a380-no-cargo-equivalent/5 people · 5 mentions · first linked 2017-05-13
- Flexport (YC W14) Lays Off 20% of Its Employees4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2023-01-11
- DHL pioneered the sharing economy (2016)4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2016-02-17
- Flexport still has 50 open positions4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2022-01-05
- /4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2016-06-13
- On Hanjin4 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2016-09-02
- When Movies Fly: How Modern Internet Experience Is Made Possible by Airplanes3 people · 4 mentions · first linked 2016-01-20
What Hacker News says?
It probably helps that Tim Cook had a lot of supply-chain experience before he became CEO. They also ship their phones from China by air rather than sea. I duck-duck-go'd for a source and happened upon this article from 2015 :) https://www.flexport.com/blog/does-apple-ship-iphones-by-air...
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on “What caused all the supply chain bottlenecks?”Submitted Amazon Has Just Registered to Sell Ocean Freight as a story · 314 points
HN discussionFlexport | San Francisco | Full-Time | On-Site Flexport is a platform for global trade in an industry that comprises 12% of the global GDP. We are building products that are enabling anyone to participate in trade regardless of geographic, regulatory or logistical boundaries By dramatically simplifying the process of importing goods from overseas, we aim to empower a new generation of entrepreneurs benefitting from…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2017)”Submitted DHL pioneered the sharing economy (2016) as a story · 109 points
HN discussionFLEXPORT - SAN FRANCISCO, CA - ONSITE - VISA XFERS OK --- 50+ SOFTWARE ENGINEER OPENINGS Flexport is the tech-driven freight forwarder for modern logistics teams. In just 4 years, we've become the #20 freight forwarder on the Trans-Pacific route and the #2 customer of the Japanese carriers. Our goal is to get to Top 10 (and eventually, Top 5) and in order to do so, we need to expand and grow our teams. We're 50 engi…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2018)”Submitted Why Dole owns container ships as a story · 104 points
HN discussionFLEXPORT | SF,CA | FULLTIME | VISA/GC SPONSOR | https://www.flexport.com/engineering Happy New Year, y'all! We've just announced our second engineering office in Chicago and we'll be scaling to another 75 engineers in 2019. ==> https://breakoutlist.com/ ==> https://www.keyvalues.com/flexport A few roles we are hiring for: - Software Engineer ==> https://grnh.se/ba91da6c1 - Senior/Staff Software Engineer ==> https://…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (January 2019)”Submitted The Economics of Drone Delivery as a story · 76 points
HN discussionFLEXPORT | SF, CA (HQ) | FT, ONSITE, VISA XFER OK | 50+ Openings | $130K - $180K + equity | www. flexport.com Flexport’s mission is to make global trade easy for everyone. We are revolutionizing a huge industry that touches every country on the planet, which means solving complex challenges. We are looking for makers who love learning, are passionate about collaborating, and desire to see the global impact of the so…
Comment linking /careers/job/535049?ref=keyvalues
on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2018)”Submitted DHL Global Forwarding Failed on Software, and That’s Why It’s Being Sold Cheaply as a story · 74 points
HN discussion(Even though "legally, no one has ever decided whether a journey into space technically counts as leaving the United States.") At least the customs requirement has been resolved: https://www.flexport.com/blog/apollo-11-astronauts-cleared-m...
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on “NASA announces Boeing Starliner crew will return on SpaceX Crew-9”Submitted Latitude Design System as a story · 70 points
HN discussionI am in a very similar situation, working for a mid-sized logistics (300 employees with small offices around the globe, 400-500M annual revenue), but with a completely different side, we do practically everything in-house with a very old software that does everything, (Multivalue D3). My experience on your points: >We're having to resort to a separate low-code platform to fill in the gaps. Our business operates in a…
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on “Ask HN: Should we bring software dev in-house?”Submitted When Movies Fly: How Modern Internet Experience Is Made Possible by Airplanes as a story · 60 points
HN discussionFlexport (YC W14) | San Francisco, Amsterdam, Shenzhen, Bellevue | Onsite | https://www.flexport.com Flexport’s mission is to make global trade easy for everyone. We are revolutionizing a huge industry that touches every country on the planet, which means solving complex challenges. We are looking for makers who love learning, are passionate about collaborating, and desire to see the global impact of the solutions t…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2020)”Submitted When America Dreamed of a Nuclear-Powered Cargo Fleet as a story · 53 points
HN discussionFlexport (YC W14) | San Francisco, CA and Chicago, IL | Onsite | https://www.flexport.com Flexport’s mission is to make global trade easy for everyone. We are revolutionizing a huge industry that touches every country on the planet, which means solving complex challenges. We are looking for makers who love learning, are passionate about collaborating, and desire to see the global impact of the solutions they build.…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (May 2019)”Submitted Leaky Ships: Ocean Carriers and the Age of Profitless Shipping as a story · 48 points
HN discussionFlexport (YC W14) | San Francisco, CA and Chicago, IL | Onsite | https://www.flexport.com Flexport’s mission is to make global trade easy for everyone. We are revolutionizing a huge industry that touches every country on the planet, which means solving complex challenges. We are looking for makers who love learning, are passionate about collaborating, and desire to see the global impact of the solutions they build.…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (July 2019)”Submitted Flexport Intelligence as a story · 33 points
HN discussionFlexport - https://www.flexport.com - San Francisco, CA - Engineering Flexport is a platform for global trade. We make it easier for companies to ship products between any two places in the world. Paul Graham says, "Flexport is one of those rare startups that will not merely satisfy its market, but grow it. There will be more international trade because of Flexport, and international trade is a very big thing for th…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (April 2015)”Submitted Guide to the Largest Ocean Carriers in the World as a story · 31 points
HN discussionIf any SoundClouders are reading this thread, consider Flexport! Flexport is a freight forwarder, which is a really old industry. We're bringing it to the information era. (It turns out computers are really good at solving information problems.) Flexport is growing the engineering team of ~35 in our downtown SF office. It's a great time to join: we have 20% MoM growth and we're about to enter the peak season where r…
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on “SoundCloud cuts jobs, closes SF and London offices”Submitted Airline Baggage Fees Are a Good Deal for Travelers as a story · 13 points
HN discussionFlexport | Software engineer | San Francisco, CA Our goal is to create a world where anyone can freely trade regardless of geographic, cultural, regulatory, or logistical boundaries. By dramatically simplifying the process of importing goods from overseas, we aim to empower a new generation of entrepreneurs to benefit from the wonders of international trade. We're a small team of technologists, logistics experts and…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2015)”Submitted Flexport (YC W14) Secures $1bn Funding Led by Softbank Vision Fund as a story · 11 points
HN discussionFLEXPORT | SAN FRANCISCO, CA (HQ) | FT, ONSITE, VISA XFER OK | 30+ Openings | $100K - $180K + equity | www. flexport.com Flexport’s mission is to make global trade easy for everyone. We are revolutionizing a huge industry that touches every country on the planet, which means solving complex challenges. We've hired 20 engineers in the past couple of months! We are looking for makers who love learning, are passionate…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (June 2018)”Submitted Flexport still has 50 open positions as a story · 8 points
HN discussionstandardized tracking for shipping containers currently tracking is limited either by A) type of transportation (ships, rail, trucks) or B) by the Freight Forwarding company. If you use multiple freight forwarders, you're stuck entering data from PDFs into spreadsheets to create your own custom usable dashboard. If you use one freight forwarder, you have access to the main journey points, either as a spreadsheet, or…
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on “Ask HN: What interesting problems are you working on?”Submitted Drone video of largest ship ever to visit U.S. entering San Francisco Bay as a story · 8 points
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