Unicorn Founder on Unseen Arbitrages, the Paradox of Wealth + Charlie Munger Wisdom ft. Ryan Petersen

All right, today we're talking to Ryan Peterson. Ryan's an interesting guy because he started out working at a pizza shop, bootstrapping his own company to millions of dollars. And now he runs Flexport, which is a multi-billion dollar company. So he's kinda done both sides, the big Silicon Valley game as well as the Bootstrap, make something out of nothing, form of entrepreneurship. And we talk about three things. The one big lesson he learned when he became friends with Charlie Munger, what Charlie Munger really taught him. Number two is a master class in negotiation. So things that he learned about negotiation back when he was in business school that still help him today. And the paradox of wealth, so why chasing money?

Well, money is great and you want to make money and he says money is great too, but How Instead of chasing money directly, you should do something else instead. He calls this the paradox of wealth. So enjoy this episode with Ryan Peters. I feel like I can rule the world, I know I can be what I want to Okay, today you have the Silicon Valley success story. So you've got Flexport.

This like a behemoth of a company, multi billion dollar company, went through Wece C. You did the Silicon Valley you won the Silicon Valley game. Which is great. And I live in Silicon Valley. I like the yeah, I'm I Spent ten years trying to win that game.

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