{"id":191851,"date":"2025-09-08T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/08\/flexports-ryan-petersen-joins-the-builders-stage-at-disrupt-2025-techcrunch\/"},"modified":"2025-09-08T19:00:00","modified_gmt":"2025-09-08T19:00:00","slug":"flexports-ryan-petersen-joins-the-builders-stage-at-disrupt-2025-techcrunch","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2025\/09\/08\/flexports-ryan-petersen-joins-the-builders-stage-at-disrupt-2025-techcrunch\/","title":{"rendered":"Flexport\u2019s Ryan Petersen joins the Builders Stage at Disrupt 2025 | TechCrunch"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p id=\"speakable-summary\" class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the biggest questions facing founders today: How do you keep building when the rules won\u2019t stop shifting?<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/events\/tc-disrupt-2025\/?utm_source=tc&amp;utm_medium=post&amp;utm_campaign=disrupt2025&amp;utm_content=speaker&amp;promo=post_ryanpetersen_06202025&amp;display=\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">TechCrunch Disrupt 2025<\/a><\/strong>, where we celebrate TechCrunch\u2019s 20th anniversary from October 27-29 at Moscone West in San Francisco, we\u2019ll hear firsthand from Ryan Petersen, founder and CEO of Flexport, on the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/events\/tc-disrupt-2025\/agenda\/?promo=post_ryanpetersen_06202025&amp;utm_campaign=disrupt2025&amp;utm_content=speaker&amp;utm_medium=post&amp;utm_source=tc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Builders Stage<\/a><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/events\/tc-disrupt-2025\/agenda\/?promo=post_ryanpetersen_06202025&amp;utm_campaign=disrupt2025&amp;utm_content=speaker&amp;utm_medium=post&amp;utm_source=tc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\" noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/figure>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-why-ryan-s-story-matters\">Why Ryan\u2019s story matters<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since launching <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flexport.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Flexport<\/a> in 2013, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/rpetersen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Ryan Petersen<\/a> has helped more than 10,000 companies move over $175 billion worth of goods worldwide, raising $2.3 billion and redefining how supply chains are managed in a volatile, tech-driven era.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Petersen\u2019s lessons go far beyond logistics. After stepping down as CEO in 2022, he returned less than a year later to steady the ship and chart its next phase of growth. Along the way, he\u2019s become a sharp voice on topics like tariffs, trade policy, and the role of AI in global commerce.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What you\u2019ll learn<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This won\u2019t be theory \u2014 it\u2019s a masterclass in resilience and clarity under pressure. Petersen will share:<\/p>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">How to lead through volatility and uncertainty.<\/li>\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">What it takes to reset strategy midstream.<\/li>\n<li class=\"wp-block-list-item\">How to balance long-term vision with short-term realities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-don-t-miss-it\">Don\u2019t miss it<\/h2>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Catch Petersen live on the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/events\/tc-disrupt-2025\/agenda\/?promo=post_ryanpetersen_06202025&amp;utm_campaign=disrupt2025&amp;utm_content=speaker&amp;utm_medium=post&amp;utm_source=tc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Builders Stage<\/a><\/strong> at Disrupt 2025. The exact session time will be announced soon on the agenda, but trust us \u2014 this is one you\u2019ll want to see up close.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/events\/tc-disrupt-2025\/tickets\/?promo=post_ryanpetersen_06202025&amp;utm_campaign=disrupt2025&amp;utm_content=speaker&amp;utm_medium=post&amp;utm_source=tc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Register here<\/strong> before September 27 and save up to $668.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-techcrunch-inline-cta\">\n<div class=\"inline-cta__wrapper\">\n<p>Techcrunch event<\/p>\n<div class=\"inline-cta__content\">\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-cta__location\">San Francisco<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-cta__separator\">|<\/span><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"inline-cta__date\">October 27-29, 2025<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2025\/09\/08\/find-out-how-flexports-ceo-ryan-petersen-builds-when-the-rules-keep-changing-at-techcrunch-disrupt-2025\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One of the biggest questions facing founders today: How do you keep building when the rules won\u2019t stop shifting? At TechCrunch Disrupt 2025, where we celebrate TechCrunch\u2019s 20th anniversary from October 27-29 at Moscone West in San Francisco, we\u2019ll hear firsthand from Ryan Petersen, founder and CEO of Flexport, on the Builders Stage. Why Ryan\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":191852,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-191851","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-tech"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191851","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/191852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}