Заявка Flexport в YC

Winter 2014Active

Flexport прошел Y Combinator в потоке Winter 2014 как компания из сферы B2B. Ниже: чем занимается компания, кто ее основал, и ее заявка в YC, реконструированная вопрос за вопросом в реальной форме YC.

Поток YC: Winter 2014
Сфера: B2BSupply Chain and Logistics
Размер команды: 3000
Статус: Active
Запущено: 2013

Фаундеры

Ryan PetersenFounder/CEO

Чем занимается Flexport

Founded in 2013, we believe trade can move the human race forward. That’s why our mission at Flexport is to make global trade easy for everyone. What the internet has done for bits and bytes, Flexport is doing for physical goods: giving every business the ability to connect to any customer, wherever they are in the world. That sounds pretty straightforward, but a fragmented and inefficient global supply chain has held the world back from untapped growth and innovation. By connecting everyone in the global economy we can unlock commerce, creativity, and human progress. To do so, we’re building the platform for global logistics - empowering buyers, sellers and their logistics partners with the technology and services they need to grow and innovate. Today, we work with more than 40,000 customers and their suppliers across industries like manufacturing, retail, electronics, consumer goods, tech, apparel, and beauty. Companies of all sizes - from emerging brands to Fortune 500s - used Flexport technology to move nearly $19B of merchandise across 112 countries in 2021. Interested in joining our team? Check out our open job postings on careers site and apply directly today!

Заявка Flexport в YC, реконструирована

Заявка Y Combinator

Flexport, батч Winter 2014. Реальные вопросы из анкеты, ответы из публичных данных.

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Company

Company name

Flexport

Describe what your company does in 50 characters or less.

Platform for global logistics.

What is your company going to make? Please describe your product and what it does or will do.

We are building a platform that simplifies global trade by connecting buyers, sellers, and logistics partners with technology and services to coordinate shipments internationally. Our platform tackles the fragmented supply chain and provides transparency and efficiency for global freight forwarding.

Where do you live now, and where would the company be based after YC?

We're currently based in San Francisco, CA, and would continue to be based here after YC.

Explain your decision regarding location.

San Francisco is where we live and have access to a deep pool of engineering talent and early customers in tech and manufacturing sectors, which helps us iterate quickly and build the network effects necessary for a logistics platform.

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Часто задаваемые вопросы

Это реальная заявка Flexport в YC?

Нет. Y Combinator держит поданные заявки в приватности. Это реконструкция: реальные вопросы формы YC, ответы на которые основаны на публичных данных Flexport (заметки о запуске, бэкграунд фаундеров, описание продукта). Это показывает, как компания вроде Flexport представила бы себя YC, а не текст, который они подали.