Ryan Petersen: Building the Hidden Engine of Global Trade

Shane Parrish: I love the idea of having a life’s work, and it seems like your interest in logistics started really young. Can you tell me the story about your mom getting you to get soda? 

Ryan Petersen: Oh wow. Yeah. Well, my mom’s a great entrepreneur. She started and sold two companies in the biotech biochemistry space in Washington, DC. Both my brother and I had this job. Our first job was delivering soda and stacking the snacks cabinet and the sodas and stuff. We basically would just buy the stuff at Giants or Safeway and then mark it up 2x and…