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By Alex Lennane

11/09/2023

It was a quiet – well, publicly at least – weekend at Flexport, with founder Ryan Petersen staying off Twitter/X, after promising on Friday to find help find new jobs for those unlucky ex-new hires, some of which were due to start today.

Word also got out that a further six executives, hired by the hapless Dave Clark, were also let go, including president and CCO Teresa Carlson (who, according to Loadstar Premium sources, not only pushed out the well-respected Will ...

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