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My dad ran a freight forwarding business for 25 years. They still use paper and fax. Half the office space is dedicated to cabinets of storage for paper files. Their main technology is an ancient IBM mainframe. Flexport is really going to change things.

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Last year a job applicant then employed by a competitor told me the reason he wanted to work at Flexport was that he was sick of using a typewriter at work. For real, not making that up.

yes, my dad does a lot of business with freight companies too. but, around the LA/Long Beach Ports for his import business --- --- and they are very old school

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