Flexport CEO resigns a year after joining logistics company
I&#x27;m sure there&#x27;s some juicy details behind the curtains, but people are too professional to air it publicly. Here&#x27;s some fun but baseless theories:<p>1) Typical big-company guy fails to adapt to startup life. A year ago, Flexport&#x27;s tech team was 400 people. That&#x27;s minuscule compared to what Dave&#x27;s used to at Amazon. He came in, insisted on a bunch of unnecessary hiring, bloated the tech team with deadwood, internal kingdoms and politics, and a &quot;move slow and don&#x27;t break anything&quot; mentality. Founder got fed up and showed him the door, though presumably they were gracious enough to let him hit his 1-year cliff<p>2) Almost-CEO-of-Amazon tries to build the next Amazon. Makes a bunch of wildly risky investments into random moonshots, because he doesn&#x27;t want to settle for a single-digit-billion company. Founder is initially taken in by bigshot&#x27;s vision. But after 1 year of minimal progress and changing market conditions, founder tells CEO to get back to basics and focus on freight logistics. CEO decides that&#x27;s not sexy enough for him. Waits for his 1-year cliff, then resigns<p>Exited to hear more wild theories from others.