Skip to navigationSkip to main contentSkip to right columnGodwin OluponmileThu, July 2, 2026 at 5:46 PM GMT+2 5 min readSam Barnes/Getty ImagesSome people kept getting paid in 2020 because their jobs could come home with them. The founder of a company that profited from that exact shift now likens working from home to "white collar fraud (1)."Flexport founder and Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Ryan Petersen said that on the Twenty Minute VC podcast in June — which is strange when you look at his numbers. Flexport's revenue went from $670 million before the pandemic to $3.3 billion in 2021 (2), the year the country shopped from home and sent freight surging through logistics firms like his, although it's gone down since then.Must ReadJeff Bezos backs a platform that lets anyone invest in rental homes for as little as $100 — 6 ways to build wealth like a landlord without actually being oneRobert Kiyosaki says this 1 asset will surge 400% in a year and begs investors not to miss this 'explosion'Millionaires under 43 hold only 25% of their wealth in stocks.