Founder and CEO of Shopify, architect of a platform empowering millions of small entrepreneurs worldwide.
My foreign perspective allowed me to see opportunities that locals overlooked
Everyone who succeeded has a story about when they were ready to quit, but didn't
Two decades building Shopify taught me that true success is measured by endurance, not fireworks
Twenty years later I'm still amazed by the magic of the internet; how a small company can reach the world
Start; don't plan perfectly, start imperfectly; perfection comes from action
Being an outsider helped me; I saw gaps in the system where others saw closed doors
I built Shopify to free people from constraints; so they could build their dreams