Why do Canadians sell themselves short? I've never been able to answer that question.
We're trying to build the largest start-up ever without becoming a big company.
To me, a great company starts with a great product and ends with a great product.
Sometimes, when you're building a company, out of necessity there's just a gazillion things you have to learn and figure out.
Shopify was built as a company that could be run remotely anywhere.
Shopify has been a perpetually underestimated company at every point of its history.
Products are a form of speech, and free speech must be fiercely protected, even if we disagree with some of the voices.
No one benefits from us not taking credit for our successes. There is no virtue in allowing kudos to go unclaimed or elsewhere.
My early interactions with VCs were really, really poor.
More and more people are opening online stores and online retail businesses. This market is expanding very, very quickly.
It's not a principle unless it costs you something.
It took about 10 years' time for Shopify to be an overnight success.
It is my strong belief that computer literacy should be part of our educational system's core curriculum.
If you believe something needs to exist, if it's something you want to use yourself, don't let anyone ever stop you from doing it.
I'm ridiculously lucky.
I have serious, serious problems with personas - with unauthentic individuals.
A lot of people have a great business idea; they just need a little push to make it a reality.
I am a worrier. I tend to do something about what I worry about.
E-commerce is not an industry; e-commerce is a tactic.
