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Early Days of Shopify
1:07:56 - 1:13:53 (05:57)
Two co-founders of Shopify reminisce about their early days and the launch of the platform, including how they secured their first merchant and created a competition to encourage entrepreneurship.
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Iden Savoy helped Shopify connect with Rovio to test its scalability and ability to sell at scale, which was an important step in the company's early days.
1:07:56 - 1:09:50 (01:54)
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Iden Savoy helped Shopify connect with Rovio to test its scalability and ability to sell at scale, which was an important step in the company's early days.
ChapterEarly Days of Shopify
Episode#486: Harley Finkelstein — Tactics and Strategies from Shopify, The Future of Retail, and More
PodcastThe Tim Ferriss Show
In this episode, two of the co-founders of Shopify, Tobi Lütke and Daniel Weinand, reminisce about the early conversations that led to the creation of the Build-a-Business competition, which aimed to incentivize entrepreneurship and promote the use of Shopify.
1:09:50 - 1:13:53 (04:02)
Summary
In this episode, two of the co-founders of Shopify, Tobi Lütke and Daniel Weinand, reminisce about the early conversations that led to the creation of the Build-a-Business competition, which aimed to incentivize entrepreneurship and promote the use of Shopify. The competition offered a $100,000 grand prize to the store with the highest sales, and has since become an integral part of the Shopify brand.