“We uncovered a set of apps and fake experts cheating the performance metrics. We found those practices in almost 15% of extensions that promised one-click optimizations. This means that a large number of merchant sites are affected.” ~ learn more
Shopify founder Tobi Lütke offers this analogy for interpersonal relationships (and more) in his interview with Shane Parish. “If people meet each other, especially in a curated context like a company, like both of us start working here, and we […]
Brought to you by Harley Finkelstein (President of Shopify) and David Segal (Founder of David’s Tea). Their first interview is with Charles Bronfman who brought baseball to Canada and founded the nonprofit Birthright. ~ learn more
“Shopify has told merchants they’ll be in breach of its terms of service (ToS) if they use Amazon’s Buy with Prime feature.” | learn more
“Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke told investors he’d be “happy” to offer Buy with Prime to merchants earlier this week. A company spokesperson later said this was Lütke’s personal opinion, and there are currently no such plans.“ | learn more
From a customer and shareholder. “Shopify stock is down 50% over the past 12 months. Its mission may be to “arm the rebels,” but it is giving us muskets in a war that is increasingly being fought with machine guns.“ | learn […]
“Drop Restaurant – A Dropshipping model / and or Operating System (Similar to Shopify) for virtual restaurants where entrepreneurs create virtual restaurants from existing kitchens and generate revenue without ever touching a stove.” | learn more
Harvey Finkelstein has an interesting story. One of the first merchants on Shopify with a t-shirt store, he joined the team a few years in, becoming COO and now President. He has a unique perch to see the development of […]
“Like the knight’s sword, the firefighter’s hose, and the lumberjack’s ax, venture capitalists courageously wield the memo.” So great to see some of their internal memos! I started with Shopify and LifeLock. | learn more
Walmart’s had an online marketplace since 2009, though it’s always fallen short of Amazon’s in scale. Now they’re teaming up with Shopify to bring more sellers and more products to the platform. It’s also a reflection of (I think) philosophical […]