People say Facebook connects the world. Facebook has 5,000 Ph.D.s that think about how to make you click on ads you don't want to see. Their business model is about something that most people would not perceive as making the… — Tobias Lutke Copy Share Image
To kick off a merchant is to censor ideas and interfere with the free exchange of products at the core of commerce. When we… — Tobias Lutke Copy Share
Shopify has been a perpetually underestimated company at every point of its history. — Tobias Lutke Copy Share
We have a lot of really great companies in Canada, and I think there's always been this fear that 'great' in Canada doesn't mean… — Tobias Lutke Copy Share
What could be more Canadian than working hard to figure out something new and sharing it with the world? The world wants to hear… — Tobias Lutke Copy Share
Being part of something that's growing fast is better than being part of something that isn't growing fast because opportunities are essentially everywhere, and… — Tobias Lutke Copy Share
Once you've made peace with the fact that you're hardly ever going to work on anything that you're actually good at, the only thing… — Tobias Lutke Copy Share
We need a lot more technically literate people. The computers are the tools that are going to solve essentially all problems, and the people… — Tobias Lutke Copy Share
I find the strongest predictor of people who do well at Shopify is whether they see opportunity as something to compete for, or do… — Tobias Lutke Copy Share
I'm against exclusion of any kind - whether that's restricting people from Muslim-majority nations from entering the U.S. or kicking merchants off our platform… — Tobias Lutke Copy Share
We are at our best when we are at our proudest. Canadians need to harness that confidence in every arena, not just the ice… — Tobias Lutke Copy Share
If you go into business school and suggest firing a customer, they'll kick you out of the building. But it's so true in my… — Tobias Lutke Copy Share
More and more people are opening online stores and online retail businesses. This market is expanding very, very quickly. — Tobias Lutke Copy Share
