In my worldview, time is energy that you can invest in things, and money is energy that you can invest. Time has significantly more leverage than money in terms of how much energy you get out of time. — 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 Image
Shopify has been a perpetually underestimated company at every point of its history. — Tobias Lutke Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
More and more people are opening online stores and online retail businesses. This market is expanding very, very quickly. — Tobias Lutke Copy Share Image
