I spent my time, growing up, essentially between two things: technology and retail. I was fascinated by selling and loved the idea of making a profit, but I also spent a lot of time on technology. — Tobias Lutke Copy Share Image
I always loved retail. I love the ideas behind it. I think small-business retail is one of the areas where capitalism works so wonderfully well. — 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
