I find the strongest predictor of people who do well at Shopify is whether they see opportunity as something to compete for,… — 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… — 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
A lot of people have a great business idea; they just need a little push to make it a reality. — Tobias Lutke Copy Share Image
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… — Tobias Lutke Copy Share Image
I care about working on interesting problems, and Shopify is this gift that keeps on giving for working on interesting problems with… — Tobias Lutke Copy Share Image
Different people need different kinds of communication for it to have the same effect. That was something I had to learn. — Tobias Lutke Copy Share Image
It is incredibly powerful if you solve the problem you actually have yourself. It's really tough to develop a good product when… — Tobias Lutke Copy Share Image
Our mantra has been, 'We will not buy a company unless we think the people that make up the company have a… — Tobias Lutke Copy Share Image
I think I probably had to start a company, because I don't think I can work for other people. — Tobias Lutke Copy Share Image
You have to put more of a well-rounded company together to make it in Canada, and I hope the Canadian market is… — Tobias Lutke Copy Share Image
You really want a company that's full of people from all these different backgrounds and then allow them to be creative as… — 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
