Tobias Lutke

I never cared a lot for school.

— Tobias Lutke

To kick off a merchant is to censor ideas and interfere with the free exchange of products at the core of commerce.…

— Tobias Lutke

Shopify has been a perpetually underestimated company at every point of its history.

— Tobias Lutke

We have a lot of really great companies in Canada, and I think there's always been this fear that 'great' in Canada…

— Tobias Lutke

I never went to university.

— Tobias Lutke

What could be more Canadian than working hard to figure out something new and sharing it with the world? The world wants…

— Tobias Lutke

Being part of something that's growing fast is better than being part of something that isn't growing fast because opportunities are essentially…

— Tobias Lutke

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…

— Tobias Lutke

We need a lot more technically literate people. The computers are the tools that are going to solve essentially all problems, and…

— Tobias Lutke

It took about 10 years' time for Shopify to be an overnight success.

— Tobias Lutke

I find the strongest predictor of people who do well at Shopify is whether they see opportunity as something to compete for,…

— Tobias Lutke

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

We are at our best when we are at our proudest. Canadians need to harness that confidence in every arena, not just…

— Tobias Lutke

If you go into business school and suggest firing a customer, they'll kick you out of the building. But it's so true…

— Tobias Lutke

More and more people are opening online stores and online retail businesses. This market is expanding very, very quickly.

— Tobias Lutke

We are reluctant to do these bigger acquisitions that are then integrated, especially if they are committed to a certain product that…

— Tobias Lutke

Every phase of building a company is really hard.

— Tobias Lutke

I have serious, serious problems with personas - with unauthentic individuals.

— Tobias Lutke

A lot of people have a great business idea; they just need a little push to make it a reality.

— Tobias Lutke

Change has to be fundamental to a company's culture, or there is no way it can survive.

— Tobias Lutke

I spent my time, growing up, essentially between two things: technology and retail. I was fascinated by selling and loved the idea…

— Tobias Lutke

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

I am a worrier. I tend to do something about what I worry about.

— Tobias Lutke

I care about working on interesting problems, and Shopify is this gift that keeps on giving for working on interesting problems with…

— Tobias Lutke

Products are a form of speech, and free speech must be fiercely protected, even if we disagree with some of the voices.

— Tobias Lutke