“But a good start would be to remind everyone that we are a business. More importantly, we are a hugely ambitious one.”
“Shopify, like any other for-profit company, is not a family. The very idea is preposterous... Shopify is a team, not a family”
“We want to build one of the best companies in the world”
“we all have to re-qualify for our jobs every year. The red-queen race of Shopify's historic 40% or better growth is that everyone has to show up at least 40% better every year to qualify for our current jobs. I expect you to hold yourself and your teams to this standard”
“Despite all the external buzz around Shopify (market cap, biggest company in Canada, ...) we are still really early. We are in the big leagues amongst the biggest and baddest companies in the world.”

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