Tobi Lütke on Shopify’s impact on the creator economy, COVID forcing focus & much more | E1184

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Show notes:

0:00 Start

1:03 Jason intros Tobi Lutke & they discuss the footprint of Shopify when Tobi was last on the podcast in 2013

6:09 Shopify's ecosystem vs. Amazon's ecosystem

11:55 Odoo - Get your first app free & $1000 off your first implementation pack at https://odoo.com/twist

13:26 Adding the Shopify App Store, friction & breakthroughs of the early Internet revolution

25:16 LinkedIn Marketing - Get $100 off your first advertising campaign at https://linkedin.com/thisweekinstartups

26:48 mRNA vaccine breakthrough

31:20 Pandemic lessons, managing remote work

40:15 Vanta - Get $1000 off your SOC 2 at https://vanta.com/twist

41:51 Second order effects of remote work, sunk cost of real estate

46:31 Comparing blacksmithing with software development, Shopify's rapid growth & impact on the creator economy

59:43 Shopify's early fundraising, democratized investing, "vote with your dollars"

1:04:43 Forced focus due to the pandemic, importance of anti-fragility, future for commercial storefronts

1:12:55 Leveling of remote salaries, sci-fi future of work becoming reality, will cities lose their monopoly on great jobs?

1:20:36 Mental models, art of scaling, why Shopify has never sold

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