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

In this episode, Jason Calacanis chats with Tobi Lütke, discussing the evolution of Shopify since 2013, its ecosystem compared to Amazon, and the addition of Shopify App Store. They delve into breakthroughs of the Internet revolution, pandemic lessons, remote work, and the effects on real estate. The conversation also covers Shopify's rapid growth, early fundraising, and the future of commercial storefronts.

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Jason Calacanis

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Tobi Lütke

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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
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
26:48	mRNA vaccine breakthrough
31:20	Pandemic lessons, managing remote work
40:15	Vanta - Get $1000 off your SOC 2
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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