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Havish Gupta

Stealth • 6m

Start of a Drop-shipping King It all starts with Tobias, a German who got access to computer at a young age and began writing code when he was just 11. He created few games and then moved to Canada in 2002. He liked snowboarding a lot and started an online e-commerce store called Snowdevil in 2004 to sell snowboards. It was successful. But he didn't want to keep doing this alone; he wanted others to do this as well. And this was the birth of Shopify. Shopify is a platform that helps millions of people create an online store (without any coding skills) and start selling! Just choose a website theme, add product descriptions, and start selling. This easy-to-start experience made Shopify an instant hit. While it was growing quite fast every year, it's growth exploded in 2020 when influencers started to recommend dropshipping as the easiest way to become a millionaire. Today, Shopify boasts over $8 billion in revenue and has over a $100 billion valuation! (Still loss-making

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Anonymous 1

Stealth • 6m

This is so interesting! I had zero idea about this. Thanks man 🔥

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LIKHITH

Stealth • 6m

Amazing how he built one which turned out to be revolutionary

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