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Shopify founder explains what the VCs who passed on Shopify got wrong When Tobi Lütke pitched Shopify to investors, they said no. They thought the market was too small—only 40,000-50,000 online stores existed then. Even if Shopify captured half,

𝗔 𝘁𝗶𝗻𝘆 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗷𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝗽𝘂𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗱 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗜𝗚𝗚𝗘𝗦𝗧 𝗱𝗲𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗚𝗼𝗼𝗴𝗹𝗲’𝘀 𝗵𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆. → Started in 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟎 → Acquired for $𝟑𝟐 𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐎𝐍 in 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟓 → Became the 𝐟𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐬𝐭-𝐠𝐫𝐨𝐰𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐜𝐲𝐛𝐞𝐫�

why does Shopify has not created a platform where a person can find all Shopify stores around the world and charges them platform fee advertising fee on the platform if it happens then I think some Shopify can take some share of meta and google ad

Shopify: Democratizing E-Commerce Founded in 2006 by Tobias Lütke and Scott Lake, Shopify began as a tool to help small businesses create online stores. Key Strategies: Empowering Entrepreneurs: Shopify offered an intuitive platform, enabling anyone

𝗜𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟭𝟵𝟵𝟬𝘀, 𝗧𝗖𝗦 𝘄𝗮𝘀 𝗱𝗼𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗿𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗿𝘆. They were offering 𝐛𝐚𝐧𝐤𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐢𝐧𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 a model where: 𝐓𝐂𝐒 𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐬𝐞𝐫𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬 Clients 𝐩𝐚𝐢�

Looking for Shopify Website Designers (Freelancers - Remote) We're building a Shopify design agency and looking for skilled freelance designers who can create clean, modern, and high-converting Shopify stores. Requirements: • Must have experience

For my business i have been using Shopify and it's extremely super helpful in terms of everything. Used a lot of Shopify Apps to customize my store, seems like a great market. Any Shopify Dev can share their opinion on the opportunity of Shopify apps

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝟰 𝗦𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗚𝗼𝗮𝗹𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗣𝗿𝗲-𝗟𝗮𝘂𝗻𝗰𝗵 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 (𝗙𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝗙𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗬𝗖 𝗖𝗘𝗢 𝗠𝗶𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗲𝗹 𝗦𝗲𝗶𝗯𝗲𝗹) Most startups fail before they even begin. 𝐍𝐨𝐭 𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮𝐬𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐚 𝐰𝐚𝐬 𝐛𝐚𝐝—𝐛𝐞𝐜𝐚𝐮�

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗼𝗻-𝗗𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗿 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗠𝗮𝗱𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗰𝗮𝗿𝘁 𝗣𝗼𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗹𝗲 Most founders fall in love with their ideas. Apoorva Mehta killed 20 before finding the one that worked. His secret? 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐝𝐣𝐚𝐜𝐞𝐧�

Open ended doubt: Does it make sense to create a "Democratized Quick Commerce App" that connects kirana stores to quick commerce any store, stores can list themselves on app, like swiggy hotels and instead of the dark store model kirana/supermarkets