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Show Notes

[00:02:26] - [First question] - His interpretation and definition of a person’s life's work

[00:05:50] - The story of the riverstone and the average polished executive

[00:08:36] - The thing he can’t help but do; and focusing on our compulsions

[00:13:12] - How he would boil things down to the most simple entrepreneurial formula

[00:16:38] - What is harder and easier about new business formation today

[00:21:03] - The countervailing forces for small-to-medium business entrepreneurship

[00:24:31] - What he’s learned about operationalizing ideas and mentor lessons

[00:29:08] - A piece of fortune cookie advice that he finds terrible

[00:30:49] - His philosophy on marketing distribution

[00:35:27] - The most effective distribution strategies he’s seen work in Shopify that might be portable to other businesses

[00:38:43] - What it was like getting their first app developer for the Shopify app store

[00:41:17] - The state of ecommerce today writ large and what trends are interesting

[00:45:46] - Lessons learned about the digital places that people are buying

[00:49:06] - What it’s been like as an executive working at a company that had their stock price explode over the pandemic

[00:52:25] - Tips for communicating effectively with Wall Street

[00:54:14] - An investor that stands out in memory that really impressed him

[00:55:10] - Important aspects of his world that are worth mentioning

[00:57:04] - Lessons learned about motivating people through DJing

[00:59:12] - Whether or not reading the crowd can apply to business

[01:03:49] - The kindest thing anyone has ever done for him