Jul 28
Sam Altman - How to Make an Abundant Future - [Invest Like the Best, EP.484]
My guest today is Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI. It's a conversation spanning the history, present, and future of OpenAI, from the origin of ChatGPT through Codex, hardware, and their new Jalapeno chip. We discuss the early decision to buy compute at a scale nobody thought was ration ... Show More
53m 33s
Jul 21
Matthew Smith — Natural Gas: The Next Bottleneck - [Invest Like the Best, EP.483]
My guest today is Matthew Smith. Matthew is the founder and CIO of Chronometer Partners, which invests in energy, industrials, materials, power and utilities, and related infrastructure. For the last 18 months he and his team have modeled nearly every natural gas well, pipeline, ... Show More
56m 37s
Jul 14
John Kim - How to Raise a Few Billion Dollars - [Invest Like the Best, EP.482]
Today my guest is John Kim. John is one of the world's top and most prolific fundraisers. He was chief client officer at General Catalyst, where he helped raise many of the firm's flagship funds. He is now chairman and president of corporate development at Lila Sciences, a compan ... Show More
50m 20s
Nov 2022
Tobi Lütke: Calm Progress
My guest today is Shopify co-founder and CEO Tobi Lütke. We discuss the differences between founders and professional managers, how he’s scaled with Shopify, the constant fight against bureaucracy, how he thinks about innovation in a large company, and how he manages to keep his ... Show More
2h 42m
Jun 2020
The Game Changer | Coffee & Commerce Episode 3
<p>On today’s episode, from of our series Coffee & Commerce, I’m joined by Tobi Lütke, the founder and CEO of Shopify. We discuss methods to overcome the biggest challenges in a post-COIVD world. Enjoy! Let me know what you think.You can follow VaynerCommerce on:</p>
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55m 41s
Apr 2023
20VC: Shopify Founder Tobi Lütke on Why Micromanagement is Good | Why You Will Learn More From Studying World of Warcraft Guilds Than You Will Companies | Why Happiness is BS; Lessons on Marriage, Fatherhood & Decision-Making Quality
<p><!-- wp:paragraph --></p> <p>Tobi Lütke is the CEO and Co-Founder of <a href= "https://www.shopify.com/uk">Shopify</a>, the powerhouse company allowing anyone to start and grow their e-commerce business. Over an incredible 18 years, Tobi has scaled Shopify to 10% of total US e ... Show More
56m 48s
Dec 2023
Insights from an Entrepreneur Turned Investor
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Are you curious about the intersection of entrepreneurship, investing, and SEO expertise? In today's episode, I'm joined by Travis Jamison, a man of many talents and ventures. Travis is not only the force behind SmashDigital.com—a long-standing, ... Show More
46m 50s
Dec 2020
Be a platform, w/Shopify's Tobi Lütke
The secret to massive scale? Be a platform. Build a virtuous cycle where everyone wins, and you’ll emerge the biggest winner of all. This is what Tobi Lütke did when he built Shopify – and then opened it up to the world. Cameo appearances by Bill Gates, Eric Schmidt (Google), Jul ... Show More
32m 10s
Feb 2024
I Interviewed the President of Shopify | Ep 651
Get an inside look at Shopify's exponential growth and its impact on the e-commerce industry! Today, Alex (@AlexHormozi) is joined by Shopify’s President, Harley Finkelstein, as he dives deep into the philosophy and operation of the company, learning how the platform has become a ... Show More
1h 29m
Feb 2020
Be a platform, w/Shopify's Tobi Lütke
The secret to massive scale? Be a platform. Build a virtuous cycle where everyone wins, and you’ll emerge the biggest winner of all. This is what Tobi Lütke did when he built Shopify – and then opened it up to the world. Cameo appearances by: Bill Gates, Eric Schmidt (Google), Ju ... Show More
32m 10s
Jul 2023
Gary Coover: Designing a Sustainable Token Economy - [Web3 Breakdowns, EP.79]
This is Eric Golden and my guest today is Gary Coover. Gary spent 8 years building Samsung’s innovation arm, Samsung Next, before he was drawn into the Web3 world. Today, he is the Chief Operating Officer of Superlayer, a venture studio focused on building Crypto startups. We sta ... Show More
45m 20s
My guest today is Tobi Lütke, co-founder and CEO of Shopify. Having first spoken to Tobi at the beginning of the pandemic, just two months into it, this felt an opportune moment to revisit Shopify and the world through Tobi’s eyes. Among many things, we discuss Shopify’s evolution into the world of atoms-based building through Shopify’s fulfillment network, ... Show More
