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 head when everyone else is losing theirs.
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Yesterday
Tobi Lütke: AI Agents, Better Decisions, and the Future of Work
Shopify founder and CEO Tobi Lütke joins Shane Parrish to discuss AI agents, better decision-making, and the future of work. He explains how he uses an AI council to examine his hardest decisions and why taste, judgment, and responsibility become more valuable as AI becomes more ... Show More
1h 5m
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
May 2022
Tobi Lütke - Embrace the Unexpected - [Invest Like the Best, EP. 278]
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 evolutio ... Show More
1h 27m
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
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
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