Quotes from Tobias Lutke

I find the strongest predictor of people who do well at Shopify is whether they see opportunity as something to compete for, or do they see opportunity as essentially everywhere and unlimited? It's a rough proxy for pessimism and optimism.

More and more people are opening online stores and online retail businesses. This market is expanding very, very quickly.

If you believe something needs to exist, if it's something you want to use yourself, don't let anyone ever stop you from doing it.

Everyone loves feeling comfortable. But it's actually completely useless.

Growing up, I spent my time doing useless stuff looking at computers.

I care about working on interesting problems, and Shopify is this gift that keeps on giving for working on interesting problems with amazing people.