Posts Tagged:Shopify

Google goes deep with Shopify.

S H O P I F Y x G O O G L E – Google is deepening its partnership with Shopify by letting the company’s more than 1 million merchants make their products more discoverable in Google Search and elsewhere. And as it should … Shopify’s stock rose following the announcement. Google and Shopify are increasingly competing against Amazon in…

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TIME Most Influential Companies. Go Canada.

For the first time ever, TIME Magazine has released a list of its top 100 most influential companies, and it is amazing to see two Canadian businesses rocking the inventory. The inaugural list highlights 100 businesses making a major impact around the world, including our very own Shopify (thanks to rockstars Tobias Lütke and Harley Finkelstein and team), and Tilray (Brendan Kennedy and Irwin Simon), a B.C.-based cannabis company.  Check out the whole…

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Stripe – Silicon Valley’s Most Precious Gem

Stripe just became Silicon Valley’s most precious gem and clearly, Patrick and John Collison have the luck of the Irish as their digital payments brainchild has reportedly raised $600m at a $95B valuation, making it the most valuable private company ever to come out of Silicon Valley. (apparently, they don’t even need the money) Here’s why:…

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Backbone Angels

Love this! – Women Leaders who helped build Shopify have launched a new angel group in Canada, focused on investing in women and non-binary founders with a specific focus on Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC)-led companies. Called Backbone Angels, the group consists of 10 angel investors who have held various management-level roles at Shopify. The…

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