Shopify: The E-commerce On-Ramp - [Business Breakdowns, EP. 01]

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Welcome to the first episode of our newest show, Business Breakdowns, featuring deep-dive conversations on individual businesses. In each episode, we will dissect a new company with investors and operators that know it best. </span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’ve already released the first three episodes on Shopify, Chipotle, and Alibaba. Subscribe to Business Breakdowns through the podcast player of your choice: </span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/business-breakdowns/id1559120677?at=11lo6V&ct=podnews_podcast"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Apple</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://open.spotify.com/show/417NPBWqtMbDU0FlWZTRDC"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Spotify</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://podcasts.google.com/feed/aHR0cHM6Ly9icmVha2Rvd25zLmxpYnN5bi5jb20vcnNz"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Google</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://overcast.fm/+rra46DAfM"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Overcast</span></a></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1"><a href= "https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/22cf1baf-8054-44a0-8158-4537a27f7f7e/Business-Breakdowns"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Amazon</span></a></li> </ul> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Leave us a 5-star rating on Apple Podcasts if you like the show!</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>-----</strong></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Today we will be diving into Shopify. Shopify was founded in 2004 by Tobi Lütke and Scott Lake around their original problem of why it's so hard to build an online business when they struggled to open an online snowboard equipment store. Today, Shopify's goal is to make commerce better for everyone, and it's used by more than 2 million merchants to run their online businesses. It's essentially an on-ramp for people looking to se