2024-09-18
54 分钟Tobi Lütke is the CEO and co-founder of Shopify. 20 years ago, he was just a German coder who emigrated to Canada to launch some ecommerce platform with another German. Now he’s the world-renowned thought and tech leader who has revolutionized online shopping for billions. He’s also the creator of many open-source libraries like Liquid, Active Merchant, and the Typo weblog engine. Tyler and Tobi hop from Germany to Canada to America to discuss a range of topics like how outsiders make good coders, learning in meetings by saying wrong things, having one-on-ones with your kids, the positives of venting, German craftsmanship vs. American agility, why German schooling made him miserable, why there aren’t more German tech giants, untranslatable words, the dividing line of between Northern and Southern Germany, why other countries shouldn’t compare themselves to the US, Canada’s lack of exports and brands, ice skating to work in Ottawa, how VR and AI will change retailing, why he expects to be “terribly embarrassed” when looking back at companies in the 2020s, why The Lean Startup is bad for retailers, how fantasy novels teach business principles, what he's learning next, and more. Read a full transcript enhanced with helpful links, or watch the full video. Recorded July 23rd, 2024. Other ways to connect Follow us on X and Instagram Follow Tyler on X Follow Tobi on X Sign up for our newsletter Join our Discord Email us: cowenconvos@mercatus.gmu.edu Learn more about Conversations with Tyler and other Mercatus Center podcasts here.
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hello, everyone, and welcome back to conversations with Tyler.
Today I'm chatty with Toby Lutke, who is the co founder and CEO of Shopify, the famous canadian e commerce firm.
Toby, welcome.
So good to be here.
So good to see you, Tyler.
I have so many questions.
Do you still do stand up meetings?
Whenever we have hack days, I do them.
You know what, I feel they need to make a comeback.
Like, the Friday afternoon stand up meeting is just one of the greatest accelerants for businesses.
I'm highly encouraging everyone to do them.
But digital version doesn't work so well, does it?
Like it's some slack bot or so, telling everyone to stand up and type something, it's just like, doesn't do the same thing.
That's wonderful.
Problems with remote companies and it may.
Be harder to monitor.
What other systems do you have for getting good information out of meetings?
Okay, so I grew up as like outsider.