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Harley Finkelstein

12 statements across 3 episodes · 6 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement May 12, 2017 by Harley Finkelstein · said 28 times in 14 episodes since 2017 · across every show →

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May 12, 2017
Assertion Supported
Neither Shopify's founders nor CFO had public company leadership experience
“Myself and Toby, we've never ran a publicly traded company before. Even our CFO, who has a lot of experience as a CFO, he's never really ran a public company either.”
Harley Finkelstein May 12, 2017 ▶ 21:45 20VC: Building Shopify From $5m To IPO, Why The Future Of Retail Is Not Online vs Offline & Why Law School Is Like Finishing School For Entrepreneurs with Harley Finkelstein, COO @ Shopify
May 12, 2017
Disclosure
Finkelstein was store number 137 on Shopify before becoming COO
“I ended up signing up for Shopify as one of their first customers. I think I was store number 137 or something like that.”
Harley Finkelstein May 12, 2017 ▶ 6:59 20VC: Building Shopify From $5m To IPO, Why The Future Of Retail Is Not Online vs Offline & Why Law School Is Like Finishing School For Entrepreneurs with Harley Finkelstein, COO @ Shopify
May 12, 2017
Insight
Finkelstein: Nobody is born a natural manager
“I don't think anybody is born a natural manager or an innate manager. I think management is something that is really, really tough.”
Harley Finkelstein May 12, 2017 ▶ 25:09 20VC: Building Shopify From $5m To IPO, Why The Future Of Retail Is Not Online vs Offline & Why Law School Is Like Finishing School For Entrepreneurs with Harley Finkelstein, COO @ Shopify
May 12, 2017 positive
Insight
Harley Finkelstein: The future of retail is omnicommerce, not online vs offline
“But around 2013, 2014, it became increasingly clear to us that the future of retail is not binary. It's not online versus offline. Despite what you may hear from the CEOs of major malls and major retailers, the best spies and the, excuse me, the JCPenney's of …”
Harley Finkelstein May 12, 2017 ▶ 11:43 20VC: Building Shopify From $5m To IPO, Why The Future Of Retail Is Not Online vs Offline & Why Law School Is Like Finishing School For Entrepreneurs with Harley Finkelstein, COO @ Shopify
May 12, 2017 positive
Insight
Finkelstein: Modern tech companies are geographically agnostic
“I think business today, in particular technology companies, are geographically agnostic. I don't think it matters where you're based.”
Harley Finkelstein May 12, 2017 ▶ 23:49 20VC: Building Shopify From $5m To IPO, Why The Future Of Retail Is Not Online vs Offline & Why Law School Is Like Finishing School For Entrepreneurs with Harley Finkelstein, COO @ Shopify
Mar 11, 2022 positive
Insight
Law school serves as a finishing school for entrepreneurs
“So law school for me was really more like finishing school for entrepreneurship.”
Harley Finkelstein Mar 11, 2022 ▶ 4:58 Shopify President, Harley Finkelstein on What is Being a Good Husband | Full Interview · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 11, 2022
Insight
Finkelstein: Communication clarity depends on the listener, not the speaker
“I think that that is all about empathy, which is like, okay, you think you're being clear. What does the other people person think? If they don't think you're clear, then it doesn't matter what you think.”
Harley Finkelstein Mar 11, 2022 ▶ 13:05 Shopify President, Harley Finkelstein on What is Being a Good Husband | Full Interview · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 11, 2022 neutral
Disclosure
Finkelstein was one of Shopify's earliest e-commerce merchants
“And so I became one of the first merchants to use Shopify.”
Harley Finkelstein Mar 11, 2022 ▶ 4:33 Shopify President, Harley Finkelstein on What is Being a Good Husband | Full Interview · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 11, 2022 positive
Opinion
Finkelstein considers High Output Management the best business book ever written
“I still think high output management by Andy Grove is still the best book that I've ever read on business.”
Harley Finkelstein Mar 11, 2022 ▶ 52:19 Shopify President, Harley Finkelstein on What is Being a Good Husband | Full Interview · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 11, 2022 positive
Disclosure
Harley Finkelstein attends couples therapy with his wife every two weeks
“We've been seeing a couples counselor almost since like day one. We've been seeing, we've been going to couples therapy and we initially did it because on the advice of someone that one of these mentors that I think has a great relationship who only started se…”
Harley Finkelstein Mar 11, 2022 ▶ 39:16 Shopify President, Harley Finkelstein on What is Being a Good Husband | Full Interview · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
Mar 11, 2022 positive
Insight
Asking "listen or solve" improved Finkelstein's marriage tenfold
“That small, those two lines do you want me just to listen or do you want me to help you solve it? I think has increased our dynamic and our marriage and frankly, like the romance and love of our relationship probably tenfold.”
Harley Finkelstein Mar 11, 2022 ▶ 41:33 Shopify President, Harley Finkelstein on What is Being a Good Husband | Full Interview · 20VC with Harry Stebbings
May 4, 2022
Insight
Finkelstein: Children value full parental presence over grand gestures
“First of all, any of you listening have small kids, they don't give a shit about that. They don't care about how nice the table's set. What actually my kids valued more was my presence. Was I actually there, and was I mindful of them?”
Harley Finkelstein May 4, 2022 ▶ 19:23 20VC: The Memo: Chris Sacca on Why We Are Breeding a Generation of Entitled Assholes, Harley Finkelstein on What Great Fatherhood Really Means, Deena Shakir on How Kids Make You a Better Investor and Anne Wojcicki on How Children Change Your Approach to R
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