John Phillips
person on 2 shows · 5 statements across 3 episodes · said 10 times in 4 episodes since 2019
How I Built This 8 
A Product Market Fit Show 2
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Angel investor John Phillips saved Shopify with a $400,000 investment in 2007
“We luckily met an angel investor who ended up putting, I think, 400,000 dollars around 2007, and that saved us as an individual by the name of John Phillips.”
Early Shopify payroll was funded by Lütke's family and father-in-law
“Like, up till this point, it was really just, you know, money from John Phillips, from my family, and then for the last year, from my father-in-law, who gave me Money for, to meet payroll.”
Srugo: Shopify raised $250,000 from angel investor John Phillips around 2007
“And about at this point, this is like 2007 or so they raise 250,000 dollars from an angel investor in Ottawa called John Phillips.”
Lütke: Angel Investor John Phillips Saved Shopify With $400K in 2007
“We luckily met an angel investor who ended up putting, I think, 400,000 dollars around 2007, and that saved us as an individual by the name of John Phillips.”