Tobi Lütke

9 statements across 1 episodes · 6 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Oct 6, 2025 by Tobi Lütke · across every show →

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Oct 6, 2025 positive
Opinion
Lütke: Functional org structures produce vastly better products despite executive friction
“It is significantly harder for executives. It's very unpopular for executives because obviously they just don't own, like, the entire shebang that they can, you know, make all decisions in, and that's requires a lot more collaboration, which feels strong and f…”
Tobi Lütke Oct 6, 2025 ▶ 1:18:15 Tobi Lütke is still captivated by internet commerce, 20 years later
Oct 6, 2025 bullish
Opinion
Lütke: Everyone should code because AI vibe coding only takes weekends
“We actually are under the opinion at this point that everyone should be able to code, at least sort of since Vibe coding is around. This is clearly, this has gone from a, you know, have to spend all of your teenage years in a dark room Cultivating a rare skill…”
Tobi Lütke Oct 6, 2025 ▶ 1:21:16 Tobi Lütke is still captivated by internet commerce, 20 years later
Oct 6, 2025 positive
Opinion
Lütke: Coinbase endured near-unprecedented government and regulatory hostility
“And that was a company under brutal attack by the regulators in a way that, like, very few companies of all time have ever faced. That's, like, they threw, like, the government wanted them dead and pretty much said so, right?”
Tobi Lütke Oct 6, 2025 ▶ 1:14:49 Tobi Lütke is still captivated by internet commerce, 20 years later
Oct 6, 2025 neutral
Insight
Lütke: Advantages of any org structure occur immediately; disadvantages emerge over time
“Well, and the advantages of any organization structure occur immediately. The disadvantages only appear over time.”
Tobi Lütke Oct 6, 2025 ▶ 1:19:59 Tobi Lütke is still captivated by internet commerce, 20 years later
Oct 6, 2025
Insight
Lütke: Companies should make original mistakes to generate unique alpha
“You will make mistakes, make them original, so there's alpha in it, so that you accrue some additional knowledge that now is unique to you.”
Tobi Lütke Oct 6, 2025 ▶ 1:17:20 Tobi Lütke is still captivated by internet commerce, 20 years later
Oct 6, 2025 positive
Insight
Lütke: Internal software shapes companies faster and more effectively than policy
“It's the sort of missing ingredient people talk about, you know, people talk about incentives shaping companies, and then policies shaping companies. So, those tend to be the two tools. And I think then, sort of generally, like, if people are really insightful…”
Tobi Lütke Oct 6, 2025 ▶ 15:31 Tobi Lütke is still captivated by internet commerce, 20 years later
Oct 6, 2025 positive
Disclosure
Lütke prioritizes hiring electrical engineers for software roles due to efficiency mindset
“I personally really deeply appreciate and have hired, always prioritized hiring electrical engineers into programming worlds, just because they just have a better idea for the costs of aid efficiency.”
Tobi Lütke Oct 6, 2025 ▶ 1:23:50 Tobi Lütke is still captivated by internet commerce, 20 years later
Oct 6, 2025 positive
Assertion Supported
Lütke: Some Shopify businesses reach one million sales within 18 months
“Some of these businesses that had like a 100,000 or million sales are like, 18 months old.”
Tobi Lütke Oct 6, 2025 ▶ 1:08:45 Tobi Lütke is still captivated by internet commerce, 20 years later
Oct 6, 2025 negative
Opinion
Lütke: Historically, crypto stablecoins were mostly 'gift certificates to scams'
“The utilitarian difference between a real US dollar and a US dollar crypto coin is like that the US dollar crypto coin is mostly like, it's sort of like gift certificates to scams. It's like, there's not that many things you can actually purchase with it that …”
Tobi Lütke Oct 6, 2025 ▶ 56:11 Tobi Lütke is still captivated by internet commerce, 20 years later
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