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A merchant makes their first Shopify sale every 52 seconds
“Every 52 seconds, someone has that experience of getting a first sale.”
Shopify's user numbers accelerated rather than dropped during the 2008 crisis
“We thought the numbers would fall off a cliff, and what they actually did is they started climbing and accelerating.”
Shopify hit cash flow neutrality for the first time in 2009
“In 2009, the company now hit first time sort of cash flow neutral.”
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.”
Lütke: Heinz launched a direct-to-consumer Shopify store in seven days
“We have had Heinz Ketchup go online, which is a 151 year old company that I don't think ever expected to go direct to consumer, but everyone's facing the same problems. And, you know, in seven days they stood up a site and now you can buy ketchup online.”
Raz: Shopify powers more than 800,000 e-commerce companies worldwide
“It is now used by more than 800,000 ecommerce companies around the world.”