Herold: Shopify COO Harley Finkelstein does not manage finance or engineering
Cameron Herold · #1559 Cameron Herold coaches me on hiring (so I don’t collapse at my desk) · Feb 14, 2018 · at 11:50
Cameron Herold explains the differing scopes of COO responsibilities across tech companies, citing Shopify's executive division of labor.
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“And I interviewed another COO recently, Harley Finkelstein from Shopify and Harley doesn't run finance at all. He doesn't run engineering. That's under Tobias, but Harley's very sales and marketing and culture and operations and biz dev.”
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