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Wilkinson: Pixel Union started for $20K and went public for $260M
“So basically started it for 20 K, sold it for about seven million. And then I ended up buying it back from the guys who bought it for twenty five million. And then about a year later, we took a public for two hundred and sixty million.”
Andrew Wilkinson Nov 22, 2023 ▶ 54:15 Andrew Wilkinson's $20,000 to $260,000,000 story (#521)
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DHH: Shopify is the largest Ruby on Rails organization in the world
“Shopify is the biggest Ruby and Rails shop in the world.”
David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH) Mar 17, 2026 ▶ 40:37 $100M+ Advice That'll Piss Off Every Business Guru (ft. DHH)
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Puri: HexClad has nearly doubled annually since landing Costco in 2017
“2017, they get a deal with Costco, and the business has doubled almost every year since 2017. They're one of the top Shopify sellers in the world.”
Shaan Puri Sep 11, 2024 ▶ 22:18 The $70M/yr Sports Bar + Sleepy Industries Worth $100M
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WeCommerce generates $30M annually from Shopify apps at a $600M valuation
“And it currently, it's in, it's public on the Canadian Stock Exchange right now, probably for a six hundred million dollar market cap. It's called WeCommerce. And they do like, I think, thirty million dollars a year in revenue just off Shopify apps.”
Sam Parr Jan 18, 2022 ▶ 20:51 Brainstorming The Best Business Ideas To Start In 2022 with Noah Kagan
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Parr: Andrew Wilkinson's Shopify plugin rollup has a ~$600M market cap
“Our friend Andrew has a business where all he does is buy, buys Shopify plugins and it's market cap. It's a publicly traded company is like in the six hundred million dollar range. It's on the Canadian stock exchange.”
Sam Parr Dec 7, 2021 ▶ 34:18 How Mr Beast Got 100M Views in Less Than 4 Days, The $25M Chrome Extension, QVC for Mobile, and More
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