Husk admits CultureForce's custom Shopify build is not a technical differentiator
Ryan Husk · #59 Disrupting Work Happy Hour · Mar 3, 2025 · at 7:22
Ryan Husk, founder of CultureForce, reveals the technical stack of his enterprise event startup under questioning by investor Michael Hyatt on The Pitch.
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“We've, I've built custom code on top of Shopify. So the platform itself is not something that is going to differentiate us right now.”
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