Shopify: The Story of Tobi Lutke
I basically owe my entire entrepreneurial career to Shopify. I absolutely love the founder, Tobi Lutke and think what he’s built at Shopify is incredible. Hopefully you enjoy this story about his journey, it’s so awesome seeing a gamer become a big time tech CEO.
Why Epic Games Took 25 Years to Make Fortnite
Epic Games is such an interesting company. 30 years in the making, it's not really a startup anymore, but I think they are going to have a big impact on technology broadly over the next decade.
How Michael Dubin Built the Dollar Shave Club Empire
I'm a big fan of Michael Dubin and worked with a bunch of his team members when I was building the Soylent subscription ecommerce site back in 2014. This is an older story, but hopefully one you haven't heard before.
How Jason Citron Built Discord
I use Discord everyday and thought it would be interesting to talk through the company’s history and why I think Jason Citron is such an awesome entrepreneur.
How Sara Blakely Built Spanx
Hope you enjoy this story about Sara Blakely. She's a really incredible entrepreneur who often gets overlooked because she didn't raise money or take Spanx public. There are some great lessons from her career that I think are really useful, especially if you're building a consumer products company.
How Tiger Global Wins Deals
The entire way Silicon Valley works is being upended by a small group of extremely aggressive wall street hedge fund managers. Tiger Global has rewritten the playbook for startup investing and late stage venture capitalists are hurting.