Harley Finkelstein joins MTS to discuss Shopify's strong Q1 performance, the company's hundred year vision, and how merchant solutions leverage economies of scale to deliver value at unprecedented speed.

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Timestamps:

(00:00) Introduction
(00:18) Q1 Earnings and Wall Street Reaction
(02:10) Building a Hundred Year Company
(05:34) Product Decisions and Long-Term Thinking
(11:19) Canadian Tech Ecosystem
(13:08) Role Models and Tall Poppy Syndrome

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