Profile 9 min read

Lessons from Tobi Lütke, founder of Shopify

Tobi Lütke, founder of Shopify, considers entrepreneurship and building a business, emphasizing the long arc from starting out to creating an organization and the decisions founders must revisit as an idea develops into a durable enterprise.
Profile 7 min read

Lessons from Harley Finkelstein, President of Shopify

Harley Finkelstein, President of Shopify, examines entrepreneurship and business building, focusing on the practical questions that emerge between an initial opportunity and an enduring company: where to concentrate, how to progress, and what founders must learn.
Profile 9 min read

Lessons from Lei Jun, founder of Xiaomi

Lei Jun, founder of Xiaomi, grounds the company’s strategy in a “triathlon” of hardware, internet services, and new retail, joined by unwavering user focus—a framework for studying how integrated business pillars can reinforce one another.
Profile 10 min read

Lessons from Zhang Yiming, founder of Bytedance

Zhang Yiming, founder of ByteDance, turns to mindset and personal growth, foregrounding the internal habits and questions that accompany entrepreneurship and inviting study of how an individual’s development can influence the way they build and lead.
Profile 8 min read

Lessons from Arjun Sethi

Arjun Sethi examines venture capital and investing, concentrating on the judgment behind allocating capital: how investors assess opportunities, form a point of view, and make strategic choices amid uncertainty about companies, markets, and future outcomes.
Profile 7 min read

Lessons from Shishir Mehrotra

Shishir Mehrotra argues that a company’s operating system deserves the same intentional design as its products, using named rituals such as Dory and Pulse to align teams, democratize questions, encourage candid feedback, and resist groupthink.
Profile 8 min read

Lessons from Cristina Cordova, COO of Linear

Cristina Cordova, COO of Linear, examines career growth and personal development, directing attention to the choices, habits, and forms of learning that shape a professional path and help people navigate increasing scope, responsibility, and ambition.
Profile 10 min read

Lessons from Sanjit Biswas, CEO of Samsara

Sanjit Biswas, CEO of Samsara, reflects on entrepreneurship and getting started, focusing on the formative stage when founders move from possibility to action and establish the early choices, commitments, and direction from which a company can grow.

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