Tobi Lütke finally comes on the BetaKit Podcast | BetaKit

We did it! After years of asking, Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke is our visitor on this week’s episode of The BetaKit Podcast.

Kinda.

You see, BetaKit simply hosted its first-ever city corridor with 500 members of Canadian tech at the University of Toronto and Mr. Lütke was our headline speaker.

“I think ambition is a problem … Canada is a go-for-bronze culture, and that sucks.”

Tobi Lütke
Shopify CEO

So what you’ll hear at the moment is Tobi in dialog with BetaKit board chair and buddy of the pod Satish Kanwar in a wide-ranging dialog, discussing the state of Canadian innovation, authorities and coverage, and—importantly—what ought to come subsequent. With particular visitors from CDL, Ada, Knix, and Version One Ventures.

The night was unimaginable and there’s a ton of extra dialog from the BetaKit Town Hall you may take a look at utilizing the hyperlinks beneath, however for now, let’s get again to the hearth.

Even in the event you had been in the room, I believe you’ll get quite a bit out of re-listen as a result of you already know The BetaKit Podcast brings you that crispy audio.

So why is the CEO of Canada’s largest tech firm asking for extra braveness and ambition? Let’s dig in.

Related city corridor hyperlinks:

Shopify CEO says Canada should overcome “go-for-bronze” tradition at BetaKit Town Hall 

WATCH: Vantage factors panel with 4 Canadian tech founders

Pulse verify: BetaKit Town Hall attendees focus on the state of Canadian tech and the place it must go 

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