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I think the best piece of advice for ecommerce entrepreneurs is: "My apartment doubles as our office. Keep your costs as low as possible." I've seen a lot of new online store owners see a big jump in success early on due to the excitement of a new product launch or kickstarter campaign (or PR, viral on Reddit, HN..etc...) and they assume that success will continue so they double down on infrastructure. 2 weeks later, or a few months later things die down and they're locked into an office lease of 3 years.

"even successful companies don't know the secret to their success" - so true. I speak to successful online entrepreneurs almost every day and am constantly surprised by the lack of strategy used and the lack of awareness of what actuallY moved the needle for them. Sometimes the cherry picked 'best practical advice' is just a shot in the dark (though still very helpful).

Great to see another awesome Canadian company w/ exciting news today. Congratulations from all of us @shopify.

Shopify HQ is in Ottawa w/ about 240 people. Shopify's Toronto team (about 15 people) will be moving into Jet Cooper's office. This will grow Shopify Toronto to ~40 people.

Looks great. Not sure how they 'guarantee a $60k job offer or we'll refund your tuition' but either way, it's nice to see an iOS bootcamp in Seattle like this.