Harley Finkelstein: We're Never Going Back
The Chase Jarvis LIVE Show
Chase Jarvis
4.8 • 641 Ratings
🗓️ 5 May 2021
⏱️ 63 minutes
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Summary
It's no secret that 2020 has shifted how we do business. Businesses, creators, artists and remote workers had to adapt and innovate in new and expanding ways, accelerating innovation, technology and the internet. Ordering take-out, banking, and even counseling online was no longer a nice-to-have, it was do or die.
One person on the front lines of that evolution is my good friend Harley Finkelstein, president of Shopify, where he is building, championing, and helping other businesses grow. Today, Shopify is one of the the world’s largest eCommerce platforms. Harley founded his first business at 17 years old, and developed a problem-solving skillset that has been instrumental throughout the last 11 years building Shopify. By disrupting the entrepreneurial space with services and features that were traditionally reserved for large corporations, Shopify is powerful tool for small businesses, artists and entrepreneurs alike.
In this episode we explore:
- [7:17] How supply and demand create an inspiring retail landscape, and the ways in which Shopify is making entrepreneurship accessible.
- [18:04] Entrepreneurship as an accelerant for ambition.
- [32:23] The direct relationship between the creator and the consumer. Learn the history, present, and future of how creators/ entrepreneurs relate to their customers, which creates a better business model.
- [42:37] How the pandemic transformed communities’ interest in supporting local businesses and the future of conscious consumerism.
- [50:59] Shopify’s goal to support entrepreneurs. Harley shares how Shopify is supporting small businesses with financial assistance, marketing, geolocating for consumers, and offering financial education to Black entrepreneurs.
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| 0:00.0 | Hey everybody, what's up? It's your friend Chase here at the Chase Strait |
| 0:07.7 | Travis Live show on Creative Live. You know this show where I sit down with amazing humans |
| 0:11.1 | and I do everything I can to unpack their brains with the goal of helping you live your dreams |
| 0:15.1 | and career hobby in life. Our guest today is Harley Finkelstein. You probably know Harley's work. |
| 0:21.6 | If you don't know his name, |
| 0:27.1 | he is the president of Shopify. And why would I have this guest on right now here as we're emerging from a global pandemic? It's because now is the best time in the history of the world |
| 0:32.1 | to start your own business on the internet. The platform that they've built over there is incredible, |
| 0:38.9 | but mostly I wanted Harley on the show today to talk to you about how you can take |
| 0:44.8 | advantage of this particular moment in time to either start or advance that side hustle. |
| 0:50.8 | The psychology around how we spend our money and time, the opportunity to provide |
| 0:54.9 | equity and opportunity for underserved communities is the greatest all-time history of the world |
| 1:01.0 | right now. |
| 1:02.2 | This conversation with Harley is, it's near to my heart, it's special. |
| 1:07.6 | It underscores the opportunities for entrepreneurs and the entrepreneur mindset to have |
| 1:16.2 | disproportionate impact right now. So I'm going to get out of the way. And here's my conversation |
| 1:20.8 | with Harley of Shopify. You know something Maya Angelou said it better than anyone I've ever heard. She said creativity is an |
| 1:30.1 | infinite resource. The more you use, the more you have. And that rings so true to me, which is why |
| 1:36.7 | I wrote a book to address all of the experiences that I've had with creativity, or rather the most |
| 1:42.7 | important ones that I think can contribute very meaningfully to your life. That's right. It's a book. It's called |
| 1:48.2 | Creative Calling, and I would love to hear what you think. If you haven't heard of it, then |
| 1:54.3 | you've been living under a rock because I've been talking about it for one year now. You hit |
| 1:57.6 | the national bestsellers list as soon as it came out the very first week. |
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