Product Leadership
This basketball afficianado balances four direct report PMs with three children
Who is Taha Sheikh?
One year ago Shopify celebrated this fancy lifetime achievement, complete with an LLM chatbot and slack channel
What is 1 Trillion in GMV?
Tobi loves Operating Systems so much he built one to power commerce (Shopify) and then this one to power Shopify
what is GSD?
This Marine was the third astronaut in space, and the first to orbit the Earth.
who is John Glenn?
The Best Part of Your Week famously consists of a link to a music video and a link to a product update, written in this format
What are song lyrics?
When they're not playing bass or requesting changes in a Vault Review, they can be found tinkering on their partner's shop (which sells epipen cases)
Who is Egan Cheung?
2024 was Shopify's best GMV year ever, up 24+% YoY to this number
what is 292b?
The stated enemy of Shopify circa 2023, this is what we used to try to eliminate from our workflows
what is toil?
“Coffee is for closers” says Alec Baldwin in this 1992 film
what is Glengarry Glen Ross?
Customer Segmentation is my love language, but all Segmentation queries are actually written in this language
what is ShopifyQL?
They own an apartment in Paris but if anyone asks they’ll say they left their heart in San Francisco (it's the only suggested reply)
Who is Ellen Dunne?
The number of employees that work here, rounded to the nearest thousand.
what is 8,000?
It definitely makes sense when there're three, but even when there are more people this is how Shopify refers to a product leadership team
what is a fecta?
Ravines are steeper and rockier than these concave sloped depressions in, respectively, the mountains and the coasts
what are mountain glens and coastal glens?
CDP is fast by default, but these exist to help us go slower when speed isn't required or performance is impacted. Think of them like a flood plane.
what are async queries?
You can take the founder out of the startup but you can't take the startup out of the founder: you can only peel it back to reveal this NYC resident.
Who is Nico Grasset?
This technology keeps Shopify running, like a crazy train
what is Rails?
Kaz perplexingly introduced this term using Beethoven as the musical analogy rather than the more obvious choice: Coolio
what is a crafter's paradise?
This Canadian artist paints wildlife and landscapes in a naturalistic style
who is Glen Loates?
This incremental membership building feature underpins segment join/leave events today, and could also power storefront personalization next year.
What are Tracked Segments?
Famously monochromatic and misanthropic, this acquisition hire is known for their f/logs
Who is Glen Coates?
Representing our commitment to our merchants, Shopify officially changed its press address in 2022 to this location
what is "internet, everywhere" ?
Perhaps it's the symptoms of a warming planet, but these SLT storms are getting bigger and occurring more frequently
what is a Tobi Tornado?
She's the ruler of the Quadling Country South of the Emerald City, protector of Princess Ozma, and the most powerful sorceress in the Land of Oz.
who is Glinda the good witch?
CDP sits in the checkout hot path as the evaluation engine for all discounts, making heavy use of this API.
what is segmentMembership?