Metal Arts Guild Presenation
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Transcript of Metal Arts Guild Presenation
scott lakeceo - jaded pixel technologies
www.shopify.com
what’s coming
✓ who we are and the tools we use
✓ quick tour of shopify
✓ some of our stores
✓ ip theft and our experience
this is us
✓ we’re an ottawa based startup
✓ started in sept 2004
✓ simplified hosted e-commerce service
✓ enabled in 80 countries
✓ stores in 38 countries
✓ 30,000 accounts
why we started shopify
✓ shopify was needed - snowdevil
✓ wanted to help small business people
✓ wanted to help artists
our tools
✓ design as a competitive advantage
✓ communities
✓ crowdsourcing
✓ blogging
design and usability
✓ don’t compete on features
✓ compete on design and usability
✓ as few features as necessary
✓ good design creates passionate users
✓ make it easy to create great stores
✓ good design creates trust
communities
✓ communities are our support team
✓ passionate users help each other
✓ be active in your own communities
✓ be active in other communities
✓ barcamp, democamp, ogre, SM meetups
crowdsourcing
✓ open source
✓ translation problem
✓ 80 countries, one language
✓ crowdsourcing translation
✓ 29 languages
✓ text
blogging
✓ blogging is how we market ourselves
✓ tell the world what you’re doing
✓ makes your company more human
✓ makes your product approachable
✓ people are interested
blogging
✓ globe and mail
✓ national post
✓ time magazine
✓ new york times
✓ calgary herald
✓ ottawa citizen
✓ news.com
✓ cNet news japan
✓ wired magazine blog
✓ techcrunch
✓ webware
✓ g4 Tech TV - CFH
a quick tour of shopify
some of our shops
ip theft and our experience
ip theft
✓ our experience - it happens
✓ designs, features, name
✓ the case of etsy
✓ don’t let it go
✓ don’t let it stop you
the endwww.shopify.com
www.jadedpixel.com
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