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> after they move to Elgin This has not been confirmed.
Confirmed: http://www.obj.ca/Real-Estate/Non-residential/2013-12-12/art...
Oh, how exciting. I work down the street from there.
Shopify Raises $100 Million
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Re: Shopify Raises $100 Million
#52No slight to the people at Shopify, I'm sure they are good, but I still can't any company in their right mind would choose to pay both a monthly fee and a % of sales for this product. When I saw the % of sales adder, dealbreaker!
Re: Shopify Raises $100 Million
#53Hopefully that helps them to launch the long-awaited 1.0 version of their open-sourced client-side MVC framework, Batman.js.
Re: Shopify Raises $100 Million
#54As someone who hails from Ottawa, where Shopify is headquartered, this is wonderful news. From my perspective, they have contributed more to the tech and startup community in Ottawa than anyone since Nortel. Kudos to them on their success!
I wish they would just re-implement the whole thing on top of a hybrid API with reference FOSS implementations of web client servers and client apps so that programmers can pick-and-choose how much PaaS they need. Please get the "apps" on the backburner by letting FOSS compete head-to-head with the little mini-ISV's and their inevitable hodge-podge. Payments and 90% of inventory schlogg can take a hike, but when it c…
I work in an incubator/accelerator space in the UK, and there's a new team who are working on a FOSSier, more flexible e-commerce platform called Molt.in You should see if their solution fits with your desired philosophy. It's definitely hitting a pain point that a lot of developers feel when they are forced into "off-the-shelf" solutions like Shopify, that aren't quite flexible enough for their particular needs.
Re: Shopify Raises $100 Million
#55Echoing other commentators' sentiments that Shopify is a remarkable company: Last year, we found out that a group of folks at Shopify were using my company's product, iDoneThis, when Tobi Lutke (CEO) emailed me about a customer service issue. They were by far our highest profile customers and we were super amped to have them. We thought, how cool would it be to visit Shopify up in Ottawa, get to know them and see how…
iDoneThis is quite an inspiration: a simple idea executed well. I'm also using it and trying to get my team on board. I should remember this example and reach out to iDoneThis in a few months ;-)