We’ve learned so much over the years. Shopify has figured out a set of principles that allows us to build incredible products. Our approach is unique, interesting, and cohesive. Opportunity is not evenly distributed. Shopify puts independence within reach for anyone with a dream to start a business.

Since 2006, we’ve grown to over 10,000 employees and generated over $500 billion in sales for millions of merchants in 175 countries. Every 28 seconds, an entrepreneur on Shopify makes their first sale. The ripple effect of this is far-reaching.

Over the years, we’ve found that commerce can be a force for good, that entrepreneurs drive communities forward, and that small businesses are the backbone of economies. More than that, independent businesses enable incredible change. You vote with your dollars for the things—and changes—you want to see more of in the world.

This is life-defining work that directly impacts people’s lives as much as it transforms your own. This is putting the power of the few in the hands of the many, is a future with more voices rather than fewer, and is creating more choices instead of an elite option.

We’re arming the rebels. Who wouldn’t want to be part of that?