Mike Schmidt

Two things define you: Your patience when you have nothing and your attitude when you have everything.

The number of entrepreneurs is going to astronomically skyrocket from here on out.

spent a lot of late nights with dylan during my time building. can't think of someone better to lead spc nyc. caring, thoughtful, smart.

the web is fun again 🎶

And we are LIVE! The Renaissance Edition is the meeting of science and art — harnessing the power of AI to supercharge the creativity of the millions of merchants on Shopify. Tune in to hear me @tobi, @vlaurenlee, and @harleyf get into the details of 150+ product updates

The Live Globe is back on @SphereVegas 100% live data, rendered in real-time, built with threejs, React, and a lot of shaders 3…2…1…

@internetvin few know the impact of a 1:1 with danco

Conversation with Alex Danco was really good today. Gave me a lot to think about. I want to talk to him again. I'd say that was our first real conversation. It's cool that it was documented. Alex is an interesting guy. This episode of The Other Stuff should be out tonight.

This is how you hire an org of superstars. People first, roles/process second. There are many ways to put the puzzle together, but you want to prioritize top talent above all. It’s easier to deal with the chaos of non-standardized processes than it is to find & convince top talent. - From @zebriez’s excellent Colossus piece, “Inside Cursor”

@ditzikow FOMO

Every great company is secretly powered by Canadians. I gathered 25 🇨🇦 leaders in NYC across tech, finance, fashion, the creative industries, athletics + who continue to shape NYC’s innovation economy in outsized ways.

That call where I thought @Tobi was firing me? We finally talked about it... Shopify’s internal podcast, Context, usually stays internal. But, this one hit differently—we unpacked @shop's origin story, *that* call, and how design defines every new era of technology. I loved the conversation because it captures @Shopify’s long design history and how obsessing over the right details can reshape industries. Timestamps: 2:06 - Why Chief Design Officer Now 8:30 - The Fateful Phone Call 11:39 - Tictail Acquisition Story 18:08 - Defining the Design Role 21:37 - AI Interface Design Patterns 29:24 - Path Dependence & Cookie Banners 35:18 - From Tools to Team Members 41:36 - Long Term vs Short Term 46:27 - Design System Strategy 51:02 - Designing for Ambition

coinbase banned slide decks a few years ago. one of the best decisions ever. your idea should stand on its own in a document without shiny slides.

In 1946, Estée Lauder was selling just four products behind a counter. Blended by hand. One customer at a time. Today, The Estée Lauder Companies is an industry giant. Home to over 20 of the most iconic brands in beauty. And it’s coming to @Shopify . @EsteeLauder, let’s build the future of beauty together.

Entrepreneurs thrive on speed. But SR&ED slows them down. Canada doesn’t lack ambition or talent. We lack a system that actually helps. The fix isn’t more funding. It’s a smarter process.

@MaxBrodeurUrbas @tobi you guys have built something very cool. I use it everyday.

As a Canadian, Shopify becoming power users and now investors feels like being able to jam with the band you grew up listening to 🇨🇦🇨🇦🇨🇦 Excited to continue helping Shopifolk automate with AI

@yasir_fission @MattLoszak Congrats guys, well deserved. Can't wait to visit one of these soon!

🚀We just closed a $100M Series B to build our first pilot reactor, Aalo-X. 🏭 One step closer to delivering factory-built nuclear pods for the world’s data centers. Thankful for my partner, @MattLoszak (who led an incredible fundraising process), our team (who kept hitting milestone after milestone), partners (without whom we are incomplete), and investors (for believing in us)

Congratulations to the team that consistently ships since day 1. Go get em!

shredding

@brian_g_peters @PayPal @Shopify congrats!

New chapter begins! 🚀 Thrilled to share that I'm joining @PayPal as VP of Strategic Partnership Innovations. Will be helping to shape the future of global commerce products and partnerships. Grateful for an incredible 6.5 years at @Shopify. What a run.

@steevevakees huge congrats dude

lfg! 🇺🇸 it’s said no one’s more appreciative to be here than an immigrant — can concur, that is indeed true.

underrated characteristic of top product leaders: compulsiveness obsessively capturing decisions/ideas that need to be taken/baked that would otherwise be fleeting incessantly iterating over options in mind, morning till zzz’s world class products are crafted via compulsion