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Access to funds is one of the biggest barriers to success for small businesses. Which is why, since 2016, over $5.1B has been distributed to merchants through Shopify Capital. Check out how a few merchants have used Capital to build and scale their businesses.

There’s no corporate ladder in entrepreneurship, everyone creates their own path. The founders of Mid-Day Squares found their way on their own by keeping accountable to the most important people - themselves. They committed to their goal by setting a timeline, finding creative solutions to pricey problems and simplifying big, daunting goals. Eventually, they found themselves on the other side with a growing business, a killer brand, and a tight knit community of fans and followers rallying around them.

Wanna know a secret about entrepreneurship? You won’t know until you try. If there’s one thing our merchants show us every day, it’s that building a business is all about the resilience to keep pushing. It was no different for Denise Woodard when she started Partake Foods. Starting and running a new business from the ground up meant trying something new, facing challenges, learning, and trying again until she ultimately hit her stride.

Passion is contagious. When you love what you do, others can’t help but be drawn in. Take it from Lindsey Carter, she started SET ACTIVE in the face of the odds in front of her. Driven by her passion, she built not only a business but a loyal community of customers and fans that today are the backbone of her brand.

Shopify Magic now offers advanced AI-powered image editing directly in the Shopify admin. Merchants can easily remove and generate new product image backgrounds and scenes with just a few clicks or keywords.

If there’s one thing we’re gonna do, it's cheer on our merchants. The Shopify Milestone is a celebration of the hard work that often goes unseen. From 10K lifetime orders, to 100K or one million and beyond, we know entrepreneurs pour their blood, sweat, and tears into their businesses. They deserve to be celebrated. Wherever they go, we’ll be with them every step of the way to the next milestone. shopify.com/milestones 

For Earth Month, we’re matching all funds raised by merchants using our Planet app, which lets them offer carbon-neutral shipping on every single order. Since 2022, businesses using the Planet app have raised $1 million to fund carbon removal projects, or the equivalent to removing the impact of a car traveling 58 million miles. And it’s not just good for the Earth. It’s good for business, too. 43% of shoppers are more likely to buy from a brand with sustainable practices. That makes carbon-neutral shipping a win-win-win – for customers, businesses, and the planet.

Today we’re launching the 10,000 order Shopify Milestone award to recognize the hard work and dedication behind successful businesses – because entrepreneurs deserve to be celebrated. From those first 10,000 orders to 100,000, 1 million, and beyond, we’re with you.

The biggest and best brands on the planet are choosing Shopify for enterprise. And not just up-and-coming ones - established, massive, household-name brands & retailers. I’ll tell you why. There is no greater risk to your business than the status quo. And our competition is seemingly obsessed with keeping things there. That is why Shopify is relentless about innovation and is obsessed with making commerce better. We are singularly focused on commerce. For 20 years, Shopify has been making commerce better for everyone. In that time, we have built the best platform designed for commerce and we have amassed immense scale and infrastructure - and no one does commerce better. Now, we are building the future of enterprise commerce. Some facts: 1️⃣ Over 10% of all US ecommerce flowed through Shopify in 2023 2️⃣ Over half a billion shoppers made purchases from Shopify merchants last year alone 3️⃣ We’ve handled $886 billion in global commerce since Shopify’s inception  4️⃣ We have the best-converting checkout on the planet 5️⃣ We have the highest rate of innovation compared to our competitors The world has taken note of what we’ve built with report after report coming out naming us a leader in IDC’s 2024 MarketScape for B2C Digital Commerce and we were rated highest on ability to execute on the 2023 Gartner Magic Quadrant for Digital Commerce. It’s why enterprise giants like Banana Republic, Mattel, Inc., and Glossier, Inc. have come to us. For enterprise businesses, our approach is simple — we provide a flexible, scalable platform that drives success, giving you complete optionality on how you build whether that’s full platform, headless, or modular. It’s your choice what works best for your business. When we say to enterprises, 'we got you', we mean it. We will out-innovate every competitor. We have the most scaled platform, and no competitor can come close to us when it comes to how much and how fast we ship. We never settle for the status quo. We are pushing the envelope on what’s possible for enterprise. Shopify is the future of enterprise commerce. Your business on Shopify = bigger, better, faster. Shopify.com/enterprise 

Ever hear that the only next step to keep progressing your career is becoming a manager? We’re breaking that idea. Enter ~Mastery, a system that recognizes and rewards Shopifolk who are on the continuous journey of improving their craft, without funneling them into career paths they might not want. In most companies, people can only advance by climbing the corporate ladder, often into management. Which means leaving your true passion, your craft, behind. Craft has always been at the heart of Shopify. We don’t just hire people for their skills, we celebrate individuals deeply committed to their craft. If you’re someone who wants to unlock unlimited growth, continuously hone your craft, and like the idea of joining a company founded by crafters, we’re hiring: https://lnkd.in/gav3a5V