Episode · The Shawn Ryan Show · 2025-12-11
Books mentioned on #261 Tobi Lütke - CEO of Shopify: How Shopify Became a Cheat Code for Entrepreneurs
Tobi Lütke is a German born Canadian who built a multibillion-dollar company from a snowboard shop; champions economic freedom for regular people starting businesses; combines old-world craftsmanship with modern innovation.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Team of Teams
Team of Teams by General Stanley McChrystal, David Silverman, Tantum Collins, and Chris Fussell is a management and leadership book that advocates for decentralized organizational structures capable of responding to rapidly changing environments.
Recommended“in fact, that was largely inspired by um military actually. um a book called um team of teams by uh General Mcrist um excellent excellent read anyway so we built a internal system that's s of asynchronous distributed”
Where to get it
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The Rational Optimist
The Rational Optimist by Matt Ridley is a book exploring the long-term history of human progress, innovation, and the power of shared ideas.
Discussed“Matt Ridley, I wrote great book called Rational Optimist. And um he uh like he sort of made a study”
Where to get it
