From Selling Pizza on the street to Head of Partnerships and Sales Development at Shopify With Rhys Furner

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Todays episode is with Rhys Furner, from Selling Pizza's on the street at the Bathurst 1000 at the age of 15 to Head of Partnerships and Sales Development with shopify, which currently as of May 12, 2020 has a net worth of $87.02B. Shopify is an e-commerce platform which helps businesses and brands tell their story and sell their products or services lil no other website. From his earlier years living in new south wales in bathurst and Dubbo, he faced challenges growing up with a single mum, from watching his mum run a dance studio after school till late at night everyday, Rhys learnt some of his entrepreneurial skills watching his mother run her business. We talk about why chasing money in business just isn't enough when starting a business, how selling isn't just about being charismatic, the difference between a boss and a leader and what you can do to work on yourself and on your new business venture. We also touch on how shopify is the future for small business and how its closing the gap of having to pay thousands of dollars to build a website that still doesn't do the job or just inst worth it compared to shopify's affordable module.