Shopify Launches Fifth Build A Business Competition
Five Winners Flown by Private Jet to Sir Richard Branson's Private Retreat, Necker Island
(firmenpresse) - OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired) -- 09/22/14 -- , the industry leading commerce platform that allows anyone to sell online, in-store and everywhere in between, announced today the fifth annual Build A Business competition, the world''s biggest entrepreneurial contest encouraging anyone with a great business idea to start selling.
This year again, the company has partnered with the industry''s most successful entrepreneurs to help new and emerging stores launch and grow their businesses. Over the past four years, the Build A Business competition has helped create over 36,000 new businesses that have sold over $180 million in products. Past winners including: DODOcase, GoldieBlox, Coffee Joulies, Bolder Band, among many others, have gone on to create multi-million dollar companies.
To participate, entrepreneurs must open a store and start selling products using Shopify. At the end of the competition, the top five stores that sell the most over a two-month period will be flying on a private jet to Richard Branson''s Necker Island for a five-day adventure full of mentorship, exploration, and professional growth.
This year''s mentors include names that every entrepreneur will recognize:
"Over the years, I have witnessed thousands of people start and grow successful businesses using Shopify," said Tobias Lutke, CEO, Shopify. "Becoming an entrepreneur is a dream for many people and Build A Business provides the platform needed to kickstart business ideas into a reality. Providing mentorship along the way has proven to be an invaluable tool and this year, we''ve brought together an all-star team to provide the guidance needed for these businesses to succeed."
The Build A Business competition runs from October 1, 2014 to May 31, 2015, with each of the mentors providing exclusive advice and guidance along the way.
For more details on the Build A Business competition, including how to sign up, visit
About Shopify
Shopify is a retail commerce platform that allows anyone to easily sell online, at their retail location, and everywhere in between. Shopify offers a professional online storefront, a payment solution to accept credit cards, a point of sale system to power retail sales and a card reader to process credit card transactions through a mobile phone. Shopify currently powers over 120,000 retailers in 150 different countries, including: Tesla Motors, Gatorade, Google, Wikipedia, LA Lakers, CrossFit, and many more. Shopify was founded in 2006 and it has received $122 million in funding from OMERS Ventures, Insight Venture Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners, FirstMark Capital, Felicis Ventures, and Georgian Partners. .
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