THE EXIT: Raw Founder Stories from Shopify, SmartSweets, Neil Patel & More

Name: THE EXIT: Raw Founder Stories from Shopify, SmartSweets, Neil Patel & More
Uploaded: 2025-05-15T20:25:32Z
Channel: Adrian Salamunovic
Description: This content was created by Adrian Salamunovic. This content was uploaded by Adrian Salamunovic. This is a YouTube video titled "THE EXIT: Raw Founder…

15 May 2025

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This content was created by Adrian Salamunovic. This content was uploaded by Adrian Salamunovic. This is a YouTube video titled "THE EXIT: Raw Founder Stories from Shopify, SmartSweets, Neil Patel & More" containing a multi-speaker conversation recorded in 2025. The discussion features Adrian Salamunovic among other founders and speakers, sharing insights and stories about startup exits, company building, and entrepreneurial dedication, including references to Shopify and SmartSweets acquisitions.

We exited 18 months later to Shaw for 1.6 billion. Let's just say the returns were quite strong.
Tara Bosch, founder of SmartSuites, announces a blockbuster $360 million acquisition.
I'm going to forget everything else.
I don't care about being cool.
I don't care about having friends. I don't care about.
I don't care about anything other than.
Making this business successful. The people that talk about work, life, balance do not live a life that I want to live.
900 million doll D round.
Yeah.
The largest round, I think, in Canadian history.
Yep, that's right. Adrian Salamonovich exited, founder and host of the Exit podcast.
I was so intertwined with the company that the company was me. It was my identity. I didn't exist outside the company.
He founded one of the biggest companies, the biggest company in Canada, built Shopify from the ground up. Can you tell us how you started Shopify?
To me, my differential startup is 80 hours a week.
If you're telling me you're doing a.
Startup and you're.
Not pouring in hot.
Soul, blood, sweat and tears, you are.
Not in it to eat.