[THREAD] Since June, MacKenzie Scott has donated almost $3.9 billion to 465 organizations, more than half of which are led by women trib.al/cq2TnfN

First post Covid conference 💪 big thanks to the Prairies tech community for being fun & welcoming to an insufferable West Coaster.

Starting an advisory role with Bessemer (alongside my ♥️ Backbone Angels) & I’m hyped to start working with their portfolio. This team backed early stage @shopify, @twitch, PagerDuty, @linkedin, & twilio. Gonna help their founders navigate scale, & hope I'll learn a lot too

.1Password has hired its first chief legal officer, adding former Shopify VP and Assistant General Counsel Erin Zipes (Erin Zipes) to the password management firm's leadership ranks. #CDNtech betakit.com/1password-adds…

🎉🇨🇦 ᴠᴀɴᴄᴏᴜᴠᴇʀ 🇨🇦🎉 Vancouver will be a #FIFAWorldCup 2026 Host City! 🙌 #HostCity2026

From building rockets in their garage to launching Canada only rocket facility this week.. congrats SpaceRyde you’re amazing financialpost.com/entrepreneur/u…

Last month was my 10 yr anniversary of moving to Canada. I came on a 1 yr visa without really knowing where I’d end up & I’m so glad I did. Immigration is hard, but like any choice that makes your life bigger, it’s so often worth going through the scaries to get there. Thanks 🇨🇦.

If you get the opportunity to have Solmaz on your board, you don’t hesitate. Congrats Fullscript

One of the most inspiring heroes of a generation. If ever an example of vision & grit is required, look no further.

For creative freelancers who haven’t tried Wethos yet, more new updates launched today aimed to help you price your projects accurately

A List of Things People Blamed on Jazz 🧵

Growing up in Vancouver, the name “Georgia Straight” meant so much. It was different. It was the beating heart of Vancouver’s culture. I’m excited to announce that Overstory has acquired @GeorgiaStraight in an effort to revitalize local arts and culture coverage.

🇮🇪 FAIreland are heading to the #FIFAWWC! A historic FIRST-EVER appearance for The Girls in Green! 💚 #BeyondGreatness

Well, someone had to do it! Meet Otto – an A.I. copywriter for Shopify, powered by OpenAI 's ChatGPT. Otto uses inputs such as product title, category, and type to write high-quality content for your product in just seconds. 👉 heyotto.app youtu.be/LYqwxumAWSg

Love seeing Rachel Renock in Forbes & always proud to support her & the team alongside Backbone Angels forbes.com/sites/jonyoung…

TIL you can upload photos to Google Lens to find out which Shopify stores sell the products featured 🔍

Proud of these friends and colleagues taking risks and placing bets on next gen founders, it's been a journey & we're just getting started #IWD2023

Hi Design Twitter!! Got another one for ya. Stripe is looking for a Staff Visual Designer to join our Design Systems team in Canada. Whoooo dooo yoo know??