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Brian Peters
@brian_g_peters
- Thank you, @Shopify. We went from 100% reliance on Amazon to nearly $100K in direct sales on our website... Customers that we now have direct relationships with. 2021 is going to be the year for entrepreneurs and independent businesses! 🚀
- Some news to share 🎉 I am beyond excited to say that I'll be joining the Strategic Partnerships team at @Shopify! This is a dream career come true and I'm looking forward to a very bright future with the Shopify team. Details ⬇
- Proud of the team + ecosystem behind the @Shopify Plus Certified App Program. When we revamped the program in 2019, we had ~40 apps. Today, we have 80+ apps across 27 categories. Keep building great tools, supporting merchants, scaling your platform, & doing what you do best. 🚀
- Excited to say that I've moved into a new role at @buffer: Strategic Partnerships Manager 🎉 If you happen to know anyone who does partnerships and/or biz dev at a larger startup or brand, I'd love to chat with them! Looking to learn from the best 🤗 (RT much appreciated!)
- We're trying something new on the marketing team at @buffer... "Slack-Off Fridays" - a day dedicated to heads-down work, big projects, learning, or personal improvement. Results so far have been awesome. We're finding that the world does not end when there is no Slack 😄
- Me: “Microsoft is still a thing?” Microsoft: “Actually, we just reported fiscal first-quarter profit of $10.7 billion, or $1.38 a share, on revenue of $33.1 billion.” Me: “Coo coo coo coo coo.”
- Working at a startup is like earning an MBA 🔑👀 - Crash course in finance - Go-to-market strategies - Product management - People Management - Building a culture - Investor relations, fundraising, and IPOs - Marketing, sales, and customer support - Product growth and platforms
- Met with several leaders focused on remote work last night. One big takeaway: Feeling isolated happens to remote workers AND those who work in an office. Isolation is more of a work culture issue than it is a remote worker issue. Culture starts with leadership and trickles down.
- Unsurprisingly, "manager mode" is a foreign concept at @Shopify. Every leader from the top down is expected to know the intricate details of their team's work and the work of the teams they interact with. It's not micromanaging, it's good leadership. You can still provide
