At Startupfest, Georges St-Pierre and Harley Finkelstein compare notes on fear, focus, and ambition

Shopify president interrupted by anti-Israel protester at Startupfest in Montreal

"The room booed him down and cheered as he was walked out," said Harley Finkelstein, president of Shopify. "I'm grateful for that. Hate got escorted out. We got right back to building."

At Startupfest, Georges St-Pierre and Harley Finkelstein compare notes on fear, focus, and ambition

What could a legendary UFC fighter and an e-commerce entrepreneur have in common? The scale of their ambition and a lifelong struggle of mental preparation, according to Shopify president Harley Finkelstein and hall of fame fighter Georges St-Pierre.   The news: To kick off Day 1 of Startupfest, the annual Montréal tech conference, Finkelstein sat down with St-Pierre. The fireside chat focused on the similarities between how elite fighters and e…

Those who promote and defend Israel must be challenged

Harley Finkelstein believes challenging those who promote Israel’s extermination of Palestinians is antisemitism “pure and simple”. The president of Shopify is a whinny Jewish supremacist. At Montreal’s Startup Fest Wednesday, I interrupted a fireside chat the president of one of Canada’s largest corporations was having with George Saint Pierre to ask about his support for