Harley Finkelstein

There's a certain level of care that we show the people that are around us.

I'm not sure that I can invent

some version of poverty for my children.

Part of why I work harder is so my kids can have less of that multi-generational trauma that I've felt.

But I want them to be grateful and hardworking and have conviction.

I want them to work on projects together.

I want them to fall on their face when they haven't done the right thing.

And I want to celebrate them when they work really, really hard.

The type of school my daughters go to now was the type of school that my mom said she couldn't afford to send me to.

And that's one of the reasons why I worry about am I doing all the right things?

Am I a great parent?

Am I a great father?

I don't know that I am.

I like Sundays here at Shopify.

We have something called Builder Sundays.

So we open up the offices.

It's done in Montreal and Toronto.

So anyone in the city that's an entrepreneur can come in and work from here.

And I come in almost every Sunday.

And I often will bring the kids.