Since moving to Montréal two years ago, Shopify president Harley Finkelstein has made i t clear that he thinks entrepreneurship runs through the city’s veins.

“We have to be force multipliers for Montréal. There’s a legacy to live up to.”

At HEC Montréal last night, joined by his friend and DavidsTea co-founder David Segal, Finkelstein took the stage to impart lessons to 600 attendees (mostly entrepreneurs) on building a global company from anywhere, including Canada.

The talk was part of the “Made in Montréal: From Bagels to Billion-Dollar Ideas” event, organized by TechTO in partnership with HEC Montréal’s incubator La base entrepreneuriale and Sage Canada, as part of Open House Montréal week. BetaKit was a media partner.

Finkelstein says he wants Montréal to be the “mecca” of entrep

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