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Did you know that at Shopify, more than half our customers are women? In this roundup, we shed a light on some of the most inspiring, women-owned business stories from the past year. 

You don’t have to be a professional designer to create your own t-shirt mockups. We’re rounding up 19 of the best templates and resources to help.

When Curt Nichols was working at his first 9-to-5 job after graduation, he craved a creative outlet and wanted to start a side hustle within the skiing category. Curt launched Glade Optics to bring skiing goggles and helmets directly to consumers. In this episode of Shopify Masters, Curt shares how he built a seasonal business with consistent sales through quality, customer service, and turned the business into a full-time venture.

Apple's new update will require iOS apps to proactively ask users for permission to track them across other apps and websites; previously, users could have been opted in by default.

Starting an ecommerce business is as exciting as it is challenging. To help, we've put together a list of essential advice, compiled from Shopify's most popular guides and videos, on all the steps involved in getting a new online business off the ground.

Entrepreneurship, by its very nature, is inclusive and diverse. But that doesn't mean opportunity is equally distributed—what if the systems in place work against you? We surveyed 300 business owners to understand exactly how bias in funding impacted underrepresented founders. The data was sobering.

Site speed is key to ecommerce success. It directly influences your conversion rates, repeat business, and search engine rankings. And with upcoming changes to Google Search ranking in May 2021, site speed is even more important as a competitive edge.

Shopify is an all-in-one commerce platform that makes it easy to launch your dream business and start selling to your customers, wherever they are. But that’s only scratching the surface. Find out what powerful tools and services you unlock access to once you sign up for Shopify—and how they can give your business a leg up.

What does it really mean to be an entrepreneur? The conventional definition of entrepreneurship ignores the more nuanced aspects—the passion, the grit, the desire to bring ideas to life, the drive to solve a problem. Learn how to achieve an entrepreneur mindset with advice picked just for your personality type.

 

Vineeta Singh noticed how most beauty brands in the Indian market did not cater to local consumers' needs. The heat, humidity, and monsoon season all challenged the wearability of established brands and their shades and colours were mostly formulated with lighter skin tones in mind. Vineeta dreamed of a sweeter solution and launched SUGAR Cosmetics in 2015with cofounder Kaushik Mukherjee. In this episode of Shopify Masters, Vineeta shares with us how she grew the brand from online only to having over 10,000 retail touch-points, and becoming an industry disruptor that raised $21 Million in Series C funding.

Meena Harris launched Phenomenal in 2017 when her Maya Angelou-inspired shirt—Phenomenal Woman—went viral on International Women's Day. But it's 2021, and times have changed in many (but not all) ways. How is she evolving her brand?

From figuring out what you’ll sell to how you’ll create inventory, we’ll walk through the 7 essential steps you need to take to become an entrepreneur.