Shimona Mehta on scaling Shopify Plus to $1B & transitioning into the CEO role at F11
About this episode
Shimona Mehta discusses her journey scaling Shopify Plus to $1 billion and her transition to CEO at F11.
Today’s 40 Minute Mentor is Shimona Mehta, CEO at F11 - the one-stop platform for digital advertising. Prior to joining F11, Shimona spent 6 years at Shopify, working across the Revenue function and becoming Managing Director of EMEA, where she built the rocketship commercial offering Shopify Plus from 0 to $1 billion. It doesn’t take a lot of digging through Shimona’s CV or many conversations with her to see that the underlying drive to the great career she’s built is her passion for building high-performing teams. In this candid live recording, we discuss the powerful lessons Shimona learned on scaling sustainably, and why humility, clarity and trust are the true accelerators of growth. 📚Episode Chapters: ➡️ Scaling Shopify Plus to $1B [04:10] ➡️ The biggest challenges of hyper-scale growth [07:00] ➡️ How Shimona progressed so quickly at Shopify [13:20] ➡️ Why choosing the right people opens every door [14:00] ➡️ Why F11 and the art of taking over as CEO [19:10] ➡️ A playbook for high-performing teams [32:00] ➡️ Why diverse leadership teams win [37:30] 🔍 Find out more: ✨ Connect with Shimona ✨ More about F11 ⭐ Enjoyed this episode? ⭐️Keep up to date with all our latest…
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Host: James Mitra
Guest: Shimona Mehta
Topics covered
- scaling businesses
- leadership
- team building
- CEO transition
- digital advertising
- growth strategies
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: F11, Shopify, Shopify Plus
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