<story><title>Profitable &amp; Proud: Shopify</title><url>http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2378-profitable-proud-shopify</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>adamhowell</author><text>Not to be a stickler, but the series plainly says &quot;&apos;Profitable and proud&apos; is a Signal vs. Noise series that profiles companies that have $1MM+ in revenues, didn’t take VC, and are profitable...&quot;&lt;p&gt;And here, in just the second post of the series, a company states &quot;taking this investment from John H. Phillips was probably the best decision we ever made. Apart from allowing us to meet payroll for the first year...&quot;&lt;p&gt;That&apos;s not exactly &quot;didn&apos;t take VC&quot;.</text></comment>
<story><title>Profitable &amp; Proud: Shopify</title><url>http://37signals.com/svn/posts/2378-profitable-proud-shopify</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>gr366</author><text>Their Unicorn system for paying out bonuses is a great idea: Revenue sharing across the entire staff, but distributed based upon input from the staff.</text></comment>