Explore Necker Island with This Year’s Build a Business Winners Through Periscope

The winners of the 2015 Shopify Build A Business competition will soon be flying to Necker Island for five days of training and mentoring sessions with some of the world’s most successful entrepreneurs.

Richard Branson, Daymond John, Tim Ferriss, Marie Forleo, and Seth Godin will be sharing their invaluable insights and expertise to help each of our six winners take their business to new heights.

Want to get in on the action? Join us on Periscope between August 31 - September 5 as we chat with our winners about their mentoring sessions, ask viewer-submitted questions, and explore the beauty of Necker Island. Here’s what we’ve got in store (all times are EST):

August 31:

• 5:05 PM: Shopify CPO Harley Finkelstein introduces our Build A Business Winners. Each winner will pitch their business to the audience.

September 1:

• 7:15 PM: AMA with Trunkster

September 2:

• 11:00 AM: The Richard Branson Centre of Entrepreneurship in Jamaica is asking our winners questions about growing their businesses.
• 7:15 PM: AMA with Leesa

September 3:

• 10:00 AM: AMA with Little Letter Lights Co.
• 7:15 PM: AMA with Pavlok

September 4:

• 10:00 AM: Shopify CEO Tobias Lütke and Shopify CPO Harley Finkelstein share insights with our winners about ecommerce and beyond.
• 2:15 PM: AMA with Shore Projects
• 7:15 PM: AMA with Coco White

Following us on Periscope is easy - just open up the app on your phone or tablet, search “Shopify”, and tap the follow button on the right. Here's a quick walkthrough:

We’ll also be sharing great photos, quotes, and learnings on Twitter - so don’t forget to follow us there, too. See you on the island!