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The Shopify Tech You Need To Fuel Business Growth! Ft Rebel Cheese
June 13, 2025

The Shopify Tech You Need To Fuel Business Growth! Ft Rebel Cheese

In this episode, we sit down with Paul, the CTO at Rebel Cheese, to explore how a seasoned tech leader with roots in IBM, NXP, and Amazon found his calling in the plant-based food world.

We cover:

- Why Rebel Cheese's Shark Tank moment was just the beginning.

- Paul's philosophy on building & scaling a DTC tech stack on Shopify, while keeping costs in check and customer experience front and centre.

- Lessons learned from early technical decisions, including those sneaky shipping costs.

- His approach to app selection (hint: not everything in the Shopify App Store is gold).

- How AI is reshaping daily operations, and what tools he's excited about right now.

Whether you’re a DTC founder, a tech leader in ecommerce, or just a fan of cheese that doesn’t come from cows, this episode is full of insights you won’t want to miss 🧀💻

Connect with Paul here: www.linkedin.com/in/paularellanes/

Check out Rebel Cheese here: https://rebelcheese.com/

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