These 3 Stocks Are Helping Build a Better Future: Are They Buys?
One of my favorite pieces of investing advice comes from Motley Fool co-founder and Chief Rule Breaker David Gardner, who's often said, "make your portfolio reflect your best vision for our future." The idea is to pick companies for your portfolio that are working to create a world you'd want to be part of. Three companies that fit this category for me are Shopify (NYSE: SHOP), Livongo Health (NASDAQ: LVGO), and Asana (NYSE: ASAN). But they're also great investment opportunities. Let's find out why.
Shopify is a software platform that allows businesses of all sizes to establish and run online stores. In 2004, co-founder Tobias Lutke wanted to sell snowboards online but realized there wasn't any commercially available software to help him get started, so he built his own. It wasn't too much later that he and his co-founder realized the software platform was a better business than selling snowboards, and Shopify was born.
With his roots in entrepreneurship, Lutke's personal mission is to "build a path that leads to more entrepreneurs" by making its platform even easier to use, more powerful, and cost-effective for businesses of all sizes. Running a small business is incredibly hard, but the world is better off because of the work of these businesses, which delight their customers with a personal touch. Shopify is an enabler for these organizations and it's grown tremendously because of it.
Source Fool.com
