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Ghassan Halazon

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CEO @emerge_ecom (TSXV: ECOM)
15 Years. $1BN GMV. 1M Scars 👊🏼
40 under 40 🇨🇦

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And just like that.. 🐌 🐌

Sami Halazon 🩵👶🏻
January 31, 2026

cc: Brave Mama + Big Sister 💕 by @instajee

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They say Arab men have the benefit of looking 30 between the ages of 20 and 40. For one night only, I received permission from my wife to also act 30. Shoutout to the DISCO Queens & Crazies for jamming with us, and to wifey for making it come together magically. Love to all..

This is #STUDIO40 🪩💕 by @instajee

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2 years ago

The wild story of how we sold SHOP to @shopify in 12 days..

We were short $500K to close an opportunistic acquisition. Out of nowhere, I was reminded that we had been sitting on these premium #SHOP domains that we picked up years back.

Naturally, Shopify (NASDAQ: SHOP), the world’s largest e-commerce tech co., was the fitting buyer. It took about 12 days from reaching out to Harley Finkelstein, Shopify President to closing the deal.

The last minute proceeds from the Shop sale were the final $ needed to close the T2G acquisition, which has since added $1M+/ year in EBITDA, and has been a big part of our turnaround this year (we recouped our upfront investment in the first 90 days).

As far as we’re aware, it was the largest .ca domain sale of the year in Canada. Not huge $ but it was a nice last minute gift (on Xmas eve nonetheless!), and just in time to close our game-changing acquisition.

If only it had been a .com instead of a .ca 😅

Stay scrappy, my friends. by @instajee

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a year ago

“Once in a lifetime” crashes seem to actually happen every 7-10 years or so if you think of it.

Be prepared! by @instajee

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10 months ago

Great to be invited back to the TSXV, after what seems like an eternity. A few more grey hairs since our first visit, but hey, I’m still walking 👊🏼🎥🎤

TSXV: ECOM by @instajee

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10 months ago

𝗙𝗼𝗰𝘂𝘀, 𝗖𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝗙𝗹𝗼𝘄 & 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸𝘀!

My episode on “𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗖𝗘𝗢 𝗦𝗵𝗼𝘄” is out..

I dove into the ups & downs of being a public company, the “holy grail” of durable ECOM brands, our 2-year turnaround efforts/ mindset culminating in our return-to-growth, profit, and cash flow positive YTD + Lessons along the way from over 15 years / $1BN in GMV building, buying and selling #ecommerce brands.

Really enjoyed jamming with you, @markmacleodcoach

Encourage you all to check out “The Startup CEO Show”. Mark has some world-class guests/ episodes - my personal fav is with Tobias Lütke, founder/ CEO of @shopify

Available across YouTube , Apple Podcasts & Spotify.

@emerge_ecom by @instajee

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a year ago

Lights. Cameras. ECOM 🎤 🎥 ✨ ❤️🫵🏻 by @instajee

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a year ago

15 years of running ECOM brands does THIS to you… TUNE IN tomorrow…

My TALK at ECOM NORTH (Sept 23) tomorrow at 9.45am ET (Accelerator Stage)

Scars, war stories, lessons and learnings…

Approx. 1 MILLION of them.

$1BN+ GMV later..

Giving you everything I got ECOM NATION ❤️👊🏼 by @instajee

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a year ago

This guy buys e-commerce brands Then he scales them fast. Sales hit $30 million last year.

His name is Ghassan Halazon.

And there’s a lot to learn from how he does it. by @instajee

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a year ago

Thrilled. Humbled. Exhausted..

A little more #HUMAN hurt nobody ❤️

A clip from my @yallaletstalk episode, available on @youtube (link in bio), @spotify and @applepodcasts by @instajee

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a year ago

Escargots 🇫🇷🍷🍾🐌 🐌 by @instajee

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By far, the most painful and most critical lesson over the last 15 years of building companies and doing deals.

No such thing as a good deal with bad people.

You’d think it’s an obvious one but in reality, when you’re chasing the next big milestone, the mind has a way of camouflaging bad people into “not so bad”, as the thrill of the deal takes over.

A clip from my GENT’S TALK episode, now available on @spotify , @applepodcasts and @youtube @gentspost by @instajee

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