My First Million

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Whatnot founder: This is the future of e-commerce

Whatnot founder: This is the future of e-commerce21 sept1 h 02 min

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Episode 863: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and Sam Parr ( https://x.com/theSamParr ) talk to Grant Lafontaine ( https://x.com/GrantLaFontaine ) the founder of Whatnot. 

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Show Notes:

(0:00) Intro

(1:00) Grant turned down Shaan’s investment

(2:12) Shaan buys a crab on Whatnot

(3:58) First 1,000 users

(19:07) Black hat growth tactics

(28:52) 30 sales to $2.3M in year 1

(34:03) $2.3M to $163M in year 2

(34:56) $163M to $1B in year 3