Whatnot founder: This is the future of e-commerce from My First Million

Whatnot founder: This is the future of e-commerce

1 hour 2 minutes Posted Sep 21, 2026 at 11:40 am.

) Intro

) Grant turned down Shaan’s investment

) Shaan buys a crab on Whatnot

) First 1,000 users

) Black hat growth tactics

) 30 sales to $2.3M in year 1

) $2.3M to $163M in year 2

) $163M to $1B in year 3

) How to be a billion-dollar founder

) Going all the way deep on a single problem

) Don’t let people use fancy language

) Being disagreeable but likable

) The reason I left Facebook

) “If you think you’re moving fast, you’re probably not”

) Trends: NeeDohs, squishies, gold bars

) 9-figure sellers

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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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