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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:
() 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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Links:
• Whatnot - https://www.whatnot.com/
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