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#46 - Social Commerce and The Fastest Growing Marketplace Ever, with Grant Lafontaine
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Social commerce is a rapidly emerging industry, reaching over $600B annually in China and rapidly emerging in the US. The leading platform for social commerce in the US is WhatNot. They recently raised a $260M Series D, and might be the fastest growing marketplace ever.
In this conversation we chat with Whatnot founder Grant Lafontaine about the origins of Whatnot, his approach to product, his experience in Ycombinator, how he thinks about network effects and the dynamics of marketplace businesses, how he finds talent, and much more.
Learn more about Whatnot here: http://whatnot.com
If you enjoyed the episode, please leave a review! https://kite.link/disruptors-whatnot
PODCAST INFO:
Podcast website: https://manifold.group/podcast
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3EbkMEk
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3nqwNiD
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Clips playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdnqR-lZH65HrrlaeQZnf1sicFkprjpqk
SOCIAL:
- Sean Johnson on Twitter: https://twitter.com/intentionally
- Sean Johnson on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/seanjohnson
- Sean Johnson on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/intentionally_
- Manifold on Twitter: https://twitter.com/manifold_group
- Manifold on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/m/company/manifold-group
- Manifold on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/themanifoldgroup
- Manifold on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/manifold_group/
- Manifold on Medium: https://medium.com/build-better-products
46 episodes
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Social commerce is a rapidly emerging industry, reaching over $600B annually in China and rapidly emerging in the US. The leading platform for social commerce in the US is WhatNot. They recently raised a $260M Series D, and might be the fastest growing marketplace ever.
In this conversation we chat with Whatnot founder Grant Lafontaine about the origins of Whatnot, his approach to product, his experience in Ycombinator, how he thinks about network effects and the dynamics of marketplace businesses, how he finds talent, and much more.
Learn more about Whatnot here: http://whatnot.com
If you enjoyed the episode, please leave a review! https://kite.link/disruptors-whatnot
PODCAST INFO:
Podcast website: https://manifold.group/podcast
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3EbkMEk
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3nqwNiD
RSS: https://bit.ly/3ntcFw1
Full episodes playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdnqR-lZH65HqCM09dwh6otuU7TArkq8J
Clips playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLdnqR-lZH65HrrlaeQZnf1sicFkprjpqk
SOCIAL:
- Sean Johnson on Twitter: https://twitter.com/intentionally
- Sean Johnson on LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/seanjohnson
- Sean Johnson on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/intentionally_
- Manifold on Twitter: https://twitter.com/manifold_group
- Manifold on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/m/company/manifold-group
- Manifold on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/themanifoldgroup
- Manifold on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/manifold_group/
- Manifold on Medium: https://medium.com/build-better-products
46 episodes
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