Social Commerce and The Fastest Growing Marketplace Ever, with Grant Lafontaine

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:    • The Disruptors Podcast   Clips playlist:    • Disruptors Podcast Clips   SOCIAL: Sean Johnson on Twitter:   / intentionally   Sean Johnson on LinkedIn:   / seanjohnson   Sean Johnson on Instagram:   / intentionally_   Manifold on Twitter:   / manifold_group   Manifold on LinkedIn:   / manifold-group   Manifold on Facebook:   / themanifoldgroup   Manifold on Instagram:   / manifold_group   Manifold on Medium:   / build-better