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Grant LaFontaine

6 statements across 1 episodes · 2 bullish · 0 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Oct 31, 2025 by Grant LaFontaine · across every show →

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Oct 31, 2025
Insight
Collectors buy items primarily to socialize around shared interests
“A lot of why you collect is not necessarily for the object, but to sort of hang out and talk to people about your interests.”
Grant LaFontaine Oct 31, 2025 ▶ 4:39 How to Build an $11B Empire Selling Funko Pops | Whatnot CEO Grant Lafontaine Joins TBPN
Oct 31, 2025
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Whatnot sold $5,000 in Funko Pops during its first livestream test
“And I did the first live stream because we, you know, we gotta like make sure it works. And I sold 5000 dollars worth of Funko Pops in two hours.”
Grant LaFontaine Oct 31, 2025 ▶ 9:32 How to Build an $11B Empire Selling Funko Pops | Whatnot CEO Grant Lafontaine Joins TBPN
Oct 31, 2025 bullish
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Whatnot's revenue has never grown less than 90 percent year-over-year
“I don't think we've ever grown under, like, you know, top line sales. I mean, revenue's probably never grown under 90% a year. In the entire history of the business.”
Grant LaFontaine Oct 31, 2025 ▶ 15:01 How to Build an $11B Empire Selling Funko Pops | Whatnot CEO Grant Lafontaine Joins TBPN
Oct 31, 2025
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Trust and safety is likely Whatnot's largest internal team
“You know, our trust and safety and customer, Experience team's probably our biggest team at the whole company, so we do take this stuff, like, very seriously.”
Grant LaFontaine Oct 31, 2025 ▶ 19:40 How to Build an $11B Empire Selling Funko Pops | Whatnot CEO Grant Lafontaine Joins TBPN
Oct 31, 2025 positive
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The top sellers on Whatnot now employ more than 100 staff
“And so the handful of people who are in the tippity top tier, You know, you're looking at operations with like a hundred plus employees at this point. So pretty big.”
Grant LaFontaine Oct 31, 2025 ▶ 18:43 How to Build an $11B Empire Selling Funko Pops | Whatnot CEO Grant Lafontaine Joins TBPN
Oct 31, 2025
Disclosure
Whatnot grew purely through word of mouth for its first four years
“Almost the first three or four years of the business, we basically just focused on collectibles and enthusiast categories which we sort of broaden out maybe like if you're into cars and things like that. And it was fundamentally because these categories, peopl…”
Grant LaFontaine Oct 31, 2025 ▶ 10:58 How to Build an $11B Empire Selling Funko Pops | Whatnot CEO Grant Lafontaine Joins TBPN
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