{"podcast":{"title":"My First Million","slug":"my-first-million-438184","podcast_index_feed_id":438184,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/HS2300184645","website_url":"https://www.mfmpod.com/","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/39846662-79ea-11eb-9b06-a75ddc4bddcc/image/39f8195a6d8978d0a7bd9c7d7b3fba2d.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Hubspot","episode_count":904,"summary":"Sam Parr and Shaan Puri brainstorm new business ideas based on trends & opportunities they see in the market. Sometimes they bring on famous guests to brainstorm with them.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-21T16:19:50.838344+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/my-first-million-438184"},"episode":{"title":"Whatnot founder: This is the future of e-commerce","slug":"whatnot-founder-this-is-the-future-of-e-commerce","published_at":"2026-09-21T11:40:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/my-first-million-438184/whatnot-founder-this-is-the-future-of-e-commerce","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/my-first-million-438184","url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/HS4444685392.mp3","audio_url":"https://pdst.fm/e/traffic.megaphone.fm/HS4444685392.mp3","summary":"$1M Attention Guide: 15+ ways to get eyeballs on what you're building https://clickhubspot.com/brcv 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.  — Show Notes: (0:00) Intro (1:00) Grant turned down Shaan’s investment (2:12) Shaan buys a crab on Whatnot (3:58) First 1,000 users (19:07) Black hat growth tactics (28:52) 30 sales to $2.3M in year 1 (34:03) $2.3M to $163M in year 2 (34:56) $163M to $1B in year 3 (37:02) How to be a billion-dollar founder (42:04) Going all the way deep on a single problem (45:44) Don’t let people use fancy language (49:48) Being disagreeable but likable (50:43) The reason I left Facebook (53:39) “If you think you’re moving fast, you’re probably not” (54:13) Trends: NeeDohs, squishies, gold bars (56:21) 9-figure sellers — Links: • Whatnot - https://www.whatnot.com/  — Check Out Sam's Stuff: • Hampton (joinhampton.com): My community for founders. Average member does $25m/year. Many of the guests are members. Get after it...apply: http://joinhampton.com/mfm — Check Out Shaan's Stuff: • Shaan's weekly email - https://www.shaanpuri.com  • Visit https://www.somewhere.com/mfm to hire worldwide talent like Shaan and get $500 off for being an MFM listener. Hire developers, assistants, marketing pros, sales teams and more for 80% less than US equivalents. • Mercury - Shaan uses Mercury across all of his companies. you can too: http://mercury.com/  Mercury is a fintech company, not an FDIC-insured bank. Banking services provided by Choice Financial Group, Column, N.A., Members FDIC • I run all my newsletters on Beehiiv and you should too + we're giving away $10k to our favorite newsletter, check it out: b…","meta_description":"$1M Attention Guide: 15+ ways to get eyeballs on what you're building https://clickhubspot.com/brcv Episode 863: Shaan Puri ( https://x.com/ShaanVP ) and…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3745,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/my-first-million-438184/episodes/whatnot-founder-this-is-the-future-of-e-commerce/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/my-first-million-438184/whatnot-founder-this-is-the-future-of-e-commerce.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}