Company culture and management
Subject in Management
Company culture and management has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including My First Million. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Grant LaFontaineCanadian entrepreneur, co-founder and CEO of the live-shopping marketplace Whatnot
LaFontaine argued that anyone who has to talk about moving fast is in fact moving too slowly.
“If you have to talk about it, you're moving too slow. If you don't even have time to think about it, you're moving too slow”
My First Million: Whatnot founder: This is the future of e-commerce (Sep 21, 2026) · Listen from 54:31
LaFontaine said smart employees use big words that obscure meaning, and he insists on explanations a middle schooler could follow.
“And if you can't explain it to me like I'm in middle school, you probably actually don't know what you're talking about”
My First Million: Whatnot founder: This is the future of e-commerce (Sep 21, 2026) · Listen from 47:02
LaFontaine said blunt early-stage feedback no longer works at scale and he has had to soften his approach to get the best work from people.
“Someone might cry today if I do that. We don't want anyone to cry. And so you just sort of have to like know how to flex a little”
My First Million: Whatnot founder: This is the future of e-commerce (Sep 21, 2026) · Listen from 39:03
LaFontaine said scaling to 1,400 people forced him to build an explicit operating system and rhythm for running the business.
“the company's 1,400 people today, as an example, and you do need really good systems and process to run a company at this scale”
My First Million: Whatnot founder: This is the future of e-commerce (Sep 21, 2026) · Listen from 37:49
Podcasts
- My First Million · 1 episode
Episodes
Whatnot founder: This is the future of e-commerceMy First Million · Sep 21, 2026 · 1 h 2 min
Whatnot co-founder Grant LaFontaine tells Shaan Puri and Sam Parr how a Funko Pop marketplace became a $20 billion live-commerce company.