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2 Aug 2026 Lenny's Podcast This CPO regrets that product management exists | Tom Verrilli (CPO of Whatnot)
“The most fun thing I bought recently, I'm not joking, is a live lobster. Recently, one of the things that's really taken off on Whatnot is now fresh and specialty foods kind of category.”
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- Tom Verrilli
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- 2 Aug 2026
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- Lenny's Podcast
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…Final question. I imagine people ask you this a lot, but I'm also just curious, what's something you bought on Whatnot in the past month or so that was just awesome, delightful, surprising? The most fun thing I bought recently, I'm not joking, is a live lobster. Recently, one of the things that's really taken off on Whatnot is now fresh and specialty foods kind of category. And so there's this wonderful seller who goes by efish_co, who has a seafood store down on the dock in San Diego. And every morning as the boats come in, he literally goes out and live streams all of the crates of seafood coming in off the boats, and then he auctions them off live on Whatnot and ships next day to your door. So I got a California spiny tail lobster shipped direct to my door, courtesy of a live stream. And how's this work? They put in ice, ship it next, same day?…
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