Dante Lentini
Dante Lentini is Head of Growth at Founders, Inc., where he has worked since October 2024 2. Before joining f.inc he built a TikTok following in the sneaker reselling space, helped organize sneaker conventions, and worked at a Y Combinator-backed startup that was later acquired 1.
Education
Lentini attended East Catholic High School and later enrolled at NYU Tandon School of Engineering 2. He left NYU before completing a degree 1. His personal site links to a page titled "thebooksireadinsteadofgoingtocollege.com," reflecting his decision to leave formal education 1.
The Site Supply and sneaker TikTok
From 2021 to 2023, Lentini ran The Site Supply (@thesitesupply), a TikTok account focused on sneaker botting that grew from zero to 250,000 followers 2. The account covered sneaker release information and automated purchasing tools 1.
Got Sole
From 2022 to October 2024, Lentini was part of the six-person team behind Got Sole, a sneaker convention series 2. Got Sole organized events in cities including New York, Boston, Miami, Los Angeles, and Seattle, hosting thousands of attendees at each event and featuring guests such as rapper Fat Joe and BMX rider Nigel Sylvester 7 2. The events were billed as among the largest sneaker conventions in the United States 7.
Hyper
From 2021 to 2023, Lentini worked as founding product team member at Hyper, a platform that allowed anyone to sell paid memberships to Discord servers 2 5. Hyper was backed by Y Combinator (Summer 2021 batch), raised $17 million from investors including General Catalyst and Stripe, and processed over $80 million in payments for online communities between 2020 and 2023 6. The company was acquired by Whop in April 2023 2 6.
buildspace and Founders, Inc.
Lentini worked in growth at buildspace during 2024, before the organization closed in October of that year 2. He then transitioned to Founders, Inc. as Head of Growth, becoming one of four former buildspace team members to join f.inc 2 3. At f.inc he describes his role as "Growth Hacker" and works from the Fort Mason campus in San Francisco 1 4.