Whoop Founder: How I Built A $3.6 BILLION Company & BEAT Apple! Will Ahmed | E189
Skills:
Fundraising90%AI Startup Building80%Product Strategy80%Business Model Design70%Product Metrics60%
Will Ahmed is the founder of Whoop, the fitness monitoring app worn by LeBron James and Michael Phelps, and which goes toe to toe with Apple, Google and Amazon.
Topics:
0:00 Intro
02:02 Early years
04:00 What was it that made you obsessed with optimising performance?
08:26 Are you a curious person?
15:43 Your business becoming your identity
18:19 How to stay calm in the chaos
23:26 Did you have doubt in the early days?
27:28 Co-founders
31:50 The most difficult time for you
40:05 Like style hacks - your day to day routines
47:28 Heart rate variability
52:36 Blue light blocking
57:57 Strain on the body
01:04:41 Employee sleep bonus
01:06:10 How do you keep your innovative nature when growing
01:09:37 Focusing
01:17:35 Competition
01:25:55 The importance of the right investors
01:27:26 We both hate networking
01:28:18 Listening to feedback with a different perspective
01:32:02 Being counterintuitive
01:34:01 Were you wrong about anything with Whoop?
01:35:48 Offers to buy whoop
01:39:19 Whats next
01:41:20 The last guest question
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Chapters (25)
Intro
2:02
Early years
4:00
What was it that made you obsessed with optimising performance?
8:26
Are you a curious person?
15:43
Your business becoming your identity
18:19
How to stay calm in the chaos
23:26
Did you have doubt in the early days?
27:28
Co-founders
31:50
The most difficult time for you
40:05
Like style hacks - your day to day routines
47:28
Heart rate variability
52:36
Blue light blocking
57:57
Strain on the body
1:04:41
Employee sleep bonus
1:06:10
How do you keep your innovative nature when growing
1:09:37
Focusing
1:17:35
Competition
1:25:55
The importance of the right investors
1:27:26
We both hate networking
1:28:18
Listening to feedback with a different perspective
1:32:02
Being counterintuitive
1:34:01
Were you wrong about anything with Whoop?
1:35:48
Offers to buy whoop
1:39:19
Whats next
1:41:20
The last guest question
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