AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Working Hard, Hardly Working
Ep. 88 The Grit It Takes To Turn Your Idea Into A Billion Dollar Reality With Whoop's Will Ahmed
May 20, 2024
Will Ahmed, Founder of Whoop, shares his remarkable journey of creating a $3.6 billion company and wearable health tracker used by athletes worldwide. The podcast covers topics like work-life balance in entrepreneurship, innovations in health monitoring technology, strategic marketing, team building, and transitioning to a subscription model for business growth.
01:12:03
Episode guests
AI Summary
AI Chapters
Episode notes
Podcast summary created with Snipd AI
Quick takeaways
- Building a consumer brand with a focus on athletes' full-day monitoring for credibility and market gap.
- Transitioning from founder to CEO involves empowering teams and focusing on managerial growth.
Deep dives
Creating a Performance Brand: Targeting Professional Athletes for Product Debut
Whoop aimed at building a consumer brand, starting with professional athletes to establish credibility and animate a health monitor to be worn. Assigning focus on athletes' full-day monitoring rather than just exercise, filling a gap in the sports market and emphasizing on athlete's recovery needs.
Get the Snipd
podcast app
Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
AI-powered
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode
Save any
moment
Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways
Share
& Export
Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more
AI-powered
podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Discover
highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode