My guest today is Will Ahmed, founder of fitness wearable company WHOOP. What started as a business plan in 2011 has evolved into the 24/7 health-tracking device you’ll often see on athletes across professional sports. During our conversation, Will and I discuss how his own backstory ties into the founding of WHOOP, the key design decisions they made in the ... Show More
Mar 17
William Hockey - Building the Operating System for the Dollar and Silicon Valley Heresy - [Invest Like the Best, EP.463]
William Hockey is the co-founder of Plaid and the founder and CEO of Column, a software company that owns a bank and powers Ramp, Wise, Bilt, Mercury, and others. He funded Column by borrowing against his Plaid shares and has never raised outside capital. William talks about what ... Show More
1h 10m
Mar 10
Shyam Sankar - Celebrating Heretics - [Invest Like the Best, EP.462]
My guest today is Shyam Sankar, the CTO of Palantir Technologies. In this conversation, we explore the ideas that shape how Shyam thinks about technology, talent, and national power. We discuss the origins of Palantir’s forward-deployed engineering model and the lessons he learne ... Show More
1h 21m
Mar 4
John Arnold - China, Energy Markets and Fixing America's Systems - [Invest Like the Best, EP.461]
My guest today is John Arnold. John is probably the most famous energy trader of all time and certainly the most successful. One of the things John talks about is cultivating the best seat in your industry – the seat with the best perspective, the most information, the best syste ... Show More
1h 15m
Jun 2024
How to Build an Unconventional Brand that Sells for $419 Million | Mike Fata
Mike Fata, a 25-year entrepreneur, shares his journey of personal transformation and the connection between health and business success. He emphasizes the importance of prioritizing health and wellness, as it directly impacts performance and effectiveness in entrepreneurship. Co- ... Show More
1h 4m
Jan 2024
Visma: Mission Critical European Software - [Business Breakdowns, EP.145]
This is Zack Fuss. Today we are breaking down the largest privately-owned software business in Europe, Visma. Visma is a software company with over 15,000 employees offering accounting, payroll, and HR software products for customers across the Nordic, Benelux, and Baltic regions ... Show More
46m 4s
Jul 2023
Lululemon Athletica: The Athleisure Leader - [Business Breakdowns, EP.120]
This is Zack Fuss, an investor at Irenic Capital, and today we’re breaking down Lululemon Athletica. The Canadian company, founded by Chip Wilson in 1998, has grown from a pop-up store in a yoga class to a $45 billion apparel business. Along the way, it pioneered the trend of ath ... Show More
46m 29s
Oct 2022
Whoop Founder: How I Built A $3.6 BILLION Company & BEAT Apple! Will Ahmed
Will Ahmed is the founder of Whoop, the fitness monitoring app worn by LeBron James and Serena Williams, and which goes toe to toe with Apple, Google and Amazon.
Will is the classic example that business and entrepreneurial drive follow on from being obsessed with a problem. Aft ... Show More
1h 45m
Apr 2024
Nearly 20 Million Books Sold! | The Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones with bestselling author, James Clear
James Clear has sold an incredible 15 million copies of his bestselling book, Atomic Habits, which has 4.8 stars on Amazon with more than 120,000 reviews. Wow! In this episode of Behind the Brand Bryan and James talk about the proven way to build good habits and break bad ones.Ch ... Show More
1h 10m
<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In today's conversation, I am joined by Dr. Tessa Misiaszek, coauthor of</span> <em><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Branding That Means Business</span></em><span style="font-weight: 400;">. Tessa is an instructor with Harvard Professional Devel ... Show More
