Nov 6
Ramtin Naimi - The State of Venture - [Invest Like the Best, EP.499]
My guest today is Ramtin Naimi, the founder of Abstract Ventures, back for our second conversation. Few people see as many companies as Ramtin and his firm, so this time we zoom in on what they’re seeing right now. The question he keeps coming back to is whether this is 2019 or 2 ... Show More
46m 24s
Nov 4
Martin Casado on Frontier Model Economics, AI's Slowdown, and the Cursor Deal - [Invest Like the Best, EP.498]
My guest today is Martin Casado, General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Martin has spent three decades building and investing in technology infrastructure. We discuss why traditional approaches to investing often fail to capture disruptive technologies, how AI is reshaping the e ... Show More
1h 5m
Oct 27
Cliff Sosin - Owning the Complements to Intelligence - [Invest Like the Best, EP.497]
Cliff Sosin is the founder of CAS Investment Partners, which he started in 2012. Roughly 80% of his portfolio is in Carvana. We discuss why Cliff thinks there are hard limits to what even the smartest AI can predict, which businesses benefit as intelligence gets cheap, and what t ... Show More
1 h
Jan 2022
#64: Will Ahmed, WHOOP Founder & CEO—Prioritize the Right Data
Today's guest is Will Ahmed, the Founder and CEO of WHOOP, a wearable fitness tracker that measures a few key metrics to help top athletes and everyday consumers achieve peak performance. You're going to learn that Will is an incredibly sharp young leader. Believe it or not, he's ... Show More
55m 23s
Nov 2022
E001 - Will Ahmed (Whoop Founder): How I Grew a Multi-Billion Dollar Company From Nothing
In this introductory episode, I had the pleasure of conversing with Will Ahmed, the CEO of health & fitness monitoring brand ‘WHOOP’. The Whoop strap, renowned for its technology in analysing core health metrics, has become a mainstay in an athletes’ recovery regime owing to ... Show More
1h 4m
Sep 2022
Will Ahmed on Building WHOOP, The Future of Wearables, and What it Takes to Lead
<p>This week, we're featuring an episode that originally aired on the Founder’s Field Guide podcast. Will Ahmed joins Patrick O’Shaugnessy to discuss the journey of founding and building WHOOP. They discuss how to quantify sleep, strain, and recovery (5:35), early lessons in ... Show More
1h 9m
Nov 2025
How WHOOP’s 22 Year Old Founder Outsmarted Nike | Will Ahmed
As founder and CEO of WHOOP, Will Ahmed turned a college dorm room idea into one of the most influential performance technology companies in the world.In this episode, Will shares the leap of faith that started it all, the early rejections that tested his resolve, and the pivotal ... Show More
40m 47s
Oct 2021
E86 - Will Ahmed: How combining intensity, humility and passion can build a multi-billion dollar business.
<p>Will Ahmed is the founder and CEO of Whoop, the wearable device that monitors your recovery, sleep, training, and health. Will launched Whoop in 2012 whilst he was at college. As an athlete himself, he was constantly overtraining, and as a result, got interested in how he coul ... Show More
1h 29m
Mar 2021
Will Ahmed discusses entrepreneurship, building WHOOP, and the future of technology
<p>Will Ahmed sits down with Joe Bullmore of the Gentleman's Journal podcast to discuss everything about WHOOP and our journey over the last decade. This conversation is a deep dive on entrepreneurship, the future of wearable technology, and exactly how WHOOP is trying to un ... Show More
1h 5m
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 43m
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
<p>Will Ahmed is the founder of WHOOP a recovery-focused fitness tracker. </p>
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<p>In this episode, we explore the balance between ambition and gratitude, how Amazon copied his product, and the impact of personal choice in life and business. </p>
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