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How Leaders Lead with David Novak

#64: Will Ahmed, WHOOP Founder & CEO—Prioritize the Right Data

How Leaders Lead with David Novak

David Novak Leadership

Entrepreneurship, Business, Management

4.8596 Ratings

🗓️ 6 January 2022

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

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 in his early 30s, running a company that was recently valued at $3.6 billion. Running a company at that level requires a whole other level of discipline, when it comes to focusing in on what truly matters. If you want to keep your business healthy, no matter what size a company you lead, it's imperative that you measure and keep your eyes on a few vital metrics at all times. You're going to learn: How problems with athletic overtraining led to a company that helps monitor sleep The hidden side of sleep and the WHOOP tracker How WHOOP can compete with the Apple Watch How simple metrics lead to better decision-making How Will went from student athlete to company builder How Will maintains steady focus through delegation and meditation Why the WHOOP business model emulates Peloton instead of FitBit How to “Growtain” your customers How to be excellent in multiple complication industries at once How WHOOP built promotion partnerships with top athletes and sports networks How to find and develop people who are high intensity AND high humility Why WHOOP pays its employees to sleep PLUS Will’s best advice for entrepreneurs Take your learning further. Get proven leadership advice from these (free!) resources: The How Leaders Lead App: A vast library of 90-second leadership lessons to stay sharp on the go  Daily Insight Emails: One small (but powerful!) leadership principle to focus on each day Whichever you choose, you can be sure you’ll get the trusted leadership advice you need to advance your career, develop your team, and grow your business.

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0:00.0

Welcome to How Leaders Lead, where every week you get to listen in while I interview some of the best leaders in the world.

0:11.1

I break down the key learning so that by the end of the episode, you'll have something simple that you can apply and develop into being a better leader.

0:19.8

That's what this podcast is all about.

0:22.7

Now, today's guest is Will Ahmed, the founder and CEO of Woop, a wearable fitness tracker

0:28.9

that measures a few key metrics to help top athletes. And even guys like me achieve peak

0:35.1

performance. Now, I'm a big fan of this company, and in fact,

0:38.9

I'm wearing my whoop this very second. And you're going to learn that Will is an incredibly

0:43.9

sharp young leader. Believe it or not, he's in his early 30s running a company that was

0:49.8

recently valued at $3.6 billion. Now, running a company at that level requires a whole other

0:57.6

level of discipline when it comes to focusing in on what truly matters. If you want to keep your

1:03.4

business healthy, no matter what size of company you lead, it's imperative that you measure

1:08.9

and keep your eyes on a few vital metrics at all times.

1:13.8

Now, it's so easy to get head fake by all the data that's out there, all the ideas, all the

1:20.0

feedback that gets thrown to you from every direction.

1:23.8

The effective leaders I know stay focused.

1:27.1

They know what to measure what will have the greatest impact on the business,

1:31.0

and they make their decisions based off of those metrics.

1:34.8

The fact that Will has already mastered this skill at such an early age is really impressive.

1:40.4

Some leaders never get it.

1:43.0

So here we are.

1:52.4

On the first episode of 2022, and you're about to get some insights that I know will help you get this year off to a great start.

1:54.2

So let's get right to it.

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