Ahmed: LeBron James and Michael Phelps were among Whoop's first 100 users
Will Ahmed · How I Built Whoop Into A $3.6 BILLION Company (#411) · Jan 26, 2023 · at 3:25
Whoop founder Will Ahmed confirms early adoption of the fitness wearable band by sports icons LeBron James and Michael Phelps.
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“That is real, and this would have been around 2014, 2015, so, you know, we spent about two to three years, really, on the initial V-one of Whoop, and, you know, I wanted to start with the best athletes in the world”
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