Personal Brand & Positioning
How did Whoop get pro athletes to wear its band without sponsoring them?
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The short answer
What the archive says
01Whoop refused to pay athletes to wear the product; LeBron James and Michael Phelps were among the first 100 members and roughly 50% of the PGA Tour wore it organically before any deal. source →
In their words
What was actually said
And they can use whoop to find this balance, to understand how much they're sleeping, how much they're recovering, what the strain is that they're putting on their body, how different behaviors in their life are affecting their body. And they can use that information to perform at a higher level. So we, we very authentically took a formula that made the best athletes in the world effective and have now been able to deliver it to a much wider market.
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