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3 Things I learned from John Capodilupo

Co-founder and CTO of WHOOP, Inc

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Tom Zhang
Jul 11, 2025
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Another special guest speaker session at Harvard Undergraduate Ventures TECH. I had the incredible opportunity to learn from from John Capodulipo (Co-Founder of Whoop), a company who is now a household name in the world of health performance wearables.

But before the unicorn valuation and elite athlete endorsements, there was a system that John leveraged that got him through years of struggle, rejection, brutal decision-making behind the scenes.

Here are the most important lessons I took away from his exclusive keynote today:

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