Sep 24, 2026 · 40 min · 10 segments
John Hill hasn't applied for a job in 25 years. His reputation keeps opening the door. Recorded live on stage at Startup Boston Week, John (VP of Story at Whop) walks through a career built on…
As your story goes, it seems like it's a lot of you never applied for these spots.
I'm selfishly going to call that out because it is reputation in a box, right? You're the spitting image of everything, my entire thesis, really.
how I've always felt about social is like, can I connect with other humans, but give first, build that.
A lot of people are afraid to show up on social because it's like, how do I do it? You know, nerve wracking.
And I think we were talking in pre-recording and I'm like, I'm weaving this back to what you're doing now as VP of story at WAP.
Founders today, in my opinion, have to be public, right? There was a point where it was an ego vanity play.
As your story goes, it seems like it's a lot of you never applied for these spots.
I'm selfishly going to call that out because it is reputation in a box, right? You're the spitting image of everything, my entire thesis, really.
how I've always felt about social is like, can I connect with other humans, but give first, build that.
A lot of people are afraid to show up on social because it's like, how do I do it? You know, nerve wracking.
And I think we were talking in pre-recording and I'm like, I'm weaving this back to what you're doing now as VP of story at WAP.
Founders today, in my opinion, have to be public, right? There was a point where it was an ego vanity play.
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