Ben Francis Opens Up About Gymshark Success
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- Äas pĆidĂĄn 13. 06. 2024
- đȘ BEN FRANCIS đŠ
We had the great pleasure of sitting down with Ben Francis, founder and CEO of Gymshark.
Ben founded Gymshark when he was 19, while still a student at Aston University. In addition to his full-time commitment to his studies, Ben juggled working as a pizza delivery man to fund his Gymshark venture. In August 2020, Gymshark became the first DTC brand in the UK to achieve Unicorn status (valuation over $1 billion đ€) with no external capital funding.
Ben recently announced he is returning to the company's helm as CEO as the brand looks to expand in the US and Asia.
This is a special episode with a man generous with his time and advice.
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Timestamps â±
00:00âââ Ben Francis
05:54 Don't get carried away
20:20 Openness being so important
27:35 Knowing your insecurities
36:33 Becoming CEO
43:32 Reflecting on the success of Gymshark
49:06 Quickfire questions
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This is one of the best podcast episodes Iâve ever listened to! I need to listen to this again because once wasnât enough! Such insightful questions were asked and Benâs humility and transparency is always so admirable
The one that got me hooked was the one with BHA CEO, Paul Barber
gymshark is crap gear for gym wannabes
âWe need to accept that we wonât always make the right decisions, that weâll screw up royally sometimes - understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, itâs part of success.â
Keep grinding sharing some positivity with ya all
Fantastic gents. I am an entrepreneur and these session have helped me a great deal throughout my brief journey. More please.
Our pleasure!
Really enjoyed this interview! It is reassuring to know that other people have difficulty with public speaking and that with patience, self-development and time, skills can be learnt to overcome this - thank you!
Unbelievable that this has only 6k views... Great content, thanks!
Fantastic guys great interview. Always love hearing from Ben. The messages in this served as a much needed reminder for me and came just at the right time! Weâll done.
gymshark is for gym wannabes
Life changing videos!! Thank you so much
I have listened to this twice now and the one thing that comes across is his focus & being humble & fantastic listen â€ïžâ€ïžđđ
Great Interview lads, such an interesting watch. Ben Francis is a top man
Quality. Still being so switched on about his own shortcomings while having the success he has at that age is phenomenal.
Really enjoyed that episode, going to share with my 19 yer old son who has a dream of having his own business.
Yes, my mental thoughts of âBen Francis needs to get on this podcastâ came through, fascinating guy and story.
âExceeds expectations and performs greater than the averageâ I was fascinated to listen to Mr Francis discuss high performance for the reason that 8 months ago I purchased my first pair of Gym Shark âstudioâ shorts. Having used the shorts only for walking, for 3 weeks, they started to split at the stitching. After multiple, drawn out and frustrating engagements with Gym Shark online (where they did send a replacement pair, credit to them) I wrote a letter to Mr Francis and 3 other members of his senior leadership team at Gym Shark outlining my experience and suggesting where improvements could be made, I then purchased 4 first class stamps and posted them individually to Gym Shark head office. This was back in May, it is now September 17th and despite the letter having all of my contact details, Iâve heard nothing back from Gym Shark, even to acknowledge receipt.
What Mr Francis has achieved at such a young age is remarkable however he himself notes that high performance is in what you DO and not what you say.
Apologies for such a lengthy comment.
Gymshark*
So much to take from this. The big takeaway is solid core values that outlast any startup phase đ
Thank you for this amazingly valuable interview!
This is a brilliant episode. Hope Ben goes from strength to strength. Doesn't seem a whiney silver spoon fed corporate brat like a lot of CEO's of big brands, he seems to understand the value of people and has been willing to learn from his mistakes to produce the best results for everyone around him rather than just himself. Unselfish and approachable even in his position, it's refreshing to see.
Fantastic podcast, loved the insight
This was great !!!
Great podcast! I own a upcoming clothing brand myself & have taken some great values from Ben. Thank you guys đđœ
He was brilliant. Very generous with his time and advice
Great interview!
It amazing that he co found a business then went to hire someone else to be the CEO I have never seen/hear about this! Usually everyone who create a business is self proclaim CEO and would NEVER hire someone else
Nice studio boys!
Any discussion about steroids ?
Donât you mean co-founded with Lewis Morgan?
who breathing that heavily?
Bery ensparatoonal man, sory for bad English