GROWING GYMSHARK TO A BILLION: The in depth story | Ben Francis Podcast
We're Back!
It's been a crazy busy 8 months since our last Podcast. A lot has happened and we can't quite comprehend that we are now classed as a 'Unicorn Brand' 🦄
Noel and I wanted to talk over all of the details of signing the billion-dollar deal and what it means for us as a company. I've had a lot of questions and assumptions regarding the deal which I hope I have cleared up here.
As always thank you for all of your support. Let us know of any topics you might want us to talk about in another podcast.
Timestamps
00:00 Intro
01:24 True Geordie Podcast
02:33 Becoming a Unicorn Brand
07:21 Did we take our eye off the ball?
08:56 Attention after the deal & celebrity status
12:13 Making money
14:36 Paul & Steve selling shares
15:53 Lewis deciding to sell
18:59 The board becoming shareholders
21:28 Do you have a billion pounds in your bank account?
23:22 Did you do Gymshark for the money?
25:39 Wanting to be involved in the fitness industry
27:30 How long it took us to achieve unicorn status & not borrowing money
29:44 Life 3/4 months after the deal
30:55 Revealing the shareholding structure
32:16 Setting an example to young entrepreneurs
35:00 Advice based on the Gymshark journey
36:02 What are you more fearful of?
36:56 Outro/Roundup
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Dude you're a literal inspiration to so many people. You're going so fast and your mindset is impeccable.
@dananderson8641
3 жыл бұрын
100% it’s the “be part of something bigger than me” for me.
@lookintothesky123
3 жыл бұрын
This is what can happen if you dont focus your energy on being a drop shipping mmo guru.
@karimalami4149
3 жыл бұрын
@@lookintothesky123 killed it
End of 2021: How I grew Gymshark into a 10 billion dollar company!
With young leaders like this, our future is bright!
Very inspiring. Coming from someone who also has autism, hearing you’re also autistic from the true G podcast..and building a huge brand, is super inspiring as someone who’s trying to built their own empire. 😃
I love how open, honest and raw this is! All the questions everyone was thinking was answered! Absolutely wicked video guys 🙌🏼
Just a guy here in his mid 30's listening to a young guy. Inspiration comes in all form, shapes and sizes and yes from younger ones too ❤
Thanks for being so transparent Ben, a man of his word giving back! The Format of this interview is refreshing. Have a great Christmas guys!
As a final year Marketing student, I can't emphasise enough how valuable it is to hear these insights from you guys, it helps people like myself with fairly limited industry experience to really plan and prepare for the start of our careers - thankyou!
Love how humble and down to earth you are Ben. Gymshark is the sucess story we all need :)
You are awesome dude! Whenever I feel like somethings not going well I watch a video and feel so inspired and it gives me the drive to just push through, keep being awesome it amazing to see how far you've come!
I love how humble you're, your transparent... Just love you man!
Mate, this is amazing. I'm so grateful for your uploads.
Love this interview, leaving inspired.
The hyper focus is so admirable. I needed this today thanks guys super amazing and I love how candid you were
Going back to the enthusiasm and drive within the whole team, the energy starts at the top. I think your team and people that watch these conversations can just see you have a big heart. Kind people shine. Good man 🙏
Ben, love the effort and dedication you put into everything you do. You are true inspiration🙏
Another insanely inspiring video, thanks Ben & Noel! A huge fan of this format as well. Like Noel says - far better than just watching a screen-recording of a Zoom call (shout out to James for the amazing editing yet again haha!)
Really enjoyed how you filmed this and found the content so helpful and inspirational. So much food for thought and just makes me love gymshark even more 💙🦈
Love watching your videos and learning from your journey! A true inspiration 🙌🏻
Ben is by far one the most inspirational entrepreneurs out there... you need to write a book!! 👏🏼Truly an inspiration
Love seeing a few guys just chat about life and talk shop. Greta job in displaying how you’ve grown as an individual and finding what your strengths were. I think most folks try and wear so many hats when they should have brought on help many years prior. Keep up the great work everyone at Gymshark!
absolutely loved your podcast! would love you to do another one. And would love another tour around your business again to see what's changed we all love you Ben France
This is fantastic as usual. Inspirational stuff. Thanks for keeping the content coming.
This story is sooo inspiring wow
Congrats! Thanks for sharing the journey of you and the company from start to present.
@24:05 when Noel said you should show that you're human he's bang on. It's far more relatable. Fantastic interview - really enjoyed it.
I thoroughly enjoyed this video, as I enjoy all of Ben's videos. I'm continually so blown away by Ben's transparency, intelligence, humility, eloquence, and moral compass. He is absolutely inspiring! Noel did an excellent job guiding the conversation. I look forward to more and more of these podcast style videos talking about what goes on behind the scenes in the business. I hope all Gymshark consumers watch this video and understand Ben's vision for the brand and all he does for it.
This is such a great insight lads. Please keep doing these! Love the editing and multiple cameras on this too! Love it
I am ashamed to say I never heard of gymshark until a month ago. Discovering your channel is one of the best things that have happened in 2020 and I look forward to learning about your business your business models, and gain further insight into your journey to success.You are a true role model.
This was so wonderful to watch. Definitely a very inspiring video
Loved the video as always, keep smashing it Ben and the gymshark team 👊
I wish I could be this succesful at such a young age. Ben is so inspiring :)
Noel did such a great job with running this & interviewing you, great job guys! LOVE this.
Great interview, very authentic. Shows not only the business intelligence that has been the catalyst for the growth of Gymshark, but also the applied wisdom at the heart of the company. Wishing you all the continued success going forward 👍
Brilliant video, thanks for the transparency and sharing your experiences. Whilst not my own brand I am a few years new in to B2B sales and a lot of what you said really sinks in and feels relevant to my day to day feelings and thoughts. Keep it up guys, you've absolutely smashed it and I can see it going even further
Well done lads! Keep them coming - Noel a local boy to where I grew up, great to see!!
What an incredibly humble, driven, hard working and inspirational person you are. 👌👏💪 I'm so inspired by the journey you've undertaken.
Nothing but admiration for what you and your team have achieved Ben...truly remarkable stuff. Well done!
Got to love Noel what a personality - Great vid so inspiring as always.
Incredible, an inspiration to all young entrepreneurs! Wish you and your team all the success in 2021 and future business 💫
Great podcast! Definetly looking forward to more of these in the future
Loving this lads! Really felt like I was in the zoom call with you.
Vast amount of value in this video. Thank you!
I love how you keep it real and authentic
Love it! Real energy rushed through the zoom call!
As a small business owner - this was super cool and interesting! I see why he wouldn’t want to sell his brand, the real joy comes from seeing the impact of your product/s do for society. I get a euphoric feeling everyday planning and watching my brand grow everyday, and I’m on a much much smaller scale than Ben - so imagine he has the same feeling times a 1000 😂 Thanks for sharing! Go gymshark 🙌🏽
Thanks guys, really loved this, so inspirational and educational !!!
Great interview with valuable information and lessons to learn. The format of the Podcast is absolutely beautiful than just screen recording
Congratulations 🎉 your podcast with TG was excellent, you’re a great business man.
Thanks a ton on the time stamps, very helpful
I always had the feeling to become an entrepreneur. This man showed me that everything is possible. Thank you for the inspiration!
Love when you post!!
Great podcast between to top lads Noel lay some good questions.Ben humble guy loving watching Gymshark journey .great to see and of worked at the hq.keep it up lads 👌🏾
Such an inspiring story - always humbling to see!
thanks for sharing this with us, Ben.
Thank you for your products they literally made me love working out. I went from a size 16 to a size 6 because gymshark made me love wearing my outfits for the gym. So thank you.
@kristinablagojevic3537
2 жыл бұрын
Amazing!
Good interview, humble and level headed, a boss that most people would like to work for.
Congratulations Ben!! 😁🙌
Keep it up like that! You are a huge inspiration to a lot of young entrepreneurs around the world.
This is the best podcast I've ever heard 👏🏻
There’s a lot of positive things to take from this for all of us whom have had ‘difficult’ business partners, difficult to the point they’ve sabotaged the business simply because it’s not ‘all’ about them, as things moved on they became less relevant and rather than move aside or collaborate they hit the destruction button. Great company, fantastic people 😁👍
Pair of legends. Incredible what you guys have achieved!
Your CBO is a star and a genius communicator!
Love this, great honesty
Ben this is pretty incredible. Well Done!
Amazing! love what you have achieved and that you continue to keep dreaming.
Thank you for not putting a shit ton of ads in this Ben. Thumbs up from me👍👍👍
Well done guys, This was a brilliant watch!
Love the emotions but I love more that you have given back to your management team. An ambition of mine that has always been if my business ever comes of anything. No better feeling than togetherness 🙏👊
Great insight, thx a lot and keep it up!
Great video. Love how this is edited
Loved it guy! Keep them coming !
So Humble, so real. Awsome work Ben and Team. Hope to cross paths one day.
I'm early stages with my drinks brand and love the chat around not focusing on raising money, but profit cycling to grow. Could you do a conversation focused on this? Personally, I'm determined to bootstrap, but so many areas for improvement in my business and I could do with additional help with, but can't afford to bring people in or outsource. Would be great to hear how you guys bridged this gap early on!
Inspirational thank you Ben
I Like this format it would be great to see other members of the team
Class content, would love to know more about outsourcing from the beginning - the trust aspect and full process in general 💥
Let's goooooooo can't wait for tomorrow
Such good vibes just watching such a video Ben So glad to be here and watch it! Maybe one day meet u! Working on my goal to be the frst gymshark athlete in india at 20 years that's nxt year so maybe like that one day I might meet you.
Ben, I really appreciate the honest conversations you are putting out more and more. It helps us who are grinding away with dreams to have our brands catch. I am 7 months in on Never Alone. my mental health initiative that I started after a bout of depression when my father died from cancer. I saw the mental health system in general did not help the vast majority of people. I am creating Never Alone to be a part of that change. I want mental health help to fall in line with physical health help... make it a daily conversation. Make it cool in areas, wear it proudly on your body with stylish clothes, bring it mainstream with social media. thank you for inspiring me -Tall Paul
Nice, I'm 36, I've been trying to create a brand for 20 years. Over lockdown I created one but i'm not sure how to advertise, create, etc etc. I know the brand is good. I love your business side bits. I'd love mentoring or even guidance.
Just seen on true Gordie podcast, what a great guy
So inspiring Ben. Great video.
Awesome podcast and so honest very inspiring
Amazing podcast!
i just love the fact you're from brum!
I really got a lot from this and, I expect more realisations will come. The initial one is, I am mind blown by what Gymshark has become and love the ethos of the company, but realise that my ambition is not to be a 'Unicorn' company, simply a multi, multi million UK business with great products and ethics, that has international customers. It,s my stage of life and I know it. Brilliant content fella's.
So much respect for all you do
Just wanted to shout out the editing on this badboy, to sync up the video call, with the footage from the secondary cameras is soo cool!!
@jamesperrett6022
3 жыл бұрын
Thank you Mike! Glad someone understands what a pain that was to do haha! Appreciate you taking the time to comment :D
more interviews!! this was great :)
Such a big inspiration! Still holding out for that interview 🙌🏻👨🏻💻👍🏻
We want more of this :-)
you are a great inspiration to me and I like how you make these videos to help young people like me to learn and impliment
YES! Love it
What I find fascinating about Gymshark is that though it is a massive name brand, it feels like a personal, small-business; this is all credit to Ben and makes me want to support Gymshark - it's great.
Inspiring millions fr!
Rumors say Ben has the biggest back in the UK
Ben is the 🐐 of the century
Awesome interview! Keep it up!
Really enjoyed listening to this