Ben Francis Opens Up About Gymshark Success

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💪 BEN FRANCIS 🦈
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 🤑) 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 ⏱
00:00 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
About:
The High Performance Podcast offers an intimate glimpse into the lives of high-achieving, successful individuals. It doesn’t matter where our guest has excelled - in sport, music, business or entertainment - they all have first-hand experiences and lessons to share. Find out what non-negotiable behaviours they employed to get them to the top, and keep them there.
Hosting every conversation is sports broadcaster Jake Humphrey and leading organisational psychologist Professor Damian Hughes. Jake is currently BT Sport’s Premier League anchor and former face of BBC’s Formula One coverage. Damian continues to work with leading sports organisations and teams to create a high performing culture.
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@toyinviola 3 жыл бұрын

This is one of the best podcast episodes I’ve ever listened to! I need to listen to this again because once wasn’t enough! Such insightful questions were asked and Ben’s humility and transparency is always so admirable

@noblesleem1077 Жыл бұрын

The one that got me hooked was the one with BHA CEO, Paul Barber

@lisaemmajones7655 7 ай бұрын

gymshark is crap gear for gym wannabes

@sacdaabdurhman 3 жыл бұрын

“We need to accept that we won’t always make the right decisions, that we’ll screw up royally sometimes - understanding that failure is not the opposite of success, it’s part of success.” Keep grinding sharing some positivity with ya all

@mgibn07 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic gents. I am an entrepreneur and these session have helped me a great deal throughout my brief journey. More please.

@HighPerformancePodcast 3 жыл бұрын

Our pleasure!

@LeonWestmoreland 2 жыл бұрын

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!

@sancourtier5029 2 жыл бұрын

I have listened to this twice now and the one thing that comes across is his focus & being humble & fantastic listen ❤️❤️👏👏

@psyched91 2 жыл бұрын

Unbelievable that this has only 6k views... Great content, thanks!

@duncanallan1993 2 жыл бұрын

Great Interview lads, such an interesting watch. Ben Francis is a top man

@jamesspence4511 2 жыл бұрын

Quality. Still being so switched on about his own shortcomings while having the success he has at that age is phenomenal.

@asabentley1 2 жыл бұрын

So much to take from this. The big takeaway is solid core values that outlast any startup phase 🚀

@NeonTig3rzA7X 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, my mental thoughts of “Ben Francis needs to get on this podcast” came through, fascinating guy and story.

@stuartreynolds9362 2 жыл бұрын

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! We’ll done.

@lisaemmajones7655 7 ай бұрын

gymshark is for gym wannabes

@mandyfoster3219 2 жыл бұрын

Life changing videos!! Thank you so much

@andysimpson1412 2 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed that episode, going to share with my 19 yer old son who has a dream of having his own business.

@TheWeightOutdoors 9 ай бұрын

“Exceeds expectations and performs greater than the average” 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 “studio” 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, I’ve 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.

@iamrichlol 2 ай бұрын

Gymshark*

@Mh-zj7og 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic podcast, loved the insight

@benmenneken1854 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this amazingly valuable interview!

@Airwane 2 жыл бұрын

This was great !!!

@SebastianSoreanu 2 жыл бұрын

Great interview!

@damian47210 2 жыл бұрын

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.

@ivanbenisscott 3 жыл бұрын

Nice studio boys!

@Airwane 2 жыл бұрын

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