HOW YOU CAN SCALE YOUR BUSINESS FAST: 1 TO 400 STAFF IN 7 YEARS | Gymshark

[@BenFrancis]

I hope this adds some value to your day (and business) at a crazy time! Please don't forget to subscribe and like the video! I was conflicted about uploading the video now given what's going on in the world, but I thought given everyone will be spending a lot of time at home in isolation, hopefully this can add some value to your day!

[@floriandunst7293]

Ben Francis You‘re such a huge inspiration for me! Thank you for your business content and all you advices!🙏🏼

[@faisaldurr]

Wow.... such an insightful video as always. I love it when I get a notification of your video upload, watch it, watch it 5 more times and then breakdown the advice and think of how I can implement it in my business. Keep em coming Ben. You are doing a great service sharing your experiences.

[@Strugoals]

Thank you so much brother! I really enjoy learning more about how much you have grown along side with your business. You make great business videos about your company and give out tone of great business advice. My goal is to have a great clothing company as massive as your here in the next 5-8 years. Continue doing well my brother & wish you all the best success! Stay safe out there with this coronavirus going around.🙏💪🏽

[@Aortwo]

Thank you Ben

[@fredrikankarskold3671]

Would love to know more. Do you Ben have any book recommendations for how to structure the team hierarchy and the structure of the business?

[@ecompaulw]

Imagine if Phil Knight documented and shared, in video form, the creation and growth of Nike, or Steve Jobs put out videos while building Apple. This is what Ben is doing for the generations to come. Unreal.

[@ButtrflyEffect]

I only watch his videos to like your comments. I have a bhsiness startup in CBD. Bens comments on vision and finding like minded people speaks volumes. Want to speak or discuss this venture with me?

[@warrenwest6884]

Well Phil knight launched a book about his journey ...

[@ecompaulw]

@@warrenwest6884 I'm very aware of shoe dog. I've read it. It was a brilliant read. But reading the story in retrospect is one thing - actually getting to watch a brand like this created and grown/scaled/evolved in real time is something else entirely. Imagine being able to open a Phil Knight KZbin channel, and click on hundreds of videos that show Phil setting up blue ribbon, meeting with the Japanese, creating early products. So my point stands, this is what guys like Ben are doing for the next generations.

[@mauricegrommes638]

Paul Winslow 100%! 🔥🔥

[@itriskymagic6704]

Too many SCAMMERS here

[@nicolehernandez11]

I’m so happy I came across your KZbin. My business is growing fast and your advice is helping me a lot.

[@maanny_maldo]

Please talk about coronavirus. How it’s affected your business, the culture at home office, sales, what changes you’ve had to make logistically, how you’ve had to keep composure as a leader during times of uncertainty, how to act ethically and keep your staff paid during this time! That would be sooo insightful

[@Rahmmm]

The way you talk about Gymshark is so inspiring. I literally get chills to work even harder and become part of the team! Well done again Ben really inspiring!

[@ebonijohnson4442]

I love watching your videos. They're so different from what everyone else is doing on KZbin and I feel like we can get a true sense about how genuine you really are when it comes to your business and the community that you've created within it. I'm here for it because its motivation!

[@aliciawil7118]

Fantastic)) The company ideology and HR department is the most important when it comes to this. At my current work, we have a problem. Half of the team decided to write to HR department to find a solution to be able to work without pressure, anxiety and constant mental control. We've been waiting for 2 months and a half now. You try to contact them, there is just ignorance. Now with this corona-virus situation, it's all incredibly disorganised. It's surprising it's a huge company. I'm very glad you emphasise the importance of having a good team and employees. It's so important for the workers to actually feel like they are contributing to a company and their work is valued. Happy for you and the whole team at Gymshark. Great work!

[@GeorgeJProperty]

Such a pure, organic and transparent business. I have absolutely enjoyed the journey of GymShark and watching your videos!

[@shaiska]

you guys realize that ben is currently the ONLY owner of a valued billion-dollar business giving away real business gems on youtube? it's amazing really, thanks for the free advice ben!

[@bigstones5710]

This young man is a total inspiration,im skeptical about youtubers but ben ticks all the boxes humble beyond belief im lost for words please god he will become bigger than nike and addidas,and i would love to see gym shark on the front of the all the the major sports kits around the world,breath of fresh air👍👍👍

[@jackflynn5892]

you are an inspiration Ben

[@BenFrancis]

Cheers Jack!

[@you---can---do---it---23]

I don't want to build my own business I want to join yours 🥺

[@andyagus8271]

You are not trying to sell anything but right now, i want to buy your product.

[@Robin.Francis]

Love this video. Your humility and how you invest and trust in others is the most inspiring part of you. I’m so proud of everything you and Gymshark have achieved, can’t wait for what’s to come!!! Ly ❤️

[@BenFrancis]

Thank you so much sweetheart, love you!

[@SigmalogicUkDesign]

@@BenFrancis ​ Hi Ben , i'm a business man and a bodybuilder with a vision , i truly believe in your brand and i want to open a shop and to become GymShark authorized retailer! who should i speak with ? Where i can contact you mate ? thanks

[@ASSYRISKALOVER]

It's crazy how we are being able to follow and get the insights into the foundations of Gymshark's success, for free!! Some really good valuable golden nuggets in this. More please! And on point editing! Cheers Ben and the team.

[@ZaneMarshallOfficial]

You're such an inspiration Ben. Well done on everything you have achieved with Gymshark. Incredible to see such a young guy dominnating the game.

[@HorizorLoL]

Great stuff Ben, you're the man! Please don't make me wait 7 months for the next part this stuff is gold.

[@robdavy4468]

Hey Ben, do you know at what point you went from being a leader *and* a do'er, to mostly or only being a leader? When did you stop "touching" things in your business, doing "tasks", etc? Was there a tipping point or a trigger? And do you think you did that at the right time, or too late? In my business (5 years old, 30 people, 2 locations), I am still "doing" lots of things - partly because they bring me joy, but partly because I feel I'm the best person to do them still. I'm sure you can relate! Thanks in advance

[@philipx77]

Rob Davy I can completely relate! It would be great if he answers it.

[@RonNelson09]

keep them coming Ben!. i love the straight forward information without the fluff you tend to get from other channels. Thank you for paying it forward.

[@abikhan]

Thanks for sharing this Ben! Really love how honest you are about mistakes and how you care that people fit your long term vision. Edits are epic, shout out to the videographer / editor !

[@ritikisrani]

Hey Ben, I have been learning and tryna take in all your advises about an young entrepreneur, I am building my own brand hopefully goes well, you've been a great inspiration for a young lad like myself. Cheers to you helping me and other out with your tips. ❤️🙏

[@Jesse_Lane]

This is absolutely amazing! Super impressive.

[@braedenwesley8785]

Hey Ben! Thanks for sharing this. Great tips for us and where we are currently at. I'm CEO at a startup that just celebrated 2 years since launch and we have 7 full time staff and are ready to go to the next level. I will be putting this into practice. 👍🤙

[@stuartdoyle99]

Thanks a lot for the video Ben, I’ve learnt a lot from this series so far. The main thing it’s done is give me a kick up the butt! I’m going to use this ‘self isolating’ time wisely. Cheers mate

[@craigjames4343]

This guy is a true inspiration!

[@jamespotter6379]

Mental, you were on 130 when I was at GSHQ last. Would be great if people could do tours and see how things have changed and developed. A way to feel a part of the team even if they aren’t officially

[@BenFrancis]

It's been a crazy few years!!!

[@jackdavidwright]

Epic. So glad you decided to start KZbin Ben!!

[@CarftCrO0K]

Honestly I really enjoy your videos Ben, the more I watch your content the more I realize how Gymshark is going to grow and become an even more successful company! Just finished reading The fish that ate the Whale (about Sam Zemurray) and it looks like you look at your business in a similar way! Would recommend reading that book too, don't recall seeing it on your bookshelf

[@hcsgadgets3981]

Great video, I find building structure within my business so hard due to the implications of cost mostly, your video has given me a better insight of what I should be doing.

[@tommyers6789]

Excuse my language but these videos are fucking amazing! The way the gymshark culture and delegation of teams and tasks shows the collaboration the company makes. Is there any video that you could make on the biggest mistakes when first starting and the way you reflected on those Ben? Or if there is a plan to where gymshark wants to go in the next 4 quarters/ 4 years. Also do you have a voice of customer team (voice of customer analysts). This is something I really aspire to bring to gymshark in the future if the opportunity was to arise.

[@AlexandraWoodBespoke]

I love your story. Running a business is mentally and physically challenging for sure. You're an inspiration! Im taking all of your thoughts on business on board, so thank you. Alexandra

[@haziqanuar01]

You're my inspiration, thank you 🌟

[@itshardy8938]

Love your honesty and transparancy. Well done mate, keep it up!

[@IsaMutlib]

LOVED This. Timely for my business.

[@BenFrancis]

Thank you mate! Hope you're good!

[@Strugoals]

Thank you so much brother! I really enjoy learning more about how much you have grown along side with your business. You make great business videos about your company and give out tone of great business advice. My goal is to have a great clothing company as massive as your here in the next 5-8 years. Continue doing well my brother & wish you all the best success! Stay safe out there with this coronavirus going around.🙏💪🏽

[@luisgabrielgomez5409]

Congratulations Ben. Great video and very inspiring your tips and story!

[@thomasf6669]

Another great video Ben! Thank you. Would love to see more about the start of Gymshark, like making the first sales and the strategies you made in the first couple of years.

[@ozilchauhan2.0]

World is safe because we have Ben❤️

[@ly8585]

Great advice, thanks for sharing Ben. Truly inspirational.

[@theexplorerssociety.advent8712]

Super inspiring Ben 🙏 Can you share the story of how you initially got in contact with the KZbinrs and the basis for that relationship. What has allowed you to keep these relationships going so long and what makes them so genuine rather than the countless transactional relationships many brands have with their influencers.

[@kjellc]

Great advice🙏 Like these types of videos. You are an Inspiration

[@BenFrancis]

Thank you!

[@kjellc]

Ben Francis 😄 Also liked the Podcast you did

[@joshpalmer775]

Such a great an insightful video as always, one day I hope to be part of the team!

[@blajorst]

Very inspiring video. Congratulations Ben on you and Gymshark massive success. I just hope one of my job applications get considered one day :)

[@gurpsSingh-bh4py]

This guy is great for giving these insights

[@geagsfit2386]

Absolutely loved the video mate!! Very helpful!!

[@374willyd]

You'll love a book called 'outliers' by Malcolm Gladwell. He speaks a lot about putting in a lot of work and pure luck of the people you meet/ your situation growing up. Sounds very similar to the points you were concluding on.

[@סמדרברבן]

Well done for the way you did, how you set up your own company and how you keep innovating all the time. Surely you are the next thing in the world of sports and fashion. In love with your sportswear. Addicted to you.👏👏👏❤️🐬🐬

[@rianmcdermott1787]

Great video, inspiration to watch... Always gain alot of knowledge from your videos 👌🏻

[@lpmrloveyourjob5209]

You probably won't remember Ben, but I met you at the very confident/verging on cocky stage of your growth as a person (understandable with what you've achieved; with a lovely Lauren Valler and a chicken restaurant)..so it's very nice to see you have definitely reigned yourself in and you come across really well in these videos. Having started my own gig a couple of years ago, this is a really helpful video. Obviously, I'm offering a service (marketing recruitment) not a tangible, do you think there's room for a more modern e-commerce approach to recruitment? Maybe add to basket areas of the process? Otherwise, Shopify isn't really essential for me. I'm dying to tear up the recruitment world as a challenger brand to the boring corps but I'm still trying to work out how. Your input would be really welcomed :) All the best with GS.

[@jv4nderh4m]

Thanks for this Ben, very insightful!

[@petemaunderhoops]

Awesome stuff Ben! How do you find Steve and Paul and how did you go about finding the right guys for those positions?

[@DreamSnype]

How / where did you find your first key employees that really changed and benefited Gymshark?

[@Spaffboy]

Are you doing more of these? Love them

[@chewd329]

Love this 💯💯💯💯

[@fynnschafer2510]

Thanks for this awesome video. You are a real role model 🙏

[@philgambeck]

Thank you for these videos ben.

[@manny_frometa]

Brother please share more you got so much to offer

[@shaan9x]

Very helpful From India

[@SlayNetwork]

Slay Quality

[@etienne2374]

Great Video Ben 👍🏻💪🏽😃

[@markabraham7381]

I love the content & appreciate the detail you go into. However its usually the positive stuff at Gymshark. I'm guessing your content is to help people. A question I've always had is what happened with your now silent partner Lewis? He owns a huge percentage and really doesn't do anything. Was that a legal mistake you made early on being naive? Or any lessons you can pass on picking a co founder?

[@TheBritishActingCoach]

More women, more women, more women! Didn't see many ladies heading those microphones and meetings ;-)

[@sindrehellesmark9866]

Any plans on releasing a lifestyle line back to gymshark? The EAZE collection was in the day was fire!

[@lindawhitmore]

I liked it a lot, thank you

[@fattouhayoub7746]

Thank you for you free tips thank you so so so so so much that will help any new entrepreneur

[@ahmedsquare8291]

Why you don’t have gym in London

[@stephanembarga2773]

Thank you Ben your are my model from France

[@jordannathaniel7604]

Compete with lulu lemon by utilizing similar materials, giving guys more options and minimizing your logo on the sweaters and gear. Just a suggestion if I had the capital!!!’

[@birdapp]

Thank you for this 🙏🏼

[@optimusprime699]

how did you afford it financially? did you offer equity to build your team, r pay them? Did you wait until you was at a certain revenue?

[@terrellburgess7558]

How much and when did you start paying yourself? Before/after you hired staff?

[@BenFrancis]

After the first few staff, I can't remember exactly but I think it was after the business was about 2 years old

[@surgicalcapscom]

Boom Bang go big

[@zippyman818]

From an idea, proof of concept, home-based hobby, lifestyle business, worldwide brand. It's not a straight path. Gymshark poised to be a 1B$ brand this year.

[@hassan123456killa]

Not with Coronavirus looming unfortunately. These next 15 months will be very challenging times particularly for larger companies relying on third party infrastructure.

[@zippyman818]

@@hassan123456killa Gymshark has the cash and non-perishable inventory to come out of this situation okay and back to growing... or the world will become nothing but isolated villages slowly dying.

[@Yoooooo0909]

what do you do with the warehouses concerning the corona virus?

[@michelkassi3927]

Hey Ben! Thank you for sharing such incredible value. I just wanted to ask if we have to choose between talent/competences and personality/values, what would you advise please? Thanks again:)

[@1618-b2p]

Genuinely

[@lmartin3761]

Thanks Ben

[@VinayJain-df6if]

Please Can you make Playlist

[@buyanwune]

Hey Ben, at what point did you recognise it was time to hire/grow your team? I am just starting out my e-commerce business and I've already recognised there are some areas (back end website user experience and marketing etc.) that I struggle with. When did you know it was the right time to hire and not try to self learn?

[@pratikkhanna3182]

Hey Ben , Right Now i am doing Bachelors in Commerce ( 2nd Yr) And doing ACCA with it . The issue is i am not interested in ACCA and want to be working in Marketing ,Finance and Investment . Please , need Tips on what should i go for after my Bachelors and what should i be working on during by degree . PLEASE HELP

[@jacobbradsher8246]

Thank you!

[@billymaguire1860]

Why isn’t the app live

[@patriciabaker5515]

interesting thanks

[@knightedcorgisports]

You’re an angel

[@northpropertygroup]

Did anyone else notice their car park is designed in the shape of their logo? 6:35 - You can tell that this company thinks about everything down to the smallest detail

[@chubbec]

Interesting to see there is a word for someone who's different - 'culture fucker'. I'd argue that its good to have different people from different backgrounds with different opinions. Wouldn't this be the best way to create a truly modern and creative work environment? I appreciate how far Ben has come and how well the company is doing but I don't like when things seem almost incestuous. I understand Gymshark has a target audience but this is such an in-house/corporate way of doing things. I would say that I have been a 'culture fucker' at a company in the past, and I have been self conscious about not fitting the workplace criteria. I would say for the right reasons however. I abandoned ship before things got really bad and now work with a company where staff are treated fairly and the directors are sensitive to peoples needs. This way I can share the brand idea and help envisage and create its future. The company I left are now doing extremely poorly, and unfortunately for my friends and ex-colleagues that still work there, they now share my original feelings. To put it bluntly... the cultures fucked.

[@mrg3627]

What about the manufacturing? Do you do it in-house or external?

[@me-me-me-me-me]

I don't know them, I'd like to know if they made some innovative product or service or if it's 100% marketing, thank you

[@epsrugiwara3965]

Hey Ben, I just turned 24 and have a "lifestyle" business, we have done $1.5 Million in our first 12 months, I have 4 employees + my co-founder but we really don't know what next steps to take from a hiring perspective, I would be honoured if you could mentor me and let me pick your brains for half an hour! It would help us tremendously and you are a huge inspiration to us. Thanks for reading, Elliot

[@olivergilpin]

EPS Rugiwara hey Elliot, check out Ray Dalio - he has a useful approach of Values, Abilities Skills. Then Jeff Bezos does as well.

[@olivergilpin]

I’m at $400k/year FYI, so not a total newbie providing advice

[@samuelrichards9690]

I'll give you some pre workout if you let me workout in the gym

[@saurabhadak5561]

Any chance launch Gymshark in India?

[@harvey9508]

is it ok if im 13 and i understand very little bits of this

[@BeckyClementss]

👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@khalidabbas6924]

What team i need if i´m startup

[@hvssan]

"Don't be a dickhead" 😂😂😂

[@typhoon3s943]

Next video is 400 to 1 staff because Coronavirus

[@FinalPattern11]

I had to turn this off because of the audio

[@AliBabaVlogsSub]

Can u be my mentor 😢 I need an mentor

[@relaxtea5627]

Massive ageism issue with this business… no main workers much over 30

[@J3ssICFl]

Thank you so much for sharing your technique and experience. This will open all the stubborn eyes. This is one of the best business improvement guide. Thankful for a good soul like you 🙏🏼🏋🏼‍♀️👼🏼 ig acc : cushypineapple