It's incredibly inspiring to see an ordinary person like yourself create a company like Gymshark from humble beginnings. It goes to show a positive attitude, good work ethic and embracing all opportunities can produce amazing results.
@Ben Francis Really enjoyed your video and love your brand. Looking for some feedback...can you take a look at my small business instagram.com/wristsource. Love to hear from you and your thoughts
@Ben Francis, if you are interested I'd love for you to check out our line for a potential collaboration. Rookie Rise Clothing. Love what you've done with your brand, keep it up!
you all prolly dont care but does someone know a way to get back into an instagram account? I stupidly lost my password. I appreciate any tips you can give me!
This is what I've been trying to find for years on UA-cam, some solid advice that doesn't want you to buy into schemes or give you just the generic responses. I love how open and honest you are when it comes to your content on the channel and of course love the products!
Cheers Alan! I really wanted to present something that would leave people with some actionable things they could do, rather than a more motivational style video. Glad you found it valuable :D
Same... I've been watching this video for like 200 times. I love his videos because he is soooooo f*cking real and authentic. Not like most of the ecom gurus whos trying to sell you a course or a mentorship. Nothing wrong with that. But I have been learning more from Ben Francis than most of these ecom courses. And I've bought a lot of them.
Ben is giving tremendous value through this video. Despite building an incredible company, he is humble enough to take the time and share his successes and failures to help out people who wanna launch their businesses. Once again, thank you so much for the value Ben and congratulations on what you've done with Gymshark You are a role model for a lot of young entrepreneurs
Alistair Hughes thanks man, I wanted it to have direct actions people could go and implement rather than as you say, something less tangible. Thanks for watching
For someone who is currently looking to start their own business this is so so so inspirational and motivating!🎉can’t wait to get to the drawing board! It also inspires me to get back in the gym and create content that I love surrounding fitness! We need more Ben’s in this world. Supporting and inspiring young people to do better and succeeded!🎉
Karla Neate since you're looking to get started, check out the Suuchi Podcast. It's an apparel manufacture that interviews entrepreneurs to get the key lessons as to what they did to build their brand. It might give you some ideas as you plan your launch
Lovin this. As a company director myself, I can empathise with all of the things said here. If it's not stressful in the beginning and you're going to be on-time every night, you're probably not growing a successful business. My business never felt like work when it was and still is growing, it's super exciting.
Thank you so much for this. Having started a business and failed a couple of times - I can honestly say your advice is sound. Picking myself up and starting again. These videos are a God send
You are like the only one that made a video or spoke about something different then most people do (lateral thinking right?) But you go deeper into the subjects you say/post, which is great. Most people who post ''how to grow your company'' or ''how to start your company'' just keep it to lets say ''5 things you need to know to start your business'' and then post 5 things you most of the time already know (cutting costs to make an example. Obviously you want to keep your costs low, anyone that want to start a business knows that). So this video was very informative on what you have done/learned to make your company. (like Photoshop, zendesk etc). You go deeper into things people need to actually know instead of the ''5 things everyone already told you to know''
Your story is goals a true legend in the history of fitness industry. More power to you and gymshark. Looking forward to meet you one day BEN!! #gymshark #beavisionary
Absolutely appreciate this video. From someone who is running a charity I founded two years ago, juggling being a town councillor to 18,000 plus people, working 40+hours a week and balancing all else that life comes with, this is information that reaffirms mentality and other aspects you've mentioned. Thank you.
This is an incredible video. I watched this before I finished university and now coming back to this having experienced working in a startup and wanting to pursue my own business has shone such a huge light for me on the emphasis of PURPOSE. A timeless video Ben keep up the awesome work 👏👏👏
This guy is the one of the best business man in the world by far. Anything is possible if you put your mind and heart in the thing you want to start. Have go yourself and see what i mean, business is not only the best thing that could happend to people, its also changes people lives in so many ways
This is one of the greatest videos on UA-cam regarding Business, complete opposite of the generic statements a lot of other business gurus give out, this is pure value, thank you Ben!
Ben, what a great and transparent Bloke. This guy evidently is genuine, and not trying to 'sell a course' to mimick his success strategy like all the rest of the content on youtube. You are transparent enough for those of us who want to know about your journey. We thank you for your efforts. No doubt hitting that subscribe button!
Loved it! Definitely going to watch this again later when I’m at the drawing board. I’m interested in making resistance bands, water bottles, and sports bras/upper body wear for women with really small breast like myself.
Ben, I found this video to be very helpful. I'm in the process of starting an ecommerce business based in Cheshire. The tools you mention will certainly help us to build the right foundations as we move towards our launch. Keep up the great work, thanks.
Top man. For those reading, would also like to add that these guys in the early years didn't live beyond their means in the early years. Such an important part of Ben's growth early on.
I'm 3 years into building my fitness class franchise and after many setbacks the ball is rolling now. Truly inspirational what you have done! Great advice, I've taken notes 🙌🏻
Big inspiration! I’m currently at that stage of designing, printing, sewing everything in my garage and it’s pretty hard atm! But trying to staying consistent with content and design
This mans insane!! Hopefully one day I’ll grow my brand to this scale! These tips were so so helpful 😁 by the time I’m 23 (2 years time) I want to make my company, Endless North, a million pound company! Thanks for the help Ben!!
I'm from Brazil and I live in France now. I met the gymshark products almost 2 years ago and the quality is impressive, it's miles from other big and famous brands. I'm happy to see a young guy like me building an empire. I'm a big fan of your brand/products!
Hey Ben, I truly align with your mission in "bringing people together" through fitness. I started similarly, with an engineering background but passion for fitness. Led me to create Bandit Gym smart gym, and we just launched on Kickstarter! Wanted to thank you for the inspo as we both continue to bring people together worldwide 💪
Dude....you’re really a good guy just for being able to share not a little, but the big amount of info you just gave out. That was one of the most helpful videos on creating your own business I’ve watched. Thanks giving much.
Started my clothing brand 1 year ago after watching Ben's original videos about gym shark, it's crazy how fast a year goes by...and the brand is doing great!
Amazing, absolute legend. For somebody this successful to be this down to earth and honest. Companies try their upmost to hide their "trade secrets" to not encourage competition to not help people progress. Really refreshing to see this attitude. Hopefully these tips will help me with my business
Founded a clothing brand based around overcoming mental health and building a community 7 months back after alot of personal experience with in that area and after a lot of inspiring videos one being your very first video about starting gymshark. This is exactly what I have been looking for to grow and answer some unknown questions. Thank you.
Hi Ben. This video reminds me when I was in college back during 2015. I used to work for IKEA and I used to love building furniture for customers, but at a lower price than IKEA. The point is I left decided to try to run my own business. The name of my assembly business that I was trying to start was very unique, but that only lasted 6-8 months. The ppl I worked with just didn't have the same vision as I did, so I kind of gave up on myself. I am go glad to see and hear your videos of how you first started out.
Ben, your stuff is such an inspiration. I appreciate that you put time and effort into these videos and give real practical advice. As a startup CEO your advice is going to be put into practice. 🙌
5:12 Ben can you do a full vlog dedicated to that - how you were with Shopify and then left Shopify & perhaps setup your own designed website and then what made you go back to Shopify?
LOVE THIS BRO! The way you talk is truly genuine. Been following gymshark over the years and it’s truly a blessing to see what it has become now. This is only a small piece of what’s to come for you and your venture. KEEP PUSHING AND INSPIRING OTHERS.
I believe that, when you start your business you won't get sales.. But i urge you to don't lose hope or give up. Keep working.. Where your mindset stands though your purpose or Vision.. Keep working That's where we are working with e-commerce companies, lots of people giveup in begin.. and we help thm to get salse though our strong and tested marketing strategy.. #RedPillsMedia #entrepreneurlife
Amazing video! So inspiring to see another entrepreneur... I'm starting my journey now, and it can be intimidating, but you've just got to stay focused
Very inspiring! Im an inventor of one gym portable equipment. I just launch this recently. My house is now my storage and workshop. Thanks for sharing this video.
Solid advice right there, so much better than any $1,000 "How to Get Rich" course from someone that actually makes money from owning a Business and not selling courses. Cheers Ben all the best in your life mate!
Such an inspiration! These are very helpful tips for someone looking to grow or even start their dream company. I'm obsessed with the brand overall, the clothing, the history, the athlete's ethics, the work, etc. It's great seeing a young entrepreneur exceeding goals and reaching outstanding results. You truly inspire others, thanks for sharing!
Don't forget to check out the next part in this series here! -
ua-cam.com/video/zXpD_ERK-tw/v-deo.html
It's incredibly inspiring to see an ordinary person like yourself create a company like Gymshark from humble beginnings. It goes to show a positive attitude, good work ethic and embracing all opportunities can produce amazing results.
@Ben Francis
Really enjoyed your video and love your brand. Looking for some feedback...can you take a look at my small business
instagram.com/wristsource.
Love to hear from you and your thoughts
So freaking inspirational 🙌🏻💛
@Ben Francis, if you are interested I'd love for you to check out our line for a potential collaboration. Rookie Rise Clothing. Love what you've done with your brand, keep it up!
you all prolly dont care but does someone know a way to get back into an instagram account?
I stupidly lost my password. I appreciate any tips you can give me!
This is what I've been trying to find for years on UA-cam, some solid advice that doesn't want you to buy into schemes or give you just the generic responses. I love how open and honest you are when it comes to your content on the channel and of course love the products!
Cheers Alan! I really wanted to present something that would leave people with some actionable things they could do, rather than a more motivational style video. Glad you found it valuable :D
This is what I've been searching for too! I'm a big fan of all the products and content as well 😁
Same... I've been watching this video for like 200 times. I love his videos because he is soooooo f*cking real and authentic. Not like most of the ecom gurus whos trying to sell you a course or a mentorship. Nothing wrong with that. But I have been learning more from Ben Francis than most of these ecom courses. And I've bought a lot of them.
Your editor deserves a raise
Ajdin Ahmetovic I thought this... the way he/she make this video flow so smoothly is crazy
Sorry, I have only just seen this! Thank you so much Ajdin and Max, that is really kind and I'm really glad you enjoyed the video!
Give that man a raise
@@makemoney3282 dude the logo tracks must have been so much work
Creative Sav I thought that bro
Now you're a billion-dollar business, so happy for you man. you seem so humble
Best video on UA-cam about business 🏆
Thomas Feenstra thanks man
Looks like you don't know where to look then lol
Ben is giving tremendous value through this video. Despite building an incredible company, he is humble enough to take the time and share his successes and failures to help out people who wanna launch their businesses.
Once again, thank you so much for the value Ben and congratulations on what you've done with Gymshark
You are a role model for a lot of young entrepreneurs
Not gonna lie, everytime I watch your videos it LITERALLY gives me chills. You are such an inspiration !
FitLife Win what’re the chills for?
when I become successful inshallah you will be remembered as one of my inspiers.
Thank you! All the best on your journey :D
I wish you the best, mate!
good luck mate!
Good luck buddy. Screenshot this comment for the future and frame it.
All the best mate
Excellent vid, actually informative and useful advice rather than generic sweeping statements about starting a business
Alistair Hughes thanks man, I wanted it to have direct actions people could go and implement rather than as you say, something less tangible. Thanks for watching
Great video Ben! Solid advice and the editing was 🔥
Cheers Jonny!
could not agree more
1. Have a clear purpose
2. Tools
- Shopify
- Illustrator
- Photoshop
- Zendesk
- Social media
3. Mindset
- ambitious
- lateral thinker
- self aware
- creative
- accountable
4. Ideas
Foundation: finance, taxes, hiring
For someone who is currently looking to start their own business this is so so so inspirational and motivating!🎉can’t wait to get to the drawing board!
It also inspires me to get back in the gym and create content that I love surrounding fitness! We need more Ben’s in this world. Supporting and inspiring young people to do better and succeeded!🎉
Cheers Karla!
He is truly inspirational! This truly does push me to continue my journey in creating my business
Karla Neate since you're looking to get started, check out the Suuchi Podcast. It's an apparel manufacture that interviews entrepreneurs to get the key lessons as to what they did to build their brand. It might give you some ideas as you plan your launch
I will give you supply or help you how to start your own clothesline brand
I think by far the best video for businesses with solid info and facts and very precise and not vague or general.
Awesome video Ben. Some solid advice. And once again, dope editing by James 🔥🔥
Lovin this. As a company director myself, I can empathise with all of the things said here. If it's not stressful in the beginning and you're going to be on-time every night, you're probably not growing a successful business. My business never felt like work when it was and still is growing, it's super exciting.
Thank you so much for this. Having started a business and failed a couple of times - I can honestly say your advice is sound. Picking myself up and starting again. These videos are a God send
it's like master degree in 13 minutes
You are like the only one that made a video or spoke about something different then most people do (lateral thinking right?)
But you go deeper into the subjects you say/post, which is great. Most people who post ''how to grow your company'' or ''how to start your company'' just keep it to lets say ''5 things you need to know to start your business'' and then post 5 things you most of the time already know (cutting costs to make an example. Obviously you want to keep your costs low, anyone that want to start a business knows that). So this video was very informative on what you have done/learned to make your company. (like Photoshop, zendesk etc). You go deeper into things people need to actually know instead of the ''5 things everyone already told you to know''
Your story is goals a true legend in the history of fitness industry. More power to you and gymshark. Looking forward to meet you one day BEN!! #gymshark #beavisionary
Absolutely appreciate this video. From someone who is running a charity I founded two years ago, juggling being a town councillor to 18,000 plus people, working 40+hours a week and balancing all else that life comes with, this is information that reaffirms mentality and other aspects you've mentioned. Thank you.
Great video quality, and great tips. Thank you for this.
All the best with the future of Gymshark and good luck!!
This is an incredible video. I watched this before I finished university and now coming back to this having experienced working in a startup and wanting to pursue my own business has shone such a huge light for me on the emphasis of PURPOSE. A timeless video Ben keep up the awesome work 👏👏👏
You are geniuenly a good human being, helping people will go a long way & you obviously understand that! Much love.
Do more vids like this! There's not many people like you on here.
Damn I really love the filmmaking in this video. Great whoever edited this and also amazing advice Ben. Thanks for taking the time to do this.
This guy is the one of the best business man in the world by far.
Anything is possible if you put your mind and heart in the thing you want to start.
Have go yourself and see what i mean, business is not only the best thing that could happend to people, its also changes people lives in so many ways
This is one of the greatest videos on UA-cam regarding Business, complete opposite of the generic statements a lot of other business gurus give out, this is pure value, thank you Ben!
Constantly amazes. Built an EMPIRE!
Such a great advice! Wish more business owners had such approach . Looks like Gymshark is the place to be ❤️❤️❤️ 💪💪💪
When I first this brand of gymshark it just blow my mind the clothing brand and stuff omg it soo amazing.
Ben, what a great and transparent Bloke. This guy evidently is genuine, and not trying to 'sell a course' to mimick his success strategy like all the rest of the content on youtube. You are transparent enough for those of us who want to know about your journey. We thank you for your efforts. No doubt hitting that subscribe button!
Loved it! Definitely going to watch this again later when I’m at the drawing board. I’m interested in making resistance bands, water bottles, and sports bras/upper body wear for women with really small breast like myself.
Ben, I found this video to be very helpful. I'm in the process of starting an ecommerce business based in Cheshire. The tools you mention will certainly help us to build the right foundations as we move towards our launch. Keep up the great work, thanks.
The editing is so amazing! Love the tips thanks.
Top man. For those reading, would also like to add that these guys in the early years didn't live beyond their means in the early years. Such an important part of Ben's growth early on.
I'm 3 years into building my fitness class franchise and after many setbacks the ball is rolling now. Truly inspirational what you have done! Great advice, I've taken notes 🙌🏻
Thats awesome! I think on a journey in building a business, there always room to learn and grow
@@kericwu thanks 🙌🏻 yes I couldn't agree with you more! Always a student in this game
Awesome! How are things going?
Big inspiration! I’m currently at that stage of designing, printing, sewing everything in my garage and it’s pretty hard atm! But trying to staying consistent with content and design
This mans insane!! Hopefully one day I’ll grow my brand to this scale! These tips were so so helpful 😁 by the time I’m 23 (2 years time) I want to make my company, Endless North, a million pound company! Thanks for the help Ben!!
I'm from Brazil and I live in France now. I met the gymshark products almost 2 years ago and the quality is impressive, it's miles from other big and famous brands. I'm happy to see a young guy like me building an empire. I'm a big fan of your brand/products!
Hey Ben,
I truly align with your mission in "bringing people together" through fitness.
I started similarly, with an engineering background but passion for fitness.
Led me to create Bandit Gym smart gym, and we just launched on Kickstarter!
Wanted to thank you for the inspo as we both continue to bring people together worldwide 💪
Dude....you’re really a good guy just for being able to share not a little, but the big amount of info you just gave out. That was one of the most helpful videos on creating your own business I’ve watched. Thanks giving much.
Thank you for this video. Pragmatic straight to the point no bullshit advice
this was one of the most open, honest conversations I’ve ever clicked on. Thanks so much for this Ben!
Thank you youtube for reccommending this channel. And thank you Ben for the content. 🙏🙏
Just discovered you! Please don’t ever stop making videos like this you’re the best!!
I won't! I'm glad you enjoyed it, part 2 about hiring staff is also on the channel!
Giving back to the community! So good! Telling us *EXACTLY* what goes behind the scenes! Thank you man! 🙌
This literally deserves a million views plus
If so many people were actually invested in this type of information we’d have a lot more millionaires
You are an absolute legend. Thanks so much for the work and transparency you put into this series.
Thank you so much for your precious sharing. It's really inspiring!
Started my clothing brand 1 year ago after watching Ben's original videos about gym shark, it's crazy how fast a year goes by...and the brand is doing great!
Amazing, absolute legend. For somebody this successful to be this down to earth and honest. Companies try their upmost to hide their "trade secrets" to not encourage competition to not help people progress. Really refreshing to see this attitude. Hopefully these tips will help me with my business
Founded a clothing brand based around overcoming mental health and building a community 7 months back after alot of personal experience with in that area and after a lot of inspiring videos one being your very first video about starting gymshark.
This is exactly what I have been looking for to grow and answer some unknown questions.
Thank you.
Hi Ben. This video reminds me when I was in college back during 2015. I used to work for IKEA and I used to love building furniture for customers, but at a lower price than IKEA. The point is I left decided to try to run my own business. The name of my assembly business that I was trying to start was very unique, but that only lasted 6-8 months. The ppl I worked with just didn't have the same vision as I did, so I kind of gave up on myself. I am go glad to see and hear your videos of how you first started out.
so sad bro
Thank you so much for your best advice. I am looking for some encouragement as I am a new you tuber. I will dive deeply into your advice
My prayers have been answered! Love that you are happy to pass on your advice on how to be successful. Speaks a lot about your character!
Ben, your stuff is such an inspiration. I appreciate that you put time and effort into these videos and give real practical advice. As a startup CEO your advice is going to be put into practice. 🙌
This is so true! I use these tools for my brand!
Great video Ben! Thanks so much for taking the time to do these.
Thanks, already looking forward to recording more!
How does this have only 123K views? BEST video I have watched regarding the initial tools needed for starting a business
5:12 Ben can you do a full vlog dedicated to that - how you were with Shopify and then left Shopify & perhaps setup your own designed website and then what made you go back to Shopify?
So helpful ! I can’t wait for the series and get my business running !
Thanks Andrea!
That was actually the most helpful video i've seen on youtube on how to start your business!! Thanks Ben!
Looking forward to the future vids. Excellent content and kudos to the video editor
This is informative, thank you so much Ben…you really inspire me.
LOVE THIS BRO! The way you talk is truly genuine. Been following gymshark over the years and it’s truly a blessing to see what it has become now. This is only a small piece of what’s to come for you and your venture. KEEP PUSHING AND INSPIRING OTHERS.
This video is pure gold....
Thank you ben for doing this... you are the modern hundreds million dollar company owner that I really look up to
Thanks for dropping these goldmines
You are such an inspiration. Thanks for everything 😊
You are goals! Thank you for passing your knowledge to us! I appreciate u
Thank you for this video! Best one I’ve seen on UA-cam
I believe that, when you start your business you won't get sales..
But i urge you to don't lose hope or give up. Keep working..
Where your mindset stands though your purpose or Vision..
Keep working
That's where we are working with e-commerce companies, lots of people giveup in begin.. and we help thm to get salse though our strong and tested marketing strategy..
#RedPillsMedia #entrepreneurlife
Sveiks brolau ira bėda gali sužlugdyti verslą. Iš gausime sportinė apranga stilinga! 🤗❤️👍👍👍👍👍
godbless to you and to the gymshark family more blessings to come and huge congratulations to your success!!
Hi Ben well done - I agree taxes and paperwork are such a pain - and being organized is key.
Absolutely amazing advice, ty! Looking forwards to all your videos. Really inspired by you.
I don't even wanna start my own business but I genuinely really enjoy your videos!
Whoever does the UA-cam videos for Gymshark better be getting paid some serious coin... because the editing is some of the best on UA-cam
*Awesome video Ben! Never stop learning and learning how to learn efficiently have been big lessons in my journey*
Hi Ben I have just started your journey and I will be using this as an insperation
We need more ❤pls Business style videos
Amazing video! So inspiring to see another entrepreneur... I'm starting my journey now, and it can be intimidating, but you've just got to stay focused
You have true grit 🔥 and the purpose is sooo important
Awesome, genuine and straight honest business sharing. Great 👍👍
Ridiculously good tips which we had from the start ! We would vouch for PS and illustrator ! First tools we used !
This video is amazing! You explain it so well! I’m hoping to see more business related advice videos😊
Much respect for your work. You inspire. Thanks for the video 🔥
The best content I've seen in a very long time, brilliant stuff Ben, thank you!
Thank you so much for this video as an 18 year old entrepreneur you inspire me so much!
Please continue to make these videos, they are amazing!!
Very inspiring! Im an inventor of one gym portable equipment. I just launch this recently. My house is now my storage and workshop. Thanks for sharing this video.
So much free value and content in this video! I sincerely appreciate it Ben! Awesome work and great editing skills!!
Great advice brub 🙏🏿
Wow - what an amazing story! Congratulations for such amazing growth and brand creation
always providing value. Thanks Ben!
Thanks for the video! Working on my own business start right now.
Hi Ben, thanks for taking time out to film this, very crucial concepts that you've explained from your wealth of experience!
Solid advice right there, so much better than any $1,000 "How to Get Rich" course from someone that actually makes money from owning a Business and not selling courses. Cheers Ben all the best in your life mate!
Such an inspiration! These are very helpful tips for someone looking to grow or even start their dream company. I'm obsessed with the brand overall, the clothing, the history, the athlete's ethics, the work, etc. It's great seeing a young entrepreneur exceeding goals and reaching outstanding results. You truly inspire others, thanks for sharing!
Dope video Ben, with fantastic editing.
Shout out to the post production crew on this video. Some serious work gone in to this!
I tip my hat!
Thank you for the support and I'm really glad you noticed :D