Gymshark, every mention
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every year anyone Guy Raz 36Ben Francis 10Ikechukwu (Ike) Agwebu 1
Verbatim, from the transcripts: the passages where Gymshark comes up
Gymshark: Ben Francis. From pizza delivery to billion-dollar fitness brand.
- ▶ 0:17 Guy Raz Like, what is this Gymshark thing? 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 2:52 Guy Raz And when those lifters started wearing Ben's new brand, Gymshark, it didn't grow, it exploded. 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 12:11 Guy Raz And you called it, you called it Gymshark from the beginning? 4 times in the scene
- ▶ 15:07 Ben Francis Obviously, there was a Gymshark Facebook page and lifting pages.
- ▶ 22:50 Guy Raz Just wear Gymshark stuff and, and be at our booth?
- ▶ 25:47 Guy Raz Like, what is this Gymshark thing? 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 28:52 Guy Raz So, it's 2013, and with the help of some YouTube influencers, Gymshark sells a ton of tracksuits and t-shirts at the annual Body Power Expo. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 32:53 Ben Francis That's when we brought in our first, essentially the first Gymshark staff. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 43:04 Ben Francis The first trip we ever did to the US, um, with Gymshark, we flew to the Arnold event in Columbus, Ohio.
- ▶ 46:44 Ben Francis I guess physique hugging fit, but you can also knit designs into the product itself, and that was a big moment for us when we found out about that, because we could knit in, uh, almost like a darker color over the chest, over the shoulders… 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 49:02 Ben Francis Gymshark had a lot of attention because of it being a very public brand. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 51:36 Guy Raz So it's 2015, and even though Gymshark is now a multi-million dollar business, there's trouble at the top.
- ▶ 53:46 Guy Raz Did you start to think about, hey, I want, this is what I want Gymshark to be. 7 times in the scene
- ▶ 58:43 Guy Raz I mean, you still are super young, and now you're very experienced, which is awesome, but, but as you're sort of building the brand, right, and building the company, just inadvertently by accident, you have to also become a leader of… 3 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:01:50 Guy Raz That year, you also had a private equity firm acquire a 21% stake in the brand, General Atlantic. 7 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:07:57 Ben Francis And then by doing that, it allows us to work with the best lifters, whether it's Samson, I mean, Chris Bumstead, Ryan Terry, all the best lifters wear Gymshark. 2 times in the scene
- ▶ 1:11:32 Guy Raz That's Ben Francis, co-founder of Gymshark.
Advice Line with Steve Holmes of goba Sports Group
- ▶ 12:49 Ikechukwu (Ike) Agwebu I would say, like, the Under Armour's, the Viore's, even, uh, Gymshark as well has been taking up market share in the market.