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The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.9 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2021

⏱️ 19 minutes

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Summary

Ben Francis, Founder and Owner of GymShark, shares his thoughts on how a single work experience with his grandfather shaped his desire to build his own business, what he’s learned about the complexities of running an international organization, as well as the one event for the fledgling brand showed Ben that he was truly onto something special. Francis and host of #ThePlaybook, David Meltzer, chat about topics including why innovation has become a main focus of GymShark, how entrepreneurs can push themselves to evolve instead of getting stuck in a rut, and the singular decision that Ben says changed the course of his life and his business. Tweet me @davidmeltzer your favorite takeaway from today's episode and come ask me questions live every Friday at 11:00 am PST / 2:00 pm EST. Text me at (949) 298-2905 or email me at david@dmeltzer.com to join!

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0:00.0	On this episode of the playbook, I have a 30 under 30 Ben Francis founder and owner of
0:06.3	the billion dollar company, Jim Shark, and we're going to talk about the best opening day
0:12.6	ever.
0:13.6	Join me for all of this and more on the playbook.
0:17.1	This is Entrepreneurs the Playbook.
0:19.1	For each week, I bring you some of the greatest athletes, celebrities and entrepreneurs
0:24.4	to talk about their personal and professional playbook to success and what made them champions
0:29.9	on the field and in the boardroom.
0:33.1	I'm your host, David Meltzer.
0:35.0	I have a superpreneur, that's right, a 30 under 30, another Hall of Famer Ben Francis
0:41.2	founder and owner of Jim Shark.
0:44.3	Then welcome to the playbook.
0:46.0	Hi, David.
0:47.0	Lovely to chat to you.
0:48.0	Thanks for taking the time.
0:49.8	Oh, man.
0:50.8	You are outclassing me at every level, including that beautiful voice and vocabulary that you
0:55.5	have.
0:57.3	But I can imagine, I'm looking at you and I'm thinking, this kid, he could be at my door
1:05.4	delivering me a pizza from Pizza Hut and I think to myself, you know what, why is this
1:11.4	guy delivering me a pizza?
1:13.0	Because he just reeks of success.
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