Ben Francis

What we've built is a community-led, purpose-driven, direct to consumer model. It's where the future of brands will go.

— Ben Francis

When I was getting into the gym, all the people I learned the most from were online on YouTube.

— Ben Francis

CEO was not the right role for me when I was in my early twenties.

— Ben Francis

I think growing up in the West Midlands helped, it was fairly chill.

— Ben Francis

When Apple started, it was adopted by architects, creatives and other sorts of cool kids.

— Ben Francis

Every success has been made possible by my endless support system.

— Ben Francis

There will be times when people will fail and you'll think, 'God, I shouldn't have trusted them with this.' But if you…

— Ben Francis

Having consistent grounding points like my morning routine, a hard break for lunch around 12:30 P.M., and the gym at 6:30 P.M.,…

— Ben Francis

I was going to the gym and basically was interested in, and wanted to be involved in, the fitness industry. I wanted…

— Ben Francis

There weren't that many people who were working with them, so we were early pioneers of influencer marketing in 2012.

— Ben Francis

We're super-inclusive, super-caring, super-transparent.

— Ben Francis

We can find out quickly which city has the most people who've made purchases from us within an X-mile radius or an…

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There is a level where as long as you can pay your bills, you're in a nice enough house, you can cover…

— Ben Francis

I think I was really good at certain things and really, really bad at others.

— Ben Francis

You need to constantly be around people who give you a reality check, people who are better than you.

— Ben Francis

I get to wake up every day and do exactly what I want to do with really cool people, I get to…

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I avoid email as often as I can. In the office, I'm constantly stomping around; the last thing I want to do…

— Ben Francis

In the early days, I would wake up and look at all the orders that had come in, and generally, there weren't…

— Ben Francis

From the point of view of the athletes we work with, we want to create a real, strong team that speaks to…

— Ben Francis

I've been really fortunate to meet some incredibly talented people in sport and in business. The common theme of every single one…

— Ben Francis

The first thing I do when I wake up is go downstairs and make breakfast. I find having a repetitive morning routine…

— Ben Francis

The most difficult thing for me was learning to trust others to do the things in the business that I used to…

— Ben Francis

I want us to create the greatest community, and I want us to be the greatest fitness brand on the planet.

— Ben Francis

My early Villa memories would be John Gregory as manager. I remember the LDV logos on shirts and Dion Dublin was my…

— Ben Francis

My grandparents would tell me stories about going down to the Villa even before every stand had been built; back in the…

— Ben Francis