Best known as the founder of Beast Gear, Ben Leonard is the classic millennial entrepreneur. He built a business on a laptop, in a cupboard, in his spare time. The difference? Ben grew an international 7-figure business and successfully exited after 3 years; the business holy grail.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“Knowing absolutely nothing about business… No business experience, no product development experience, no marketing experience. But what was key was giving myself permission to go and try things that I was totally unqualified to do ”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action Book by Simon SinekFavourite Quote:
“The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure” Christopher McCandless
Recommended Online Resources:
Blinkist lets you read the key lessons from 3000 nonfiction books in 15 min or fewer
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Just start. Give yourself permission to start. Too many people feel oh I am not qualified to do that, I can’t do that I don’t have the right background, my degree is nothing to do with that, I have never done this before. But actually, you should just get started. Some of the best entrepreneurs of all time did that. Richard Branson sold tickets for a flight before he even had a plane. You should just get going. ”…[Listen for More]
More About Ben Leonard:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Don’t be upset when people reject you. Nice things are rejected all the time by people who can’t afford them.” Unknown
Other Quotes From the Chat with Ben Leonard:
- “I would have better leveraged e-commerce business owners… I was quite isolated from that because I hadn’t joined all of the communities of that to begin with because I didn’t even know half of the e-commerce opportunities that existed, I just knew I wanted to start a fitness brand…”
- “Surrounding yourself with smarter people… So that comes back to join in those communities and making sure whether that’s masterminds for instance or even just groups online or maybe you have got local groups you can join as well. Surrounding yourself with smarter people, constantly striving to learn and improve and seeking to question your assumptions all of the time”
- “It also comes back to leadership… And when you put your wife first, personally and in terms of the business suddenly everything else just falls into place and it kind of transcends so many different parts of life and business”
- “I find that entrepreneurship is an adventure that I didn’t know I wanted to embark on. And every day I discover something different in this world”
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