ShakeSphere

This Athlete Launched A $3.6M/Year Shaker Bottle Company

January 30th, 2022
RICK BEARDSELL
Founder, ShakeSphere
$300K
revenue/mo
1
Founders
1
Employees
ShakeSphere
from Manchester, UK
started October 2017
$300,000
revenue/mo
1
Founders
1
Employees
market size
$32.5M
avg revenue (monthly)
$189K
starting costs
$13.7K
gross margin
40%
time to build
210 days
growth channels
SEO
business model
content-library
best tools
BigCommerce
time investment
Full time
pros & cons
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Hello! Who are you and what business did you start?

My name is Rick Beardsell, I am the founder of ShakeSphere. Eszter (my wife) and I design, develop and launch supplement shaker bottles globally.

ShakeSphere is an award-winning shaker bottle manufacturer founded upon the needs of athletes, fitness enthusiasts, and bodybuilders for a cleaner, cheaper protein-shaking solution. Reflecting the drive of our CEO and founder – I am an elite sprinter with numerous World and European Masters titles – by striving to improve my health, wellbeing, and happiness it is reflected in everyone who uses our products. My wife and I have done so by combining the intimacy of a family business with a globally connected clientele across 22 countries.

Our remarkable expansion in a short space of time has not been without its challenges. In November 2019, Rick was diagnosed with testicular cancer and was told it had spread to his lungs and pancreas. Worried whether ShakeSphere would survive should he not be around to pass it on, Rick nonetheless focused his energy on the positives. The news that a baby boy was on the way, combined with the support of his wife and young son, no doubt went some way towards defeating cancer by May...

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