Ep 156 - Whatever It Takes with Blaise Ffrench

What's Next with Eric Wood

Eric Wood

Sports

5 • 714 Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2022

⏱️ 32 minutes

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Summary

Blaise Ffrench is an NBA agent, actor, model, and brand builder for BODYARMOR. Previously, Blaise attended Saint Peter’s University, where he played on the college basketball team. He has since been featured in True Religion and Banana Republic, as well as appearances in Law And Order SVU, Blacklist, The Code, and Power among other hit shows.

Today on the show, Eric and Blaise discuss his rise to fame, the details behind selling BODYARMOR to Coca-Cola for $5.6 Billion and how you can get to your next level. Other topics include:

(2:20-4:40) - Growing up in Queens, NY. Playing CBB at St. Peter's

(4:40-12:25) - The rise of BODYARMOR. Taking advantage of opportunities.

(12:25-17:30) - Advice to aspiring entrepreneurs.

(17:30-20:55) - Blaise morning routine

(20:55-23:30) - Ultimate career goals

(23:30-26:00) - How to grow your social media following

And much more. Rate, review an subscribe to the show today!

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Transcript

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0:00.0	I don't care what I got to do.
0:06.5	If I got to wash the dog, if I got to take the cars out, I'm like all hands on deck.
0:11.8	I just want to win, you know, whatever it takes.
0:13.5	I'm not like a salesman or just a marketing guy.
0:17.2	I'm whatever it takes kind of guy.
0:19.2	Whatever it needs, you need me to go pick up the
0:21.1	lunch, you need me to drop the kids off, you know, because building brands require so many
0:25.7	different things. Welcome to What's Next with Eric Wood, where we will prepare you to make
0:33.1	your what's next in life your best yet. Our next guest is Blaze French.
0:38.8	Blaze is an actor, model, MBA agent, and businessman.
0:43.3	He helped build the body armor sports drink to its ultimate sale to Coca-Cola for
0:47.9	$5.6 billion in cash, which put the value of the company at $8 billion.
0:53.6	This episode will help anyone out there to get to your next level personally, whether that is through business, sports, growing your social media, and much more.
1:03.2	If you enjoy this podcast, please rate, review, and subscribe to help spread the impact we hope to have.
1:08.9	Thank you to everyone out there that has shared the
1:11.3	podcast with friends, whether that's email, whether that's text or on social media. It's because of you
1:17.0	that our listener numbers have grown like crazy and I'm incredibly grateful. Enjoy.
1:23.6	Blaze, welcome to the show, my brother. Eric, what's up, man? It's a pleasure to be here, my guy.
1:28.8	Hey, honestly, it's a pleasure for me. Welcome to the Punch Energy team. We have an awesome
1:33.9	group of ambassadors. We're so fired up to have you as a part of that team. And I'm excited,
1:38.9	honestly, to get to know you better through this podcast. And I have followed you for a while. And I'm excited for the listeners
1:45.0	to hear more about your story. And then also there's going to be so many great takeaways,
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