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East London entrepreneur reveals how at age 22 he turned a £100 investment in SNOODS into a multi-million pound sportswear brand

When Frankie Thorogood, 30, first invested £100 in football snoods he had the goal of walking away with a £200 profit.

Instead, this was the first step towards launching his technical sportswear brand TCA, which now turn over millions of dollars with over 250,000 customers each year and a loyal fanbase of both amateur and professional athletes.

Frankie, who graduated from the University of Manchester with a degree in Marketing, founded his brand in Hackney, East London, in 2012 when he was just 22.

After being rejected from several top ad agencies, Frankie was inspired by an untapped market for football snoods.