About Shmee150

The brand Shmee150 was started in January 2010 by Tim, a chance stumbling into two brand new cars that at the time you would not expect to see on the road: a Ferrari 458 Italia and Lamborghini LP670-4 Superveloce. Little did Tim know that the short film of those two cars would eventually develop into the venture it has become now.

The YouTube channel has since grown and grown, now covering exclusive events around the world and filming some of the most incredible luxury cars in existence. Shmee150 has also expanded his network to include a series of social channels on YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Tiktok. Shmee150 consists of a very active Facebook page reaching 50+ million of people every month and an Instagram page that is growing even faster. Finally, he can be found on Twitter and on TikTok.

An important part of Shmee150 is the car Tim drives across Europe and to all the different events. In recent years he owned many different cars, his original Renault Clio 1.2 to the more recent Zenvo TSR-S or Ferrari Purosangue. All of the cars he has owned or currently owns, are discussed right here!

Of course there isn’t the time to reply to every single comment – just think how much time would be spent replying to the thousands of comments on a daily basis! It’s very tempting to write joke answers like ‘drug dealer’, or ‘robbed a bank’, just to see what replies then come back but that wouldn’t exactly answer the question.

Tim left school at 18 after completing A-levels and immediately set about growing an online electronics retail business that developed into a London high-street shop. The business quickly changed hands and he traveled abroad training to become a ski instructor (Tim doing tricks on skis) before teaching the sport in New Zealand. Following the effects of a major injury Tim returned to the UK and set to work with a permanent position in the technology team of an Investment Consultancy in the City of London. This proved to be hugely decisive while working in a successful and rapidly developing company in terms of the experience and drive to succeed going forward.

Alongside his retail business, being an instructor and his daily work in the City, Tim has always pursued the challenges of a life as an entrepreneur running smaller businesses and ventures. He never did one thing at a time, and when opportunities proved to be profitable he challenged them and made sure they were expanded or acquired by other interested parties. A similar thing can be said about the period at the investment firm when Tim’s love for cars developed beyond just posting pictures of car spots on internet forums, into the ever-expanding Shmee150 platforms and those surrounding it.

When Shmee150 as a project begged for more time, proved to be profitable and capable of making a living, he took the decision to make the move away from a full time position to being able to spend time across various connected platforms to the supercar video theme; from freelance video and media work to involvement in car events and sourcing for promotional purposes. To be a little more precise, for instance Tim undertook some freelance tasks for a tech company under Non-Disclosure Agreement, some catalogue work for an auction company, got involved in a few car sourcing/commission operations, some social media consultancy tasks and ran a few websites in the car world that you might know about.

Since that move away from a daily office job, Tim has pursued many different ventures allowing him to fund the Shmee150 project and expand it up to the level it now is. The gradual growth of the brand over the last few years has allowed Tim to thoroughly brainstorm on how to smartly invest into his garage lineup and build a team around him of highly capable people that currently work behind the scenes, while the complete project is being overseen by his business manager. You might have seen them before in some of the videos, and they now allow Tim the opportunity to expand his travels across the world and make content for his audience.

The latest chapter in the Shmee150 story line is The Shmuseum venue which offers Tim the opportunity to place all of his cars, automotive memorabilia and other car-themed items in a venue displaying them to the audience who is following the Shmee150 journey. The Shmuseum also offers a place where content is made and the world of Shmee150 is coming together. The Shmuseum has its own YouTube, Instagram and Facebook channels. If you haven’t checked them out, make sure to do so!

Tim will endeavour to remain self-employed as it is what enables him to take the time to follow his passions in life; supercars and travelling. Being a young guy with an ambitious and hardworking girlfriend, but no marriage or children as dependants it allows him the opportunities to operate around the hours and timings he wants to spend the rest of the time around cars – which you can’t beat!

The regular trigger for this question is purely from the perspective of ‘how can you own a supercar’, but the simple fact is that there isn’t one single career path that is the only way to own the car of your dreams. The question is often asked with an assumption that a single word will be the answer, but in almost any career it’s possible; whether you choose business, television, finance, sport, law or anything else. The next video gives you a good answer to this question!

At the end of the day, the steps Tim as an entrepreneur has taken personally to get where he is won’t necessarily work for someone else. He started doing his own thing from the age of 18 and the small businesses he has created can’t just be replicated at the click of one’s fingers. The trick is doing what you enjoy and working hard at it, being happy is the most important aspect.

Running a business does not mean sitting behind a desk in an office. It means managing your time and collect the right kind of people around you to make it all work. Any kind of business is based on that and it is one of the key challenges for an entrepreneur, who has a mind-set – a way of thinking and acting allowing people like Tim to imagine new ways to solve problems and create value. Shmee150 is an example of this!

You will find more information in the interview/podcast video below, this video, in this video and also in this video. This is the latest video with even more information! We hope that when you have watched all these videos, you will have all your questions answered and how this YouTube Business runs and works.