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The Branded Gentry: How a New Era of Entrepreneurs Made Their Names
Author(s): David Hopper (Author), Charles Vallance (Author)
- Publisher: Elliott & Thompson
- Publication Date: 4 April 2013
- Edition: First Edition
- Language: English
- Print length: 320 pages
- ISBN-10: 1908739789
- ISBN-13: 9781908739780
Book Description
This is a book about thirteen such individuals: Tim Bell, Johnnie Boden, Emma Bridgewater, Jackie Cooper, James Dyson, John Hegarty, Robert Hiscox, Tony Laithwaite, David Linley, Julian Richer, John Sainsbury, Paul Smith, and Jonathan Warburton. Remarkable men and women, from a sweeping range of industries; pioneers of modern enterprise.
The authors take us on an illuminating journey, described through thirteen compelling portraits, covering grand philosophies and shrewd strategies, untidy kitchen tables and unruly pets. We learn the secrets behind the fame, the lessons of success (and failure), and the dramas and difficulties on the way. Find out why Tim Bell ate Ronald Reagan’s jelly beans, why there is a full-size Harrier jump-jet outside James Dyson’s office, and why Paul Smith takes a model train set with him into meetings in Japan.
Invaluable reading for those interested in finding out more about the people behind the brands, it will appeal to anyone keen to find out how others got to the top and what is involved when you have your name above the door.
Editorial Reviews
Review
“In The Branded Gentry, Vallance (an eponymous brand-man twice over as a founder of the advertising agency Vallance Carruthers Coleman Priest and child of a dynasty of vanished Yorkshire electrical retailers), and Hopper profile 13 brand men and women. All rich, some famous, and five the core of the argument for me eponymous life-stylists … Brands that power up from interesting, enviable real people with backstories and lots of aesthetic attitude are particularly delicious and difficult, valuable but vulnerable. And the people themselves, with their collecting and their causes and their funny kind of fame, are the stuff of novels.” –Peter York, Financial Times
“A refreshing read … The Branded Gentry is very well written. There is a commendable amount of descriptive detail and direct speech. One often feels one is in the room with the interviewee, observing his or her furniture, inflections, physiognomy. I welcome the book’s commitment that business is about people not just processes, passions not just practices. For Vallance and Hopper the personal is professional.” –Jim Caroll, BBH Labs
“The excellent Hegarty chapter offers enough clear-headed guidance on creative philosophy to justify the price of admission alone.” Jon Claydon, Campaign Magazine
–Campaign
“Those of you who share my curiosity about what makes entrepreneurs tick are going to love the Branded Gentry by Charles Vallance and David Hopper.” –William Kendall, Management Today
About the Author
Charles Vallance is Chairman and Founding Partner of ad agency VCCP, which handles a diverse range of clients including Hiscox, Laithwaites, easyJet, Molson Coors, Burton’s Biscuit Co., Compare the Market and O2.
