- Hardcover: 304 pages
- Publisher: Key Porter Books; 1 edition (Mar 28 2007)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1552638200
- ISBN-13: 978-1552638200
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 18.3 x 2.3 cm
- Shipping Weight: 612 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #294,972 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Young people can change the world. Just ask Canadian entrepreneur and international success story Ben Barry. At fourteen, Ben decided to help a friend who had spent money on modeling school but wasn’t receiving any work because she didn’t have “the right look.” Ben sent her pictures to a local magazine and three weeks later, he had successfully booked his first contract—and found his career. He started the Ben Barry Agency in 1997 while still in grade school. Today, the agency scouts and sources models of diverse ages, backgrounds, and sizes; models who have appeared in high-profile fashion magazines and on runways around the world. Fashioning Reality is the fast-paced story of a young entrepreneur whose refreshing approach is changing the fashion industry and influencing the popular perceptions of beauty in the media. Ben shares his challenges, his successes, and his struggles to run a business that remains consistent with his personal values. In running a company that makes a profit by making social change, Ben is only one in a growing movement. He outlines this new model of entrepreneurship and shares the stories of other young business people who are doing well by doing good. Ben also draws on his own experience to provide young people with advice on how to start and run a socially responsible yet profitable business. He shatters the myth that young people have to wait until they obtain advanced academic degrees and decades of experience before starting their own companies. Instead, he explains how youth have all of the knowledge and skills they need to start today. We don’t need to wait, he argues. Instead, we can fashion a new reality.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
The WOW Factor,
By mjdoucette "Mj" (Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Fashioning Reality: New Generation Entrepreneurship (Hardcover)
Ben Barry not only takes you on a journey through the past 10 years of his life, but he opens your eyes to things you wouldn't normally pay attention to.Fashioning Reality is an inspirational, motivating, and captivating book that is not only for entrepreneurs, but for anyone who appreciates hard work and years of dedication for something you truly feel passionate about. Simply, wow. Hats off you to Ben Barry, you amaze me!
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Motivating and Inspiring,
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This review is from: Fashioning Reality: New Generation Entrepreneurship (Hardcover)
Take a look at the Dove website and you will see for yourself the shocking revelation of the fashion/modeling industry and the "perfect" faces they portray to us as being "the norm". Ben Barry is succeeding in modifying that trend with his personal campaign to involve diverse models in the fashion industry. After seeing the new Dove campaign on TV with older women, women of different sizes and color, it is obvious the fashion world is listening to Ben Barry and putting his "radical" ideas into action.Fashioning Reality is compelling and sincere. The David and Goliath similarity is spellbinding and inspirational. I couldn't put it down. Part I deals with his idea of making social change in the fashion world by calling and emailing the who's who of the fashion world. Using his business savvy and his diplomatic style, he explains to companies,that using non-traditional models is a must for today's world and will improve their bottom line. He goes into personal detail about the ups and down of starting a business when you are 14 and have no contacts, capital or even a fax machine! I was completely captivated reading about the incredibly interesting people he meets along the way and how he handled all of this at such a young age. Part Two delves into Ben's model of entrepreneurship, The Balanced Contract. He introduces us to several other entrepreneurs and their rise to success. The gem of this part and the key to Ben's success, are the 10 questions he asks himself on a regular basis and the answers he gives are invaluable. These are tools that will equip anyone starting out. Read Ben's book and you will be motivated into achieving your dreams. I believe it is an essential read for anyone wanting to start a business. It will boost your confidence in your abilities at any age. It is extremely motivating, and I highly recommend it to anyone who is about to embark on any new initiative in their lives.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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An inspiring read!!,
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This review is from: Fashioning Reality: New Generation Entrepreneurship (Hardcover)
Having worked with Ben for years, I know him to be an ethical business person and leader in the fashion industry. Despite knowing Ben, I was excited to learn so much about his journey in his book. The story is a true inspiration to those interested in fashion and entrepreneurship.Highly recommended!
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