S4: How to zig when the world zags, with Sir John Hegarty, founder of BBH & The Garage Soho

Conversations of Inspiration

Holly Tucker MBE

Education, Society & Culture, Entrepreneurship, Self-improvement, Business, Personal Journals

5.0 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 3 June 2019

⏱️ 76 minutes

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Summary

In this episode, Holly meets the legendary Sir John Hegarty, founder of BBH advertising agency and The Garage Soho. With a phenomenal creative career, John was the first ever person to be Knighted for his services to the advertising and creative industries and his BBH agency has been named Agency of the Year more than six times. John started out in the advertising world in the 60’s, moving up the ranks quickly and helping to set up agencies TBWA and the infamous Saatchi and Saatchi. Then founding his own business in the mid 80’s, John started to become famed for his groundbreaking work, securing clients such as Audi and Levis within months.

A conversation filled with inspiration, knowledge, wisdom - this episode will leave you empowered with a new perspective on brand, and a clear mission to find the creative twist in everything.

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0:00.0	This week on Conversations of Inspiration, I'm chatting to Sir John Hegarty, founder of BBH Advertising Agency and the Garage Soho.
0:09.0	John started out in the world of advertising in the 60s moving up the ranks quickly and helping to set up agencies
0:16.2	such as TBWA and the infamous sachin sache. In the mid-80s John started to become famous for his groundbreaking work, securing clients such
0:25.8	as Audi and Levi's within months.
0:28.7	John was the first ever person to be knighted for his services to the advertising and creative industries and his
0:35.2	agency, BBH, won agency of the year more than six times.
0:40.4	We had the most wonderful chat at his new venture, the Garage Soho, which helps new ideas and
0:46.1	entrepreneurs with mentorship and investment.
0:49.5	It was a conversation that just completely inspired me, giving me so much knowledge and wisdom and
0:55.7	courage when it comes to brand looking for the creative twists and everything and
1:00.4	being a proud enthusiast of life. I walked away thinking how can I be more John?
1:07.0	Bower your head and let your eyelids close on down where we're going you won't need to bring your frown. I'm Holly Tucker and welcome to conversations of inspiration.
1:18.4	Back in 2006 I founded not on the high street from my kitchen table and since then I've gone on to
1:25.1	launch Holly and Co. I'm the UK ambassador of creative small businesses and I
1:30.3	believe that having a business doing what you love is the key to a happy fulfilled life.
1:35.8	My dream is to help everybody start theirs.
1:39.1	I'm here to offer advice, inspiration, wisdom and encouragement.
1:44.0	And in my view, the best way to do this is by sharing stories.
1:49.1	So I've reached out to my favorite small businesses,
1:52.4	entrepreneurs, and those who simply inspire me
1:55.6	and ask them to share theirs. Here are my conversations of inspiration.
2:02.3	Hi John, I feel so lucky to be sitting with you today in your brilliantly disruptive garage in
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