Entrepreneurialism
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Top of the glass
For five decades, a German family business has refined the 'perfect' glass washer. By leveraging employee expertise, this simple, non-electric device is now sold in more than 50 countries worldwide.
Go up market
Monocle meets the two visionaries who have shown that the fortunes of an entire neighbourhood can be transformed simply by setting up a weekly market selling local produce.
20 to watch
From a Nigerian newspaper to a Swiss software firm, we shine the light on 20 companies whose great ideas and products are about to go global.
Business
Brunei prepares to cash in on the global halal food market, the world's largest wind turbine arrives, and an Italian ice cream maker goes green.
Little prints
From a shoestring start, Benjamin Sommerhalder grew his own magazine into Nieves, a small publishing house with a gallery and shop space, kick-starting a modern publishing boom in Zürich.
Room to improve
As many predict a tough year ahead, we look at the managers, designers and concepts transforming the hotel sector and rethinking the whole concept of hospitality for today’s informed guests.
Inn focus
The art of inn-keeping requires a natural host, designer and logistician. It takes years to hone the craft of creating an environment where people will want to return again and again.
Snow place like home
Seduced by Siberia’s powdery snow, Australian skiers stayed to open hotels and cafés, kickstarting a small business and development boom in Niseko, a once sleepy town in Japan’s far north.
The living is easy
Sweden’s second city is fertile soil for small businesses thanks to its history of maritime adventure, the population’s can-do attitude and its intimate size, which helps keep the co-operative spirit alive and well.
Observation
For inspiration to start your own business, take a walk in your local shopping district. That run-down pub or dreary café could be begging to be transformed into your own venture, writes Tyler Brûlé.
