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How Cha Haeyoung is steering South Korea’s Nonfiction beauty brand towards global recognition
The perfume company CEO on what is powering growth at the minimalist perfume business with international ambitions
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Innovative entrepreneurs Ari S Heckman and Charles Brun bring fresh visions to hospitality and eyewear markets
These business leaders built their success on finding fresh ways to revive overlooked ideas or places. Here’s how they did it.
Oaxaca Aerospace’s Mexican-built plane has beaten the odds and is ready for takeoff
Designing a plane in Mexico came with challenges, but international collaboration kept the project moving. The Pegasus is aimed at emerging markets needing affordable aircraft for training, surveillance, and safety missions.
Bringing industry back: Werkstadt Zürich’s model for city-centre manufacturing
The Swiss redevelopment project has transformed the historic SBB workshops into a eco-conscious urban production hub, accommodating independent businesses in the heart of the city.
Flow Hive is the beekeeping startup that simplified honey harvesting and scaled globally
How a father-son team turned a backyard idea into a buzzing business with impact.
How to build real estate businesses from conversion, not demolition
Singaporean developer Ben Gattie is turning the city’s neglected heritage buildings into vibrant, in-demand spaces that blend character, community and commerce.
How a pregnancy craving led to Dubai chocolate and a new chapter for Emirati food culture
In 2021, Dubai-based entrepreneur Sarah Hamouda gave into her pregnancy cravings and, without knowing it, created a viral sensation.
Five important ways the time value of money is shaping the world
From dizzying highs to crashing lows, the cycle of speculative financial gain and putative returns continues t0 shape our economies with an invention tied to that most enduring of currencies: time
Meet the Dubai Airports CEO who isn’t waiting on the world to change
Airports have long suffered from an identity crisis. Are they public infrastructure or luxury malls with departure boards? Should we think of them as civic gateways or as necessary evils to endure while en…
