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The Entrepreneurs

A weekly deep dive into global business. Inspiring stories from startups to legacy brands in hospitality, design, fashion, and retail.

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Episode 211
#211 28 Oct 2015

Episode 211

Minneapolis-based entrepreneur Eric Dayton shares the story of his clothing brand Askov Finlayson, his award-winning restaurant Bachelor Farmer and the ever-popular Marvel Bar. We also profile the global literacy start-up Pobble. Plus: Winkreative’s Rachel Claire Steed discusses the uses and abuses of “heritage” within a brand’s story.

Episode 210
#210 21 Oct 2015

Episode 210

We meet Efe Cakarel, the founder of curated film-streaming service Mubi. We also visit Angels, the seventh-generation family-owned company that’s been outfitting actors in the theatre, television and film industries since 1813.

Episode 209
#209 14 Oct 2015

Episode 209

We stroll down Barcelona’s famous high street Passeig de Gràcia to see the results of an €8m facelift. Meanwhile, Italian entrepreneurs Rossella Frigerio and Silvana Molaro share their made-in-Capri sandals brand Sofia Capri. Plus: the Winkreative team discusses the future of fashion brand DKNY.

Episode 208
#208 07 Oct 2015

Episode 208

We meet Justin Hall, a fifth generation sock maker and CEO of luxury sock brand Pantherella, tell the story of Canadian publisher Coach House Books and speak to the authors of the new book ‘Friend & Foe’ who explain when to compete and when to co-operate in the workplace.

Episode 207
#207 30 Sep 2015

Episode 207

We explore the world of sonic branding with the CEO of Austria-based company Raven and Finch; Roo Rogers and Yves Béhar of fuseproject talk about the Spring Accelerator, a venture that supports businesses helping the lives of adolescent girls in East Africa; and the Winkreative team look at the branding…

Episode 206
#206 23 Sep 2015

Episode 206

We sit down with Frank Muytjens, head of men’s design at J.Crew, and hear how the company transformed from a preppy catalogue brand into a consistently on-point icon in the global menswear market. We also talk to the British business duo behind superfood-infused chocolate brand Doisy & Dam. Plus: Freya…

Episode 205
#205 16 Sep 2015

Episode 205

We visit the team behind American manufacturing company Knickerbocker and tour their Brooklyn factory; investigate the success stories of city governments around the world in promoting local entrepreneurship and innovation; and profile Swedish entrepreneur Noa Fridmark, who went from a high-paying corporate job to an isolated archipelago island and on…

Episode 204
#204 09 Sep 2015

Episode 204

We visit Rio de Janeiro to see how city hall is working to keep classic retailers alive. We also tell the story of a Lisbon couple who left the big city to revive traditional wool manufacturing in the Portuguese mountains. Plus: the Winkreative team weighs in on a tale of…

Episode 203
#203 02 Sep 2015

Episode 203

We paint a colourful picture of the art world’s framing superstars John Jones. Taking a journey from the company’s massive London headquarters to its bespoke wood mill outside the capital, we tell the story of this successful second-generation family firm as it preserves and protects everything from Warhols, Bacons and…

Episode 202
#202 26 Aug 2015

Episode 202

We talk to entrepreneurs and innovation experts Martin Amor and Alex Pellew about their new book ‘The Idea In You’, a toolkit for taking an idea and turning it into a business. We also meet Lorenzo Curci, who explains why he quit his job in equity derivatives to create the…

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