The Entrepreneurs
A weekly deep dive into global business. Inspiring stories from startups to legacy brands in hospitality, design, fashion, and retail.
Latest Episodes
Episode 195
We explore the growing start-up scene in Tehran, survey the young entrepreneurs of Gaza City and head to Finland to profile a unique campaign to improve the financial fortunes of Radio Helsinki.
Episode 194
A special episode on the future of hospitality featuring Greg Marsh of Onefinestay, Miguel McKelvey of WeWork and Robert Warman of Langham Hospitality Group.
Episode 193
A special episode on clothing entrepreneurs around the world. We meet the co-founder of YMC, a mainstay of the British fashion scene; chat with the Porto-based entrepreneur behind luxury loungewear label Walls of Benin; head to Brooklyn to visit Elliot Aronow, founder of boutique tie brand Jacques-Elliott; and meet the…
Episode 192
We visit a boutique winery in the West Bank and head to Lebanon to learn about an engineer’s corporate social-responsibility project and a generations-old family of glass blowers. Plus: David Abrahamovitch explains why his London coffee empire Grind is crowdfunding to expand the business.
Episode 191
We meet the founder of flight tracking service FlightAware and visit an unusual anti-stress club in Buenos Aires. George Bamford discusses men’s grooming and custom watches and our man in Madrid discovers how to adopt a Spanish olive tree.
Episode 190
A special episode explores the future and meaning of ‘work’. We visit Dawson Denim’s workshop on England’s south coast, learn why Lebanese telecoms entrepreneur Mahdi Yahya has created a free working space for creative types in London and hear about professor Peter Fleming’s new book.
Edition 189
We meet Björn Jeffery, co-founder and CEO of Stockholm-based game development studio Toca Boca and discuss innovation in education with Finnish entrepreneur Saku Tuominen. Plus, the Winkreative team looks at KidZania, the role-playing theme parks for children.
Edition 188
Designer and entrepreneur Jon Kolko shares his new book ‘Well-Designed: How to Use Empathy to Create Products People Love’. Elsewhere in the show our man in Madrid heads to the annual Zinc Shower event to survey the Spanish start-up scene and the Winkreative team discusses the branding of Apple’s advertising…
Edition 187
A special episode on transformation: we profile a Vienna company turning empty street-level shops into loft apartments, an Argentinian brother-sister duo building a bag business out of old kitesurfing sails and a French former Apple employee making bespoke shoes in east London.
Edition 186
A special episode featuring an in-depth look at the entrepreneurship scene in Montréal and the business minds on a mission to reclaim the glory of Québec’s largest city.
