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Edition 81
We meet the minds behind iconic US heritage brand Filson, talk with the entrepreneurs who want to make Detroit a watch-making town, and ask a would-be Japanese footballer why he ditched the pitch and joined the family business: incense.
Edition 80
Business off the grid: we meet a US company bringing the power of the sun to those without, look into the Australian outback for an unlikely taste of 19th-century Spain, and meet an energy entrepreneur in the West Bank.
Edition 79
Music industry special: we discuss the branding of bands with three industry veterans, head to Greece to meet one of the last handmade-piano makers, see why one company wants to hold music performances in your living room, and chat with music entrepreneur Paul Benney.
Edition 78
A visit to a brewery in Accra to see how the city’s expanding middle class is developing a thirst for beer, we meet a family-run rollercoaster manufacturer in Italy with sights on China and Pyongyang, and investigate the building boom on a sunny Spanish island that’s not Mallorca or Ibiza.
Edition 77
We investigate the thriving startup scene in Medellín, find out what makes the perfect chief executive, and chat with Garrett Camp – the man behind a seat-sharing service for private jets.
Edition 76
Footwear: we meet the CEO of a Mallorca company whose motto is “Imagination Walks”, head to a factory in northern England creating trainers for Asia’s style-conscious buyers, and give Germany’s Birkenstock sandals a branding overhaul.
Edition 75
This week we go back to the land – the town of Lumberland in New York state to visit a company making beautiful axes, we talk land rights in the West Bank, and discover a Spanish company bringing rural foods to urban tables.
Edition 74
We meet São Paulo entrepreneurs who are carving (or painting) a niche in the world’s second-largest beauty market, head to Freemans Bay in New Zealand where a small clothing brand is going after worldwide appeal, and ask the head of a classic car-making company how he intends to woo female…
Edition 73
Social entrepreneurship: we tour a historic refuge for London’s dispossessed that doubles as a sumptuous private members’ club, learn how recycling newcomers TerraCycle turn Hungarian waste into profit, and see how women in Afghanistan are creating small businesses to get ahead.
Edition 72
We analyse a prototype for the perfect salesman, head to Germany to taste-test a popular soft drink, and visit the Basque Country to check out a co-op that’s stuck to a slow, steady, and fair approach during the economic downturn.
