The Entrepreneurs
A weekly deep dive into global business. Inspiring stories from startups to legacy brands in hospitality, design, fashion, and retail.
Latest Episodes
Heat and Arthur Sleep
How did Heat secure major investment from industry heavyweights such as LVMH Luxury Ventures and tap into the all-important Gen Z audience, growing an engaged community of conscious shoppers with a season-less mindset? Founders…
Fresh Fitness Food and Sips Berlin
This week we’re pairing two leading entrepreneurs in the world of food and wine. Our starter is Caspar Rose, co-founder and CEO of the Wellness Food Group, which owns and operates two leading UK…
Airtasker and Neometro
Tim Fung, CEO and co-founder of community marketplace Airtasker, tells us how the business has amassed a global following and expanded markets as demand for flexible work soars. Plus: we head to Melbourne to…
Brand Britain special
What does ‘Brand Britain’ mean today and what comes next? An audience of students, brand leaders, investors and other stakeholders gathered in London to hear from writer Ekow Eshun, Belstaff CEO Fran Millar, Rapha…
AKQA & L-Acoustics
Ajaz Ahmed, leader of the world’s most decorated design agency, AKQA, returns to Monocle to tell us how the business has grown in the five years since his last visit. Plus: We head to…
Bower and Aucart
Meet Suwar and Berfin Mert, the brother-and-sister team behind a Swedish app that rewards its users whenever they recycle everyday waste items. They tell us about fund-raising for global expansion and why the UK…
Childs Farm and Lhamour
How did Childs Farm become the UK’s leading baby and child personal-care brand in less than a decade? Its founder, Joanna Jensen, explains how caring for her daughters’ sensitive skin inspired the development of…
John Hitchcox
Kick off the new year with some entrepreneurial inspiration courtesy of the brilliant chairman and founder of Yoo Group and the driving force behind the €1.5bn regeneration of London Olympia. John Hitchcox has more…
P Johnson and Body of Work
Renowned Australian tailor and clothier Patrick Johnson talks about the perfect pace at which to grow a great international business. Then we’re off to Toronto to meet the founders of athletic-wear brand and studio…
Pangaia & Nordic Outdoor
Amanda Parkes, chief innovation officer of Pangaia, explains how the brand operates at the cutting-edge of innovation in materials science to advance their offering of premium lifestyle products and clothing. Plus: Caspar Odqvist, founder…
