The Entrepreneurs
A weekly deep dive into global business. Inspiring stories from startups to legacy brands in hospitality, design, fashion, and retail.
Latest Episodes
Convene and Kitt
This week we focus on the future of the office. We hear from the founder of Convene, a world-leading hospitality company founded to address the question: “What if you ran an office building like…
Einride and Starship Technologies
Two entrepreneurs building a sustainable, electric future. Robert Falck, the co-founder and CEO of Swedish electric-freight company Einride, explains how its fleet of autonomous pods, trucks and trailers are revolutionising global shipping and freight.…
Subdial and ID Genève
The founders of Subdial, the online trading platform that’s reimagining how watches are bought, sold and collected, explain their passion for building a new community of collectors. Plus: the innovative Swiss watch-maker committed to…
Universal Works
Designer David Keyte founded menswear brand Universal Works in 2008. He returns to the show to discuss seasonality and staying fresh, what it means to be a UK brand after Brexit, the trouble with…
Peggy
The innovative new online platform is reshaping how collectors acquire art by making the work of emerging and mid-career artists available to a new generation. Monocle’s Tomos Lewis is in Peggy’s home town of…
Cocoon and ZZ Driggs
Ceanne Fernandes-Wong is the CEO and co-founder of Cocoon, the UK’s first luxury bag rental service. Cocoon’s collection consists of almost 1,000 styles from leading brands such as Chanel, Gucci, Fendi and Prada, alongside…
Belstaff
Fran Millar is the CEO leading the British heritage fashion brand into a new era. She explains how her methodology is inspired in part by her experience at the cutting edge of elite sport:…
MĀ and Mugi
Esther Payerols and Nina Marti are the founders of MĀ, a Lugano-based brand that promotes wellbeing and emotional harmony through home scents made from sustainably sourced, organic essential oils. Esther and Nina explain MĀ’s…
Proper Snacks and JR Ryall
Cassandra Stavrou launched the Proper Snacks business in 2011 and has built it into Europe’s largest independent healthy snacks company. Cassandra talks about the journey the brand has been on and how the recent…
