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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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Airtasker and Neometro
#583 08 Feb 2023

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
#582 01 Feb 2023

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
#581 25 Jan 2023

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
#580 18 Jan 2023

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
#579 11 Jan 2023

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
#578 04 Jan 2023

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
#577 28 Dec 2022

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
#576 21 Dec 2022

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…

Convene and Kitt
#575 14 Dec 2022

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
#574 07 Dec 2022

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.…

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