The Entrepreneurs
A weekly deep dive into global business. Inspiring stories from startups to legacy brands in hospitality, design, fashion, and retail.
Latest Episodes
Kollo Health and Backhug
Avid runner and broadcaster Jenni Falconer is a co-founder of Kollo Health. She tells us how she turned her passion for fitness and wellbeing into a thriving business with a multi-award-winning first product, a marine collagen supplement that has become the UK’s leading liquid collagen sachet. Plus: we meet an…
BetterBrand
Aimee Yang, BetterBrand’s founder and CEO, discusses her innovative food start-up that uses “grain-changing technology” and plant-based ingredients to provide healthy, delicious alternatives to carbohydrate-heavy foods such as bagels.
PerfectTed and Ocean Bottle
Marisa Poster, co-founder of PerfectTed, shares the story of the creation of a new kind of energy drink. She tells us how Europe’s first matcha green tea energy drink secured a £50,000 investment from Steven Bartlett and Peter Jones on “Dragons’ Den”. Plus: we meet the creators of Ocean Bottle,…
Brinkworth & USM
Adam Brinkworth and Nick Roberts of global design firm Brinkworth discuss their work creating spaces that bring people and brands together. Plus: we look back at Salone del Mobile in Milan and hear why Swiss manufacturing remains central to the work and mission of innovative furniture company USM.
Collagerie and Baum und Pferdgarten
We meet Lucinda Chambers and Serena Hood, two former British ‘Vogue’ editors who have turned their eye for style and passion for storytelling into the elegantly curated shopping platform Collagerie. Plus: we hear from Rikke Baumgarten and Helle Hestehave, creative directors of Danish fashion house Baum und Pferdgarten.
Ewan Venters
The CEO of Artfarm and Hauser & Wirth explains how he navigated from luxury retail at Fortnum & Mason to the cutting edge of contemporary art.
Aera and Soeder
Aera co-founder and CEO Jas Minhas talks about business serendipity and building a purpose-driven brand with the highest quality components. Plus: we head to Zürich to catch up with Hanna Olzon Åkerström, co-founder of Soeder, to hear about their partnership with Swiss and what it means to be ‘Made in…
IWG and Capacities
Monocle’s editor in chief, Andrew Tuck, joins the show to introduce his interview with Mark Dixon, the founder and chief executive of IWG. They discuss hybrid working and why the office will never go out of style, even if commuting does. Plus: we meet the German tech entrepreneurs behind a…
Nothing and NeoCarbon
Nothing’s CEO and co-founder Carl Pei tells us about building a cutting-edge consumer electronics company that is committed to removing barriers between people and technology. He talks about the next frontiers in personal communications and why, for far-sighted founders, a little corporate conflict can be healthy. Plus: the co-founder of…
Lunaz
David Lorenz is the CEO and founder of Lunaz, a UK start-up that re-engineers and electrifies commercial and industrial vehicles, as well as collectable classics from car-makers such as Rolls-Royce, Jaguar and Aston Martin. Lorenz started the company in 2018 with engineer and powertrain innovator Jon Hilton. Here, he tells…
