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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Freitag
Freitag was launched in Zürich in 1993 by brothers Daniel and Markus Freitag and is known around the world for the messenger bags, backpacks and accessories that they make mostly from recycled truck tarps. The company has recently been working with trucking companies to create a more sustainable tarp, which…
Firebelly Tea
David Segal co-founded Davidstea in 2008, helping to grow it into a retail giant. After leaving the Montreal-based company in 2016, he started gourmet fast-food brand Mad Radish. Now he is launching Firebelly Tea, focusing on great tea, smart packaging and well-designed accessories.
Brewgooder and Mara Seaweed
Scotland’s first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, hopes that Glasgow will go down in history as the place where world leaders finally committed to a sustainable future. We look at two businesses that were spotlighted at Cop26 for leading the way towards a greener future. We meet Alan Mahon, co-founder of Certified…
Bombas
Randy Goldberg is the co-founder and chief brand officer of Bombas, the New York-based sock-maker founded in 2013. Using its one-for-one model, Bombas has to date donated more than 50 million garments to homeless shelters and charities across the US. The company has expanded into making other essential items such…
Amass and Clearco
This week we’re off to Los Angeles, to meet Morgan McLachlan, head distiller and chief product officer for premium botanical spirits brand Amass. Its range of spirits, hard seltzers and personal-care products are a celebration of the terroir of the Canadian’s adopted home in California. Plus: we get fundraising advice…
Irene Forte Skincare
Irene Forte is the founder of beauty label Irene Forte Skincare. A native of Italy, Forte has worked with skincare expert Francesca Ferri on the formulations, using natural ingredients from her family’s organic farm in Sicily, including prickly pear, lemon and hibiscus. Just a few years since an exclusive launch…
Harry Handelsman
The arrival of a new Eurostar terminal in 2007 was a catalyst but the revitalisation of London’s King’s Cross neighbourhood was also thanks to property developer Harry Handelsman. To mark the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel’s 10th anniversary later this month, Handelsman’s Manhattan Loft Corporation will open Booking Office 1869, a…
Huckletree
The return to co-working spaces has been vital for many businesses. We discuss the future of these spaces with Gabriela Hersham, CEO of workspace company Huckletree. Plus, Josh Fehnert on good office design and Professor Stefan Allesch-Taylor’s tips on entrepreneurial thinking.
Sunday and Lidya
Victor Lugger, co-founder of hospitality payment app Sunday, on why the platform makes splitting the bill a seamless experience for diners while also being great for a restaurant’s bottom line. We also meet Tunde Kehinde, co-founder and CEO of Nigeria-based investment platform Lidya, to hear how the African SME lender…
‘The Monocle Book of Entrepreneurs’
This week we celebrate the release of ‘The Monocle Book of Entrepreneurs’, a guide to starting and running your own business. Daniel Bach speaks to editors Joe Pickard and Chiara Rimella about what makes a great business book and how they approached putting together Monocle’s latest title. Plus: editor in…
