
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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Built to last
Building a brand that will last is about knowing your market and your customers. We check in with three founders for practical advice on staying resilient in tough times. We meet Alexander Bent of…

Finding your entrepreneurial spirit
This week we hear from Debbie Wosskow, Stefan Allesch-Taylor and Julietta Dexter, three serial entrepreneurs and successful business founders who give us their tips and tricks on finding the right market for your product…

Onwards
Businesses big and small are facing a world of uncertainty but there’s no time like the present to rethink your company mission and retool for the future. Guests include SeedLegals on fundraising, fashion designer…

Bigger picture
The global pandemic has created a challenging environment for many businesses. But at the same time, there is plenty of opportunity to start delivering solutions for clients and customers. This week, Monocle’s editor in…

Changing priorities
We hear from two small businesses that have shifted priorities during the pandemic: Judy, a US company making emergency preparedness kits is using its expertise to help people dealing with coronavirus; while Canada’s Pearl…

Surviving a crisis
Around the world and across all businesses, we are living in difficult times. Business leaders are trying to answer a long list of pressing questions. How will our firm secure revenue to keep the…

The business of reducing food waste
Every year more than one billion tonnes of food produced for human consumption is estimated to be wasted. We meet two women leading the fight against such waste: Mette Lykke from Copenhagen-based Too Good…

Corpus
JP Mastey is founder of unisex-natural-deodorant brand Corpus. Mastey is the former owner and president of Baxter of California, the premium men’s grooming and skincare brand he bought in the year 2000. He left…

Allplants
Jonathan Petrides is the CEO of Allplants, a vegan food business that he co-founded with his brother Alex. Since launch in 2017, the company has cooked and shipped more than one million meals across…

The Drug Store
Clemens Böninger is co-founder of The Drug Store, an upscale London-based retailer focused on CBD products with locations in Marylebone and the City. Clemens started in the medical marijuana market, but shifted his focus…