The Entrepreneurs
A weekly deep dive into global business. Inspiring stories from startups to legacy brands in hospitality, design, fashion, and retail.
Latest Episodes
Purposeful spaces: Charles Landry
How does a space become a place? Charles Landry tells us how intentional design can nurture wider culture in a city.
Aviation special: VistaJet and highlights from the Paris Air Show
Thomas Flohr, founder and chairman of VistaJet, talks about building a global business aviation company, breaking industry convention and what’s next on his radar. Plus: highlights from the Paris Air Show.
Eureka 445: The shape-shifting polymer that rethinks what’s possible in materials
Stephen Bates shares how a series of serendipitous eureka moments led to the creation of Rheon Labs, a smart-materials company developing energy-absorbing technology to better support and protect the body.
What does it mean to be visionary?: John Amaechi
Professor John Amaechi, founder of APS Intelligence, discusses the importance of good leadership to make positive change and the frictions we need to acknowledge in the process.
Shaping Hong Kong’s modern identity: the power of innovation & technology
A special edition featuring Hong Kong Science & Technology Parks Corporation CEO, Albert Wong, and advisor Allan Zeman. They explain how the city’s leading innovation and technology ecosystem fosters worldwide impact.
Eureka 434: Swedish denim special, part two: COF Studio
Per Fredriksson, founder of Stockholm-based premium menswear label Circle Of Friends Studio, reflects on launching the brand in 2015 and how his lifelong career in fashion manufacturing shaped its focus on high-quality denim.
Swedish denim special, part one: how friendship and craft built Jeanerica
Lena Patriksson Keller and Jonas Clason, co-founders of European denim house Jeanerica, discuss their long-standing creative partnership and timeless Scandinavian design. And: we meet the creator of the autonomous mobility vehicle, Iino, in Tokyo.
Eureka 433: A decade of Pampa, a brand first inspired by homesickness for Argentina
Victoria Aguirre shares how her career in photojournalism and travels through Latin America inspired her to launch Pampa, a B Corp-certified brand focused on artisan craftsmanship, heritage and sustainable production.
Ode Ona and Born To Stand Out
Asia perfume special: we meet Ruth Chao von Gehren, the founder of Ode Ona, a Hong Kong-based fragrance house. And Jun Lim talks about his artistic perfumery from Seoul, Born to Stand Out.
Eureka 442: Calma Compania
Cornelius Klimt shares the story of Calma Compania, an Austrian brand making plant-based mosquito spray, which he launched in 2024 with co-founder Hemma Marenzi. Today, it’s found in some of Europe’s most thoughtful hotels.
