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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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…
Eureka 266: The Pack
Judy Nadel and Damien Clarkson are co-founders of The Pack, a UK company offering plant-based meals for dogs. While you might question the need for your pet to go vegan, Nadel and Clarkson are keen to show the scientific benefits.
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…
Eureka 265: Frinj Coffee
Jay Ruskey is the founder of Frinj Coffee, a company he started on his family’s Santa Barbara farm with the aim of helping to make California the next speciality coffee growing hotbed. In 2002 the farmer and agronomist planted a trial crop of coffee in hope of proving that coffee…
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.
Eureka 264: Love, Bonito
Rachel Lim is the co-founder of Love, Bonito, a clothing brand launched in Singapore in 2010. Lim had to pay off a government bond to quit college so that she could start the brand, and borrowed her mother’s life savings to help bankroll the company’s early days. Love Bonito now…
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…
Eureka 263: Humanity
Peter Ward and Michael Geer are the co-founders of Humanity, a platform aimed at helping people to slow their rate of ageing. With the help of some leading researchers on their science advisory board, they’ve created an app that allows users to closely monitor various biomarkers to make better decisions…
‘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…
Eureka 262: Fettle
Jeyda Heselton is the co-founder of Fettle, a technology-driven bicycle repair company based in the UK that was created to vastly improve the experience of getting your bike fixed. Fettle hopes that its platform will get more people riding, while also helping to tackle the environmental challenges cities face by…
