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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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Episode 193
#193 24 Jun 2015

Episode 193

A special episode on clothing entrepreneurs around the world. We meet the co-founder of YMC, a mainstay of the British fashion scene; chat with the Porto-based entrepreneur behind luxury loungewear label Walls of Benin;…

Episode 192
#192 17 Jun 2015

Episode 192

We visit a boutique winery in the West Bank and head to Lebanon to learn about an engineer’s corporate social-responsibility project and a generations-old family of glass blowers. Plus: David Abrahamovitch explains why his…

Episode 191
#191 10 Jun 2015

Episode 191

We meet the founder of flight tracking service FlightAware and visit an unusual anti-stress club in Buenos Aires. George Bamford discusses men’s grooming and custom watches and our man in Madrid discovers how to…

Episode 190
#190 03 Jun 2015

Episode 190

A special episode explores the future and meaning of ‘work’. We visit Dawson Denim’s workshop on England’s south coast, learn why Lebanese telecoms entrepreneur Mahdi Yahya has created a free working space for creative…

Edition 189
#189 27 May 2015

Edition 189

We meet Björn Jeffery, co-founder and CEO of Stockholm-based game development studio Toca Boca and discuss innovation in education with Finnish entrepreneur Saku Tuominen. Plus, the Winkreative team looks at KidZania, the role-playing theme…

Edition 188
#188 20 May 2015

Edition 188

Designer and entrepreneur Jon Kolko shares his new book ‘Well-Designed: How to Use Empathy to Create Products People Love’. Elsewhere in the show our man in Madrid heads to the annual Zinc Shower event…

Edition 187
#187 13 May 2015

Edition 187

A special episode on transformation: we profile a Vienna company turning empty street-level shops into loft apartments, an Argentinian brother-sister duo building a bag business out of old kitesurfing sails and a French former…

Edition 186
#186 06 May 2015

Edition 186

A special episode featuring an in-depth look at the entrepreneurship scene in Montréal and the business minds on a mission to reclaim the glory of Québec’s largest city.

#185 29 Apr 2015

Edition 185

We meet the CEOs of cycling brand Rapha and skincare brand Aesop, and Icelandic entrepreneur Sigurlaug Sverrisdottir shares the hospitality secrets of her award-winning ION Adventure Hotel.

#184 22 Apr 2015

Edition 184

We visit the handmade bicycle show Bespoked, meet the CEO of Gousto – who predicts the future of ingredients-delivery services – and head to Vienna to investigate the employment prospects of Austria’s ex-offenders. Plus…

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