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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 chief, Tyler Brûlé, offers a moment of clarity, while Pip Jamieson answers questions from listeners. In…
Eureka 190: Laka
Tobias Taupitz is the CEO and co-founder of Laka, a London-based insurance company aimed at cyclists, which has found great success is upending the traditional insurance model. Members contribute to a collective fund and only have to pay if claims are made in the community.
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 Morissette Estate Winery, which usually supplies restaurants, is now selling to the public.
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 lights on? How can we be nimble and reactive to the needs of our customers and…
Eureka 189: Gail’s Artisan Bakery
Tom Molnar is CEO and co-founder of Gail’s Bakery, which has more than 50 UK outposts. Tom started it after meeting Gail Mejia, founder of The Bread Factory, a wholesaler serving London’s top chefs. For 2020, Gail’s launched the “Waste-Not” campaign to champion reduction of food waste.
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 To Go and Elsa Bernadotte from Stockholm company Karma.
Eureka 188: Wohnwagon
Austrian company Wohnwagon’s award-winning caravan features sheep’s wool insulation, triple-glazed windows and a solar water heater. The design has won a prestigious Austrian business prize and could prove to be a green alternative to owning property.
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 Baxter not long after it was sold to L’Oréal in 2013 and this venture marks his…
Eureka 187: Marloe Watch Company
Oliver Goffe co-founded the UK-based Marloe Watch Company in 2015 with Scottish designer Gordon Fraser, then a complete stranger. The pair didn’t meet in person until 18 months after they started speaking, and today they continue to work remotely on their range of smart mechanical watches.
