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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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.
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 UK.
Eureka 186: Cody & Co
Phil Cody launched the UK shoe brand Cody & Co in 2019. The company manufactures all its footwear in Sheffield, using traditional methods inspired by Phil’s favourite Italian brands.
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 in response to the demand for CBD-based natural remedies. Just around the corner from our Midori…
Eureka 185: Page Hotels
Philip Chan is business development manager of Page Hotels, the Hong Kong-based company that’s just launched a new property in central London. We talk to him about the small details of his hotels and how to create a fresh concept in a crowded market.
Rodial
Maria Hatzistefanis is founder and CEO of Rodial, the skincare brand she launched in 1999 with a small investment. While raising a family and writing two books, Maria has managed the company’s expansion into 35 countries. Maria started as a beauty writer for ‘Seventeen’ magazine in her native Athens before…
Eureka 184: The Out
The managing director of The Out, an on-demand luxury car-rental company that exists to help Londoners escape the city. The company was born out of Jaguar Land Rover’s venture-capital arm InMotion, which incubates and invests in companies in the mobility space. From delivery to pick-up of its Jaguar and Land…
Patch
Freddie Blackett is the co-founder and CEO of Patch, the London-based online garden centre launched back in 2015. Patch helps customers find and choose the right plants for their space and then delivers them right to their door. From rookie gardeners to plant enthusiasts and big-name corporate clients, Patch has…
Eureka 183: Goodee
Twin brothers Byron and Dexter Peart, founders of fashion and accessories label Want Les Essentiels in 2006, are no strangers to launching a business. In 2019 they established Goodee, an online marketplace that sells sharp-looking, sustainable home goods that are ethically made.
