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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Edition 167
The highlights of 2014, including brand-reinvention stories, burgeoning business cities, travel titans and much more.
Edition 166
We peruse the Turkish retail and hospitality scenes in Portland, Eden Collinsworth discusses her new book *I Stand Corrected*, Asi Sharabi of Lost my Name explains the service’s personalised children’s books, we meet the creative director of Bang & Olufsen and the Winkreative team analyse Starbucks’ premium-market motives.
Edition 165
We meet the minds behind Escape The City, check out Finnish fitness app HeiaHeia and watchmakers Audemars Piguet, talk luxury book publishing with Prosper Assouline, and look at the branding of passports with the team at Winkreative.
Edition 164
We tour the London flagship store of Gieves & Hawkes at 1 Savile Row, meet the founders of Billykirk and Ikiré Jones, and discuss the challenges and opportunities of commercial spaceflight with Karin Nilsdotter from Spaceport Sweden.
Edition 163
We visit Slush in Helsinki to meet Spotify’s Martin Lorentzon in a sauna, hear the nightlife success story of Francisco Ferrer from Ibiza’s Lio, visit the Creative Business Cup in Copenhagen, and Sebastian Nienaber explains his new event Hacking Happiness.
Edition 162
We visit the Granny’s Finest team in the Netherlands, discuss habit-forming products with Nir Eyal and talk fairtrade jewellery with Alan Frampton. We also meet Cathy Ridley from MovePlan, chat with and the duo behind Tavistock Tutors and hear from the Winkreative team on how brands move across markets.
Edition 161
We visit the Web Summit in Dublin, meet the founders of Evernote, BlaBlaCar, Flipboard, VSCO, and FiftyThree, discover a new cocktail kit subscription service, and discuss the branding of vermouth with Alessandro Palazzi from Dukes Bar in London.
Edition 160
We survey Lebanon’s beer industry, meet the CEOs of Fitbay, Simudyne and GoodWeave and talk music with Downtown Music Publishing’s Justin Kalifowitz. Plus: the Winkreative team discuss retail stationery brands.
Edition 159
We navigate Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar with a mobile app, talk sustainable luxury with Maria Eugenia Gijon and meet business thinker Jeff Sutherland. Plus: Indian fashion brand Bhane, the Stair-Rover team and a chat about currency branding with the Winkreative team.
Edition 158
We talk hotel-search sites with Tom Leathes of Top10.com, meet the founder of the Millennial Trains Project and discuss the events industry with Richard Dodgson. We also ponder business partnerships with the CEOs of Technogym and McLaren, explore Canada’s Drake Devonshire hotel and look at eyewear brand Cazal.
