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 106
We take a tour of Paris’s burgeoning startup scene, ask British singer-songwriter Lloyd Cole about the business challenges of the modern music industry, visit the legendary Olympic recording studios in West London that’s been…
Edition 105
We meet two American entrepreneurs who think that Tunis is the new Beirut, head to the Pop Up Flea – a New York retail experiment that’s moved shop to London for the weekend. Plus,…
Edition 104
We browse the Best of Britannia exhibition in London, meet the man behind Palo Alto-based start-up Sabi, and chat with the creator of a radical new instrument that re-imagines the piano.
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We meet a Lebanese entrepreneur developing an app to keep citizens safe from sectarian strife, discuss the challenges of online curation with the CEO of web-based designer marketplace Boticca, visit a London wine shop…
Edition 102
We’re in western Australia where one company hopes its new wetsuit will make swimmers less visible to sharks, we speak with Georg Riedel, 10th generation owner of Riedel glassware, head to Greece where two…
Edition 101
Monocle’s transport editor hops on the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner from Oslo to New York and chats with the man behind Norwegian Air. We also explore the world of high-fidelity sound at London’s Audio…
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On our 100th episode we discuss Prada and classic outerwear company Schott NYC, both founded in 1913. We also ask luxury impresario William Asprey how his family’s businesses have attracted customers for 200 years,…
Edition 99
We visit three Americans in Berlin who are joining with the locals in a craft-brew revolution, head to Amman, which is quickly becoming the Arab world’s start-up capital, and speak with a fragrance entrepreneur…
Edition 98
We head to West Texas to meet the man making the world’s finest leather medicine balls, learn how to make the best use of empty commercial property, get a taste of the ice cream…
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We interview Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, meet the brothers behind Pacific Puffs in San Francisco, talk with investor Christopher Schroeder about the business promise of the Arab world, get a primer in intellectual property…
