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 152
We’re in Paris to meet the man who pioneered “flash sales”, we also help predict the future of solar power in households with the CEO of Hanergy UK, meet the founder of the UK’s first online subscription shaving brand, discover the start-up changing tourists’ perceptions of Spain, see how small…
Edition 151
We talk with the DesignStudio team about their rebrand of Airbnb, meet the CEO of eco-friendly car service Climatecars, discuss business-reputation management with Tom Curtin, visit Atelier Rebul in Istanbul, and learn about the work of an exotic-plant dealer in Moscow.
Edition 150
We explore business opportunities in the Canary Islands, see how *Medikidz* uses superheroes to keep children health-aware, meet the man resurrecting the classic brand Ohio Knitting Mills, visit the people behind The Goodhood Store in east London, chat with the Toronto team attempting to break the human-powered land-speed record, get…
Edition 149
We meet the team behind UK eyewear brand Finlay & Co, discover how Board Intelligence is innovating in the corporate world, head to Brooklyn to talk with Ryan Babenzien of Greats, get management tips from the CEO of Grenson, chat with the founder of hi-tech Dutch umbrella company Senz°, uncover…
Edition 148
We meet Jake Levine of Electric Objects, talk private-education consulting with Dr Kat Cohen of IvyWise, Daniel Becerra of BuffaloGrid explains his solar-charging hub solution, we chat with Dr Mark Ratnarajah of FindMeHealth.com, Hong Kong-based jeweller Nathalie Melville discusses the fair-trade jewellery scene, and we explore New York’s bike-sharing scheme…
Edition 147
We catch fish for San Francisco restaurants with Water2Table, head to Lebanon to see how the country is attracting tourism, discuss junior recruiting with Eiso Kant of Tyba, meet Brian Harrison of Swoon Editions, discover how coffee can be made into biofuel with Arthur Kay of Bio-Bean, and discuss the…
Edition 146
We head to rural Australia to meet the man making some of the best bluegrass mandolins money can buy, look at the art of designing the perfect workplace and the entrepreneurship of architects, meet the mind behind crowd-funded wine company NakedWines, get a tutorial in data analytics, and discuss betting…
Edition 145
We visit a family farm in northern Greece, talk future tech with Adrian David Cheok of the Mixed Reality Lab, explore the US craft-beer movement with Steve Hindy of Brooklyn Brewery, discuss branding with Jeanette Pritchard, look at watchmaking in Australia, and try to predict the future of Burberry with…
Edition 144
We untangle the invisible boundaries of global business with Erin Meyer, look at a free bottled water company in Australia, test a mobile polling company in Brooklyn, explore the explosion of the emerging market-consumer class with LeapFrog’s Dr Andrew Kuper, hit the waves with a Portuguese surfboard maker, and discuss…
Edition 143
We attend Hackers on the Runway in Paris to discover how luxury industries can adapt to the digital era, survey the start-up ecosystem of Bratislava, go offshore in San Francisco to explore the seasteading scene, meet the co-founder of England’s Lake District-based design company Herdy, and discuss cinema experiences with…
