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 122
We meet the investor who wants you to forget the phrase “greed is good”, head to Melbourne to visit the founder of the world’s largest independent cinema network, meet the up-and-comers and old-school stalwarts of the global toy trade in Nuremberg, chat with the general manager of Beijing’s new Waldorf…
Edition 121
We meet the man who thinks business travellers should consider the humble hostel on their next trip abroad, visit a Dutch architect and furniture designer spreading the wooden gospel in Maputo, head to Istanbul to find out how startups have surged despite challenges in the Turkish economy, test out an…
Edition 120
We roll up our sleeves with business and tech education gurus General Assembly, meet the founders of The Restart Project, visit the team behind the ‘Rapid Packing Container’, talk with the cofounders of online music mag Resident Advisor, discuss high-speed rail in Texas and give corporate-sponsored city cycle schemes a…
Edition 119
We meet the people behind Audio Network – the company that’s cracked the uncrackable nut of musical rights, visit the founders of men’s fashion consultancy A Good Man in Melbourne, chat with the managing director of Fabergé about restoring the company to its luxury roots, meet the man behind the…
Edition 118
We eat our way through the Americana food craze in Amman, meet the man who resurrected a favourite spirit from the Belle Époque, break open the business model of Girl Meets Dress – a company that rents out designer dresses, meet the restaurateur behind London’s newly opened Ape & Bird,…
Edition 117
We’re in Turkey to check the health of the Anatolian print market, meet an Austrian ex-banker who runs an ice-cream emporium in Belgrade, sit down with designer extraordinaire Sid Mashburn, review a recyclable smartphone case in Taipei, visit the home of hi-fi firm McIntosh, and give experiential dining a branding…
Edition 116
The best of The Entrepreneurs in 2013, with all the reports you loved and the guests who made you think.
Edition 115
In this festive edition, we try out a Christmas-tree delivery service in New York, visit a baker in Toronto, and revisit some of our favourite social entrepreneurs who did well by doing good for others this year.
Edition 114
We investigate how Berlin’s growing bicycle traffic has spawned a burgeoning startup ecosystem, meet Voga entrepreneur Juliet Murrell, take stock of an alternative currency pumping life into the Sardinian economy, chat with the designer of a 3D-speaker system with a decidedly retro influence, talk to two Colombian footwear entrepreneurs, and…
Edition 113
We meet two Brooklyn-based entrepreneurs rekindling a lost beer-brewing tradition, profile a pioneering company in the field of electronic music production, head to the foot of the French Alps to meet the makers of an amphibious aircraft, look at the future of interactive video advertising, and give the iconic German…
