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 67
We meet the head of the family-run Benetton company, speak to the director of the International Trade Centre about her mission to represent small businesses worldwide, and visit a company using a novel approach…
Edition 66
We meet a Düsseldorf-based Sri Lankan shirt maker, visit a Greek grocery store for the blind, and chat with the man perfecting sourdough bread in London.
Edition 65
We hear from a caviar expert sourcing her stock from China, visit Cairo to meet the man making a profit by paying people to recycle, and we find out how one company in Mumbai…
Edition 64
Best of 2012: From the founder of Oliver Peoples to a brewing operation in the West Bank and to a bell-maker in Berlin, we bring you the interviews that inspired, the discussions that made…
Edition 63
On this special Christmas edition of The Entrepreneurs, we discover a Roman business finding inspiration from rummaging through the past, and head to Warsaw to meet three entrepreneurs using an abandoned factory to create…
Edition 62
Sophie Grove visits the UK’s oldest salmon smokery just 100 metres from London’s Olympic stadium, we chat with the co-founders of a Chicago window-cleaning business, and discuss the branding of charities with our friends…
Edition 61
We head to Cairo to test out a new service willing to run any errand, big or small, find out what it takes to become a successful nightclub boss in São Paulo and light…
Edition 60
We ask if 3D printing is the future, visit the only wasabi farm in Europe, and a pen company in Japan that’s obsessed with heritage.
Edition 59
The Entrepreneurs team visits Iceland for a special report. We meet the most interesting entrepreneurs driving innovation in this small and forward-thinking country.
Edition 58
We speak with Vivienne Westwood and Simone Cipriani at the IHT Luxury Conference in Rome, hear of lighthouses’ resurgence in Spain, and discuss cosmetics branding.
