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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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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We take a business tour of the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, meet the woman who hopes to teach Chinese to a new generation, chat with two lawyers and dog-lovers in New York who…
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We talk with the man whose small publishing company has taken the literary world by storm, head to The Netherlands to meet the team hoping to build the world’s ethically produced phone, go hunting…
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A look at the entrepreneurs of Kolomna, near Moscow, who hope traditional sweetmeats will regenerate their city. Plus, we visit Auckland to speak with the man behind a two-decade old alternative currency and check…
