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 112
We meet Michael Phillips Moskowitz, founder of the popular online marketplace Bureau of Trade, head to Tunisia to visit a company that’s taking the interior design world by storm, meet the minds behind Wok+Wine, take a flight on a hot-air balloon in Spain, chat with Andrew Apostola, co-founder of the…
Edition 111
Daniel Giacopelli heads to the international finals of the Creative Business Cup in Copenhagen, we meet David and Tom Kelley of IDEO on the release of their new book “Creative Confidence”, and our friends at Winkreative drop by to give Marc Jacobs a branding overhaul.
Edition 110
We head to Slush in Helsinki – the largest start-up conference in Northern Europe, find out why investing in wine is a good idea, speak to Marc Strigel, COO of SoundCloud, and meet the people behind online philanthropic fashion retailer Mygoodness.com.
Edition 109
We meet the man whose wants to spark a business giving revolution, visit a company that’s made political tourism a roaring trade, chat with a science-fiction screenwriter turned ice-cream parlour impresario in Brooklyn, talk hair-styling with one of most powerful women in Brazil, meet one company that thinks it has…
Edition 108
We take a tour of the Egyptian business world after the coup, meet a reverend-turned-fireworks tycoon, discover how Islamic countries are finding new faces to entice the West through big business, visit two US companies with supply on the mind, and give Four Seasons hotels a branding overhaul with our…
Edition 107
A look at the future of entrepreneurship in Africa, Monocle’s man in San Francisco reports from a pow wow for the global robotics industry, and we find out how American brand Shinola is bringing manufacturing back to Detroit. Plus, we head to the first guillotine store in Europe, talk customer…
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 remodelled into a new cinema, meet a Greek entrepreneur creating handmade eyewear from natural woods, ask…
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, we visit a group of young entrepreneurs shaking up the way people save money in Jordan,…
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 that lets you sample iconic bottles on the cheap, and head to a Latin American media…
