The Entrepreneurs
A weekly deep dive into global business. Inspiring stories from startups to legacy brands in hospitality, design, fashion, and retail.
Latest Episodes
Edition 19
We find Greece’s business success stories, meet the husband and wife team behind Pierrepont Hicks, and visit Copenhagen to learn about a flourishing tea business.
Edition 18
Environmental transportation: the London-based technology pioneer helping cars go green, the Swiss airline doing well during hard economic times, and where to invest in Oakland.
Edition 17
An energy special looking at geothermal power in Palestine, hydroelectricity in Britain’s Lake District and also a visit to a chocolate maker in Brooklyn.
Edition 16
How private firms are funding the film industry, we get expat business advice in China and look at the surreal world of private jet retail.
Edition 15
Jonathan Openshaw looks at quality Italian manufacturing, travels to Florence to meet a shoemaker with an international outlook, and meet business author Eric Ries.
Edition 14
We talk to radio pioneer Archie Hamilton, visit a Japanese fabric manufacturer and look at the catering business in Singapore.
Edition 13
We look at Pitti Uomo in Florence, visit a unique business set up by an artist in Cambodia, and learn about a Slovenian yachting company.
Edition 12
The show focuses on luxury watches, visiting craftsmen in Amsterdam and also taking a look at the education system in Phnom Penh.
Edition 11
Jonathan Openshaw looks back over the last 10 weeks of Monocle 24, including a Lebanese brewery and the Impossible Project in the Netherlands.
Edition 10
Jonathan Openshaw learns about the skiwear business, speaks with festive food entrepreneurs and visits a Goose farm run by a father and son.
