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 74
We meet São Paulo entrepreneurs who are carving (or painting) a niche in the world’s second-largest beauty market, head to Freemans Bay in New Zealand where a small clothing brand is going after worldwide appeal, and ask the head of a classic car-making company how he intends to woo female…
Edition 73
Social entrepreneurship: we tour a historic refuge for London’s dispossessed that doubles as a sumptuous private members’ club, learn how recycling newcomers TerraCycle turn Hungarian waste into profit, and see how women in Afghanistan are creating small businesses to get ahead.
Edition 72
We analyse a prototype for the perfect salesman, head to Germany to taste-test a popular soft drink, and visit the Basque Country to check out a co-op that’s stuck to a slow, steady, and fair approach during the economic downturn.
Edition 71
Wellness special: we visit a new women-only club in London, get management tips from the founder of swimwear label Orlebar Brown, meet the makers of a skin cream for skaters in Melbourne, and do laps around London’s Regent’s Park with Luis Rendon.
Edition 70
We visit Louis XIV’s favourite candle maker to see how they’re plying the wax trade in the 21st century, meet a radiologist-turned-designer who explains the medical influences on her work, and ask how a little email newsletter in Paris became big business.
Edition 69
We meet the inventor of a new silicone-based material, visit a business in East London that’s teaching people how to build electronics and chat with a man who thinks applying Stanislavski’s theory of theatre to business could improve customer experience.
Edition 68
We meet the mind behind Wantful – a service to find the perfect gift – and look at the upper echelon of the hairdressing industry, while Gillian Dobias visits Paperworld in Frankfurt.
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 to fight malware.
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 is selling yoga to a younger generation using a western model.
