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Distill Ventures
How do you build a profitable new brand in the world of spirits? Launched in 2013, Distill Ventures helps brands navigate those early years with investment and mentoring. Since then they’ve invested millions in promising new spirits companies. But what makes a drinks brand stand out? What’s more crucial: marketing…
Eureka 9: Hayden Wood
Presented by Monocle’s Daniel Giacopelli, ‘Eureka’ is a weekly spotlight on business origins brought to you by the team behind ‘The Entrepreneurs’. In this episode Hayden Wood shares his journey from management consultant to co-founder of energy start-up Bulb. He explains how he met his co-founder on a boat at…
Growth
The team behind popular London-based menswear brand Percival open up about their business challenges and discuss their new crowdfunding campaign, and we profile Bontoni, a family-run Italian company looking to make its mark in a sector where established names loom large. Plus: we visit the Bluemond Farms in Serbia to…
Eureka 8: Lyn Harris
Eureka is a weekly spotlight on business origins brought to you by the team behind ‘The Entrepreneurs’ and presented by Monocle’s Daniel Giacopelli. In this episode Lyn Harris shares early inspirations, her experience learning the art of fragrance in Paris and how she created successful brands Miller Harris and Perfumer…
Ambition and vision
Ryan Holiday went from talent agent to American Apparel’s director of marketing in his early twenties – then the wheels came off. Now older and wiser, Holiday is here with a lesson: ego is the enemy. Ross Bailey has something to share too. His vision was to create an Airbnb-style…
Eureka 7: Jimmy Cregan
Jimmy Cregan of Jimmy’s Iced Coffee explains how he first discovered cold and caffeinated joys in Australia.
Company culture
How do you measure company culture? How seriously should a CEO consider it and how can it be improved? This week we meet Didier Elzinga from Australian start-up Culture Amp, a company revolutionising the ‘people-analytics’ industry. Meanwhile, with the news that advertising agency Wieden + Kennedy has created an emotionally…
Eureka 6: Daniela Castellanos
‘Eureka’ is a weekly spotlight on business origins brought to you by the team behind ‘The Entrepreneurs’. In this episode Daniela Castellanos describes her move from Colombia to London to sell bags made by indigenous artisans. However, things didn’t exactly go to plan; Castellanos explains how she navigated from failure…
The Entrepreneurs: Live
In this special live episode of ‘The Entrepreneurs’ recorded at our Marylebone HQ, Monocle’s Daniel Giacopelli and Andrew Tuck are joined by the visionaries and creative leaders behind inspiring, successful businesses. From industry giants and family outfits to one-man-bands and clever upstarts, we find out how to build a strong…
Eureka 5: Mark Dawson
Presented by Monocle’s Daniel Giacopelli, ‘Eureka’ is a weekly spotlight on business origins brought to you by the team behind ‘The Entrepreneurs’. In this episode Mark Dawson explains his journey from a lawyer with literary ambitions to a mega-successful self-published author with dozens of thrillers under his belt, hundreds of…
