25 results for The Entrepreneur in The Monocle Minute

23 September 2016

Although the economy in Los Angeles has been on the up, the city is not known as a friendly spot to start a business. A mass of red tape often stands in the way of entrepreneurs but that’s where the newly launched LA Bus…

8 February 2016

Chinese New Year celebrations, which begin today, are as much about testing out a new business for Hong Kong’s young entrepreneurs as they are about exchanging good fortune with family and friends. As local enterprisers man…

6 January 2016

A new entrepreneurial hub looks set to emerge in Hong Kong: Wong Chuk Hang, a former industrial area in the island’s southern district, will soon be humming with enterprisers as the Social Innovation Centre opens this week…

8 April 2016

Whatever your brand – whether it be business, hotel or even city – doing hospitality well should be a main concern. Who is setting the benchmark for experiences that are genuine, reliable and believable? Monocle will be…

24 September 2015

Myanmar opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi's party is looking to sweep the polls in the country’s November elections, meanwhile the current government is still trying to make its economy enticing to entrepreneurs. Next…

15 January 2016

Menswear buyers and brands flock to Pitti Uomo to read the industry tea leaves: who’s buying what, from where and why. This year in Florence African menswear has been brought to the fashion fore with “Generation Africa”,…

29 September 2015

Visitors to Japan are acquainted with the ubiquitous Michi-no-Eki – a roadside rest station that doubles up as a lively one-stop showcase for community businesses and culture. First rolled out in 1993, the original 103…

11 December 2015

Long considered Bali’s sleepy sister to the east, Lombok is aiming for a slice of the former’s tourism pie in a groundbreaking ceremony tomorrow for a special economic zone in Mandalika. Led by the state-owned tourism…

14 February 2017

The Lebanese have a knack for solving problems through private enterprise: where municipality fails it’s often business that steps in to plug the gap. Such is the case with the new bike-sharing scheme that’s slowly being…

7 April 2016

Ho Chi Minh City is undergoing a cultural renaissance led by a young and optimistic population. With Vietnam’s average age sitting at a mere 30 and the government successfully opening up the country to investment, creative…

24 March 2017

Iranians saw in the New Year this week. It’s a time when families prepare elaborate tables laden with seven symbolic items to herald the start of spring. For the surrounding countries, the Nowrooz period is equally auspi…

1 March 2016

As the tech industry in Southeast Asia continues to boom, shared workspaces are on the rise. Start-ups in the region attracted $1.6bn (€1.47bn) worth of investment in 2015, a 43 per cent leap from 2014. A young and digit…

25 May 2016

Technology whizz kids and wannabes are gathering in Hong Kong for the second edition of Rise, a start-up conference that begins next week. Away from the conference centre this year’s attendees will have an alternative venue…

3 February 2017

There are only a couple of months to go before Station F – the world’s biggest start-up campus – opens in Paris’s 13th arrondissement. The roomy campus, designed by architecture firm Wilmotte & Associés, is housed in the…

24 October 2016

It’s been the long-touted golden tweak to the way the United Arab Emirates does business. Currently company owners in financial trouble can face hefty prison time in the UAE if they default on payment, which accounts for…