Podcast
The Entrepreneurs
Hosted by Monocle · EN
Monocle Radio’s weekly tour of the most inspiring people, companies and ideas in global business, from startups to heritage brands, covering the best in hospitality, design, fashion and retail.
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How e-bike operator Forest got more Londoners on two wheels
5d ago00:30:29Summary readyWe meet Caroline Seton, co-founder of Forest, an e-bike operator in London offering affordable, app-based bike hire across the capital. Plus: Gustav Gyllenhammar, Spotify senior vice-president of markets and subscriptions, talks about the company’s impressive growth as it celebrates its 20th anniversary. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
SummaryCan Qantas’ Project Sunrise redefine long-haul travel?
2w ago00:32:53Summary readyWe are in Toulouse as Qantas unveils the aircraft that it hopes will redefine long-haul travel with 22-hour direct flights from Sydney to London and New York. Plus: we meet the CEO of Aquarius Aerial Firefighting.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
SummaryNo booze, no lose: Meet the founders drinking to an alcohol-free future
3w ago00:29:17Summary readyAs more alcohol-free drinks hit the shelves, we meet two founders who carved their own path in the booming market. Lucy Isles talks about Sablière, an alcohol-free sparkling cuvée from Edinburgh. And: we head to Merano to meet Maria-Elisabeth Laimer, co-founder of Italy’s first handcrafted alcohol-free beer, Freedl. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
SummaryThe case for sabbaticals: Why businesses benefit when workers take ‘Big Time Off’
4w ago00:31:59Summary readyHarvard Business School lecturer DJ DiDonna talks about the importance of sabbaticals and why intentionality in time away from work is a win-win for employees and bosses alike. He shares findings from his new book, ‘Big Time Off: The Transformative Power of Sabbaticals and How to Take One’.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
SummaryNeurospace: How a Berlin space start-up landed contracts with Nasa and SpaceX
Jul 1500:28:20Summary readyWe meet the founder of Neurospace, the only privately funded German space start-up to have secured contracts with both Nasa and SpaceX. Plus: We visit Slatnar, a Slovenia-based ski-maker.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
SummarySkyfirst CEO Olivier Perdriel on geopolitical flight-path disruptions and the future of private aviation
Jul 800:27:18Summary readyOlivier Perdriel stops by Monocle’s Paris bureau to discuss his boutique aviation business, which started with a single aircraft and now operates a fleet of long-range and ultra-long-range jets. He discusses navigating geopolitical uncertainty and why relationships remain his company’s greatest competitive advantage.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
SummaryThe business of better running with the founders of One Track Club
Jul 100:29:16Summary readyAnthony and Laura Fletcher, the husband-and-wife co-founders of One Track Club, discuss how they turned a free running club into a fast-growing business and share lessons on what it takes to scale a personalised service. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
SummaryCEO Jean-Marie Mognetti on building CoinShares
Jun 2400:29:42Summary readyJean-Marie Mognetti, the CEO and co-founder of CoinShares, talks about how he helped build one of Europe's leading-digital asset managers. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
SummaryHow a boutique studio landed the Obama Presidential Center brief
Jun 1700:27:39Summary readyAs the Barack Obama Presidential Center opens in Chicago, we meet a husband-and-wife team whose brand studio was appointed the prime design partner for the historic civil landmark. Tom Crabtree and Patricia Callaway discuss Manual’s work with the Obama Foundation and the inherent challenges to a presidential commission.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
SummaryA visit to France’s biggest sauna, Sant Roch, and Publicisdrugstore
Jun 1000:28:03Summary readyMonocle’s Fernando Augusto Pacheco meets Chloé Bouscatel, co-founder of Sant Roch, Paris’s newest and largest sauna. Plus: Fernando chats champagne and magazines with the CEO of Publicisdrugstore, a Parisian institution on the Champs-Élysées.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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