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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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The case for sabbaticals: Why businesses benefit when workers take ‘Big Time Off’
2d 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
1w ago00:28:20Summary 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
2w ago00:27:18Summary 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
3w ago00:29:16Summary 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.
SummaryDesign that changes how we see the world: Tombino and ÖÖD
Jun 300:29:23Summary readyArchitect and designer Jason Lempieri speaks about Tombino, a project that turns manhole-cover designs from cities around the world into functional art. Plus: we head to Tallinn to meet Andreas Tiik, co-founder of ÖÖD.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
SummaryRoland Horne on scaling WatchHouse cafés, from London and Abu Dhabi to New York
May 2700:28:01Summary readyWe meet Roland Horne, founder and CEO of WatchHouse, a coffee chain with almost 30 global locations and counting. Plus: former private-jet broker Alex Hunter discusses why he left aviation to pursue hospitality and the relocation of his celebrated Chelsea restaurant, The Sea, The Sea, to a bigger site.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
SummaryOrbitworks and the UAE’s race to space
May 2000:28:18Summary readyAndrew Mueller speaks with Hamdullah Mohib, acting CEO of Abu Dhabi-based satellite manufacturer Orbitworks, about the UAE’s rapidly growing space industry, the company’s recent deal with France’s CNES and the journey from his diplomatic role as Afghanistan’s ambassador to the US to the space sector.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
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