The Entrepreneurs

We meet Justin Hall, a fifth generation sock maker and CEO of luxury sock brand Pantherella, tell the story of Canadian publisher Coach House Books and speak to the authors of the new book ‘Friend & Foe’ who explain when to compete and when to co-operate in the workplace.

We explore the world of sonic branding with the CEO of Austria-based company Raven and Finch; Roo Rogers and Yves Béhar of fuseproject talk about the Spring Accelerator, a venture that supports businesses helping the lives of adolescent girls in East Africa; and the Winkreative team look at the branding and future of Danish design company Hay.

We sit down with Frank Muytjens, head of men’s design at J.Crew, and hear how the company transformed from a preppy catalogue brand into a consistently on-point icon in the global menswear market. We also talk to the British business duo behind superfood-infused chocolate brand Doisy & Dam. Plus: Freya Williams, author of ‘Green Giants’, explains how companies from Chipotle to Tesla are reversing the age-old wisdom that sustainability and profits can’t go hand-in-hand.

We visit the team behind American manufacturing company Knickerbocker and tour their Brooklyn factory; investigate the success stories of city governments around the world in promoting local entrepreneurship and innovation; and profile Swedish entrepreneur Noa Fridmark, who went from a high-paying corporate job to an isolated archipelago island and on to start-up success.

We visit Rio de Janeiro to see how city hall is working to keep classic retailers alive. We also tell the story of a Lisbon couple who left the big city to revive traditional wool manufacturing in the Portuguese mountains. Plus: the Winkreative team weighs in on a tale of two logos.

We paint a colourful picture of the art world’s framing superstars John Jones. Taking a journey from the company’s massive London headquarters to its bespoke wood mill outside the capital, we tell the story of this successful second-generation family firm as it preserves and protects everything from Warhols, Bacons and Banksys to treasured family photographs.

We talk to entrepreneurs and innovation experts Martin Amor and Alex Pellew about their new book ‘The Idea In You’, a toolkit for taking an idea and turning it into a business. We also meet Lorenzo Curci, who explains why he quit his job in equity derivatives to create the cycling clothing brand Huez*.

We survey the start-up scene in Lebanon and meet the founders of Detroit-based brand Floyd. Plus: the Winkreative team explores the future of content marketing.

We meet Jason Goldberg and Petrus Palmer of Berlin-based start-up Hem and talk to Phil Hutcheon of mobile app DICE about why transparency is the future of live music ticketing. Plus: we’re in the West Bank city of Hebron to profile the revival of the local leather-shoemaking industry.

We profile the career of Pleurat Shabani, who shares his journey as the creator of Konik’s Tail, one of the world’s most-loved vodka brands. We then meet Simran Lal, CEO of Delhi-based Good Earth, a family-managed brand known for revolutionising contemporary Indian design. She explains why they’re now looking to expand overseas.