The Entrepreneurs

We meet the man whose wants to spark a business giving revolution, visit a company that’s made political tourism a roaring trade, chat with a science-fiction screenwriter turned ice-cream parlour impresario in Brooklyn, talk hair-styling with one of most powerful women in Brazil, meet one company that thinks it has cracked how to sell to the millennial generation, and discuss an industry in search of a business model with our friends at Winkreative.

We take a tour of the Egyptian business world after the coup, meet a reverend-turned-fireworks tycoon, discover how Islamic countries are finding new faces to entice the West through big business, visit two US companies with supply on the mind, and give Four Seasons hotels a branding overhaul with our friends at Winkreative.

A look at the future of entrepreneurship in Africa, Monocle’s man in San Francisco reports from a pow wow for the global robotics industry, and we find out how American brand Shinola is bringing manufacturing back to Detroit. Plus, we head to the first guillotine store in Europe, talk customer service with the founder of Zendesk, chat with a Mexican entrepreneur promoting British menswear in London, and give the Eurostar train a branding overhaul with our friends at Winkreative.

We take a tour of Paris’s burgeoning startup scene, ask British singer-songwriter Lloyd Cole about the business challenges of the modern music industry, visit the legendary Olympic recording studios in West London that’s been remodelled into a new cinema, meet a Greek entrepreneur creating handmade eyewear from natural woods, ask one of the world’s wealthiest men how he rose from poverty to riches, and give craft beer a branding overhaul with our friends at Winkreative.

We meet two American entrepreneurs who think that Tunis is the new Beirut, head to the Pop Up Flea – a New York retail experiment that’s moved shop to London for the weekend. Plus, we visit a group of young entrepreneurs shaking up the way people save money in Jordan, tour Umami Mart – an Oakland, California store specialising in Japanese barware, chat with the man behind the ultimate Himalayan luxury experience, and give sportswear a branding overhaul with our friends at Winkreative.

We browse the Best of Britannia exhibition in London, meet the man behind Palo Alto-based start-up Sabi, and chat with the creator of a radical new instrument that re-imagines the piano.

We’re in western Australia where one company hopes its new wetsuit will make swimmers less visible to sharks, we speak with Georg Riedel, 10th generation owner of Riedel glassware, head to Greece where two entrepreneurs have combined their love for the printed word with fresh espresso and snacks, tour Germany’s Eurobike show, and take the temperature of the Brussels tech scene.

Monocle’s transport editor hops on the new Boeing 787 Dreamliner from Oslo to New York and chats with the man behind Norwegian Air. We also explore the world of high-fidelity sound at London’s Audio Lounge, ask the chief of Longchamp for his top management tips, and give Australian outerwear brand RM Williams a branding overhaul with our friends at Winkreative.

We visit three Americans in Berlin who are joining with the locals in a craft-brew revolution, head to Amman, which is quickly becoming the Arab world’s start-up capital, and speak with a fragrance entrepreneur who sources ingredients from Afghanistan.

We head to West Texas to meet the man making the world’s finest leather medicine balls, learn how to make the best use of empty commercial property, get a taste of the ice cream industry in Madrid, and test a new way of paying for food and drink.