The Entrepreneurs

We interview Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, meet the brothers behind Pacific Puffs in San Francisco, talk with investor Christopher Schroeder about the business promise of the Arab world, get a primer in intellectual property rights for young businesses, and give Diesel a branding overhaul with our friends at Winkreative.

We take a business tour of the Zaatari refugee camp in Jordan, meet the woman who hopes to teach Chinese to a new generation, chat with two lawyers and dog-lovers in New York who used an unusual ingredient to launch a burgeoning business and talk city branding with our friends at Winkreative.

We talk with the man whose small publishing company has taken the literary world by storm, head to The Netherlands to meet the team hoping to build the world’s ethically produced phone, go hunting for hidden bank fees with the CEO of London startup TransferWise, and get investment tips from the founder of Nutmeg.com.

A look at the entrepreneurs of Kolomna, near Moscow, who hope traditional sweetmeats will regenerate their city. Plus, we visit Auckland to speak with the man behind a two-decade old alternative currency and check out a Danish school that’s taking business education to new heights.

We head to Vanuatu for a tour of the sandalwood industry, visit a Spanish pop-up showcasing local manufacturing, test a new electric bicycle in Milan, and chat with the founder of cosmetics retailer Space NK.

We head to the San Gabriel Valley in California – home to the largest Asian-style night market in the US, find out why Finns are big spenders on ice cream, and learn how one entrepreneur plans to change the way concert tickets are sold online.

A visit to the kiosks of the Middle East where people buy the small necessities of life, we visit a Munich startup trying to develop smarter heating, meet the man who designed a shoe unlike anything in the industry, and go behind the scenes at one of the world’s most advanced tech research facilities.

We visit a wine importer in a land of tough alcohol laws: Finland. Plus, we meet the minds behind Cad & the Dandy tailors on London’s Savile Row, ask Brazilian entrepreneur Cristiana Arcangeli why collagen candy is good for your health, and chat with fashion designer Massimo Alba in Milan.

We investigate how Turkey’s protest movement has fostered an unusual environment of entrepreneurship, head to Cannes to meet up with the CEO of Barbarian Group, get management tips from the head of M&C Saatchi, ask America’s most successful yoghurt entrepreneur about his journey to the top, and rebrand one of the world’s most famous camera companies with our friends at Winkreative.

We head to Madrid to see how Spanish booksellers are innovating to survive, test out a new service that lets you share the costs of owning your dream car, learn how a Vancouver-based meat market is delivering good food with a generous portion of social justice, and ask if coffee shops are more productive work spaces than offices.