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November 05, 2021 Eureka 269: Plum Play
Paul Schaffer is the managing director of Plum Play, a leading UK brand in the active-play category that makes outside toys for children. The company was founded by Schaffer’s parents more than 30 years ago and exports to over 50 countries, with offices in the UK, Hong Kong and Australia. Schaffer has been working hard to help the brand grow and evolve, while living up to the values of the company his parents built.
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11 min
November 03, 2021 Bombas
Randy Goldberg is the co-founder and chief brand officer of Bombas, the New York-based sock-maker founded in 2013. Using its one-for-one model, Bombas has to date donated more than 40 million garments to homeless shelters and charities across the US. The company has expanded into making other essential items such as T-shirts and underwear. And recently, the brand has launched in the UK, its first market outside the US.
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30 min
October 29, 2021 Eureka 268: Eym
Poppy and Sam Wall are the husband-and-wife team behind natural-fragrance brand Eym. They came up with the idea when Poppy was pregnant and researching some of the negative effects of synthetic candles. The couple created and launched the business in the UK but now run it from their home in Sydney.
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12 min
October 27, 2021 Amass and Clearco
This week we’re off to Los Angeles, to meet Morgan McLachlan, head distiller and chief product officer for premium botanical spirits brand Amass. Its range of spirits, hard seltzers and personal-care products are a celebration of the terroir of the Canadian’s adopted home in California. Plus: we get fundraising advice and explore the world of revenue-based financing with Clearco co-founder Michele Romanow.
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31 min
October 22, 2021 Eureka 267: Valpas
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11 min
October 20, 2021 Irene Forte Skincare
Irene Forte is the founder of beauty label Irene Forte Skincare. A native of Italy, Forte has worked with skincare expert Francesca Ferri on the formulations, using natural ingredients from her family’s organic farm in Sicily, including prickly pear, lemon and hibiscus. Just a few years since an exclusive launch with Net-a-Porter, her products are now carried by more than 20 top retailers, including Liberty London and Nordstrom.
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31 min
October 15, 2021 Eureka 266: The Pack
Judy Nadel and Damien Clarkson are co-founders of The Pack, a UK company offering plant-based meals for dogs. While you might question the need for your pet to go vegan, Nadel and Clarkson are keen to show the scientific benefits.
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11 min
October 13, 2021 Harry Handelsman
The arrival of a new Eurostar terminal in 2007 was a catalyst but the revitalisation of London’s King’s Cross neighbourhood was also thanks to property developer Harry Handelsman. To mark the St Pancras Renaissance Hotel’s 10th anniversary later this month, Handelsman’s Manhattan Loft Corporation will open Booking Office 1869, a revamp of the bar inside the 19th-century ticket hall. For this week’s episode, Handelsman discusses his love for London and landmark projects such as the Chiltern Firehouse.
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32 min
October 08, 2021 Eureka 265: Frinj Coffee
Jay Ruskey is the founder of Frinj Coffee, a company he started on his family’s Santa Barbara farm with the aim of helping to make California the next speciality coffee growing hotbed. In 2002 the farmer and agronomist planted a trial crop of coffee in hope of proving that coffee could thrive in warm, tropical climates. To date he’s helped to grow more than 3,000 mature coffee trees.
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12 min
October 06, 2021 Huckletree
The return to co-working spaces has been vital for many businesses. We discuss the future of these spaces with Gabriela Hersham, CEO of workspace company Huckletree. Plus, Josh Fehnert on good office design and Professor Stefan Allesch-Taylor’s tips on entrepreneurial thinking.
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30 min

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