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October 01, 2021 Eureka 264: Love Bonito
Rachel Lim is the co-founder of Love Bonito, a clothing brand launched in Singapore in 2010. Lim had to pay off a government bond to quit college so that she could start the brand, and borrowed her mother’s life savings to help bankroll the company’s early days. Love Bonito now sells in more than 10 markets, with shops in Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Cambodia.
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12 min
September 29, 2021 Sunday and Lidya
Victor Lugger, co-founder of hospitality payment app Sunday, on why the platform makes splitting the bill a seamless experience for diners while also being great for a restaurant’s bottom line. We also meet Tunde Kehinde, co-founder and CEO of Nigeria-based investment platform Lidya, to hear how the African SME lender is helping to close a credit gap globally. Plus: Monocle’s Genevieve Bates on why every office could use a dog.
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31 min
September 24, 2021 Eureka 263: Humanity
Peter Ward and Michael Geer are the co-founders of Humanity, a platform aimed at helping people to slow their rate of ageing. With the help of some leading researchers on their science advisory board, they’ve created an app that allows users to closely monitor various biomarkers to make better decisions for a healthier life. They’ve recently launched the full version of the app, following an investment from the co-founders of Skype, SoundCloud, meditation app Calm and My Fitness Pal.
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13 min
September 22, 2021 ‘The Monocle Book of Entrepreneurs’
This week we celebrate the release of ‘The Monocle Book of Entrepreneurs’, a guide to starting and running your own business. Daniel Bach speaks to editors Joe Pickard and Chiara Rimella about what makes a great business book and how they approached putting together Monocle’s latest title. Plus: editor in chief Andrew Tuck discusses the importance of in-person meetings. We also hear from book essayists Shamil Thakrar, founder of Dishoom, and Maria Hatzistefanis, founder of Rodial.
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31 min
September 20, 2021 Eureka 262: Fettle
Jeyda Heselton is the co-founder of Fettle, a technology-driven bicycle repair company based in the UK that was created to vastly improve the experience of getting your bike fixed. Fettle hopes that its platform will get more people riding, while also helping to tackle the environmental challenges cities face by working with partners and local authorities to think about mobility solutions for the future.
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12 min
September 15, 2021 Red Associates
Charlotte Vangsgaard is a partner at Red Associates, a strategic consultancy firm with offices in Copenhagen and New York, which is all about what it calls a “human-centred approach” to doing business. Across a host of sectors from tech to finance and mobility, Vangsgaard is helping companies to unlock their real potential, inside and out.
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29 min
September 10, 2021 Homebound
Nikki Pechet is the CEO and co-founder of Homebound, a California-based home-building firm that was created to quickly and effectively rebuild homes that were lost to wildfires. The company uses technology to streamline every step of the building process, giving peace of mind to homeowners and making life easier for tradespeople. Homebound is now working across California, Austin, Texas and the Bahamas.
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14 min
September 08, 2021 Palisociety
Avi Brosh is the founder of Los Angeles-based hotel brand Palisociety, which is behind a growing collection of boutique, low key-count establishments across the US. The former residential developer knows a thing or two about spotting a location with potential, and with discerning taste and a vision for each project, has been able to keep the group’s hotels very much on point. This week we ask: what makes a great small hotel?
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30 min
September 03, 2021 Taika
Michael Sharon and Kal Freese co-founded Taika, a San Francisco-based coffee company, in 2019. Sharon previously worked at Facebook, building the company’s mobile platform, and Freese is an award-winning Finnish barista who helped to launch a high-end instant-coffee brand in the Bay Area. Their drinks include a fixed amount of caffeine and a number of adaptogens to help you feel alert but not jittery.
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14 min
September 01, 2021 Ananas Anam
Dr Carmen Hijosa is the founder of Ananas Anam, which produces a leather alternative made from pineapple-leaf fibres called Piñatex. Hijosa is originally from Asturias in northern Spain and a career designing and manufacturing leather goods took her around the world, including to the Philippines where the idea for Piñatex was born. Carmen’s work developing the product led her to a PhD on the subject and a business that she continues to grow today.
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30 min

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