The Entrepreneurs

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Wes Stoody is founder and CEO of Article One, an eyewear brand born in Flint, Michigan. Article One has made a name for itself in terms of both style and craftsmanship, with all of its frames made by just a few small factories in northern Italy. Article One has collaborated with Monocle and a host of great brands in the activewear space including Café du Cycliste, Ciele Athletics and Tracksmith.

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Alfredo Lopez is founder of The Natural Wine Company, a Barcelona-based business launched by Lopez and the team behind the cult interiors magazine ‘Apartamento’. With a focus on organic and biodynamic wines, international subscribers receive four to six bottles of wine a month, usually from small and independent producers. It’s proved a great option for people across nine European countries seeking a well-stocked cellar.

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Monocle 24’s weekly tour of the most inspiring people, companies and ideas in global business, whether they are starting from scratch, reinvigorating the family firm or developing new technology.

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Martin Barry is the founder and CEO of Manifesto, a market hospitality brand based in Prague, which launched in 2018. Originally from New York, Barry is a landscape architect and also the founder of reSITE, a non-profit organisation focussed on urban design and architecture. Manifesto’s tech-enabled markets allow established businesses to reach new customers, while equipping start-ups with the tools to thrive. We also hear from Asics about its new ‘Sound Mind, Sound Body’ platform.

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Éva Goicochea is founder and CEO of Maude, a Brooklyn-based personal-care brand launched in 2018. Intimacy and inclusivity are key words for the company, which aims to modernise and update the conversation around personal health and wellness. Goicochea is also co-founder of watch brand Tinker Watches and recently brought actress Dakota Johnson onboard to serve as Maude’s co-creative director and oversee the company’s sustainability initiatives.

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F-Lane is a Berlin-based start-up accelerator aimed at empowering female entrepreneurs who are running social enterprises around the world. In this episode we hear from Saskia Bruysten, co-founder and CEO of Yunus Social Business, and Inger Paus, who heads Vodafone Germany’s corporate responsibility strategy. In F-Lane’s fifth cohort in 2020, nine companies were chosen – out of 455 applicants – from UAE, Rwanda, Uganda, Kenya, Chile, Brazil, Pakistan, Sweden and the UK.

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Jordan Nathan is founder and CEO of Caraway, a New York-based cookware and home brand he launched in 2019 after a scary experience while cooking with Teflon. Caraway makes non-toxic, eco-friendly products with sharp design, including ceramic pots and pans, linens and accessories in smart colours.

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To start the new year, we discuss both opportunity and growth. We catch up with Alex Bec, co-founder of the HudsonBec Group, to hear about the latest offering from the company behind the magazine ‘It’s Nice That’. Called Extra Nice, the new venture is a way for members to invest in the community. We also meet Ilya Volodarsky, co-founder of leading e-commerce analytics firm Segment, which helps thousands of companies to better understand their customers.

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In the second part of our favourite conversations from 2020 we meet Steve Tidball, CEO and co-founder of men’s outerwear label Vollebak. Plus, we catch up with Uruguayan fashion designer Gabriela Hearst to talk about sustainability and what it takes to survive in New York.

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