The Entrepreneurs

In 2019, Russell Gong and Achal Patel launched Cabinet, a New York-based company selling ethically made over-the-counter health essentials. During lockdown in the US, Cabinet partnered with Uber to ensure safe delivery of its products.

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We meet Ning Li, founder of Typology, an all-natural beauty brand launched in France in 2019. He launched the company, his third venture, after stepping down as CEO at Made.com. Typology recently launched in the UK amid the global pandemic. We also get advice on reframing problems from Dave Evans, a best-selling author and co-founder of the Stanford University Life Design Lab. We discuss his new title, ‘Designing Your Work Life’.

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Jack Scott and Alex Wright are the co-founders of Dash Water, which makes sparkling water using fruit and vegetables that would otherwise go to waste. Since launching in 2017, the UK brand has saved more than 250 tonnes of fruit and sold more than seven million cans.

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As the debate over the future of the office continues, we check in with Roxanne Varza, director of start-up incubator Station F in Paris, to hear why working from home doesn’t work for small enterprises. We also meet Nachson Mimran, co-founder of To.org and chairman of The Alpina Gstaad to hear about why he believes Gstaad can be a new hub for creative and environmental activism.

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Co-founders of Akt, Andy Coxon and Ed Currie met in 2015 when they were both dancers. They wanted to create a natural deodorant that actually worked. Their product is a balm, applied like a lotion, which comes in an aluminium tube with recyclable packaging and includes ingredients such as mandarin, petitgrain, cedar and eucalyptus.

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Alex Bennett-Grant is the founder and CEO of Amsterdam-based We Are Pi, an award-winning ad agency. He tells us about working with clients to reflect changes in culture and society, from digital transformation to calls to end systemic racism.

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Luca Gnecchi Rusconi is the founder of LGR, an eyewear brand inspired by Africa. His entrepreneurial journey began during a family trip to the former Italian colony of Eritrea in 2005, when he came across several pairs of vintage Italian-army sunglasses. He soon left his job in finance and embarked on creating his own line of eyewear.

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We meet Jules Miller, founder and CEO of The Nue Co, who launched the supplement brand in the US in 2017 after her own health concerns. Her company has attracted huge interest during the global pandemic. Plus: some clever brand-communication advice from Karl Wikström of Sweden’s Akestam Holst.

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Florian Gschwandtner is an Austrian serial entrepreneur and co-founder of fitness app Runtastic. Launched in 2009, the self-funded company is considered by some to be the first Austrian start-up. After incredible growth, Runtastic was bought for €220m by Adidas in 2015, with Florian staying on as CEO until 2018. Today he is also an advisor to the Austrian government on entrepreneurship and co-founder of Tractive, which makes real-time location trackers for pets.

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József Váradi is co-founder and CEO of Hungarian airline Wizz Air. Váradi helped to guide Wizz through the financial crisis of a decade ago and explains why Wizz is well placed to hit new heights in the future. We also hear about the looming office revolution from Bruce Davison, CEO of GoSpace AI, and why hope is a great motivator from Nils Leonard , founder of Uncommon Creative Studio.

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