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Food52’s Amanda Hesser tells us why and how, more than a decade ago, she set out to bring cooks together to exchange ideas and recipes, and to deliver a real sense of community in the kitchen. Plus: Anyday’s Steph Chen explains how her innovative range of glass cookware is transforming …
It's holiday season here in Europe – so we’re heading for a hopefully well deserved summer break just for the next few weeks. Keep an eye and an ear on monocle.com for news of our return in September. You can find information there about the latest perfect print edition of …
Héloïse Mercier is the founder and CEO of Lolie, a marketplace featuring the finest brands and products for children. Alongside Lolie’s CCO, Katie Kendrick, she has brought her passions for fashion, design and technology into the business. So why did Mercier, a computer science graduate and a Farfetch alumnus, turn …
Jeff Kolovson, COO of online wholesale marketplace Faire, has helped to create a vibrant community that champions independent businesses while bridging the divide between digital and bricks-and-mortar. Kolovson and his co-founders launched Faire, which connects independent brands with independent retailers, in 2017. He tells us why having a values-oriented mission …
Jack Lewis is the founder of a flourishing, forward-thinking brand delivering high-quality care for your houseplants. Sowvital’s three-step system offers plants (and their owners) healthy routines and rituals: think of a pioneering skincare regime but for your elephant ears instead of your epidermis. Lewis, who left a promising career in …
Founder and CEO Sam Hornsby discusses the power of brands to drive change and their responsibility to transform how they operate. His mission to “decode and recode the culture” of Triptk’s clients involves two key areas: the business of placemaking and the need for a new social contract between companies …
Founder and CEO Sam Hornsby discusses the power of brands to drive change and their responsibility to transform how they operate. His mission to “decode and recode the culture” of Triptk’s clients involves two key areas: the business of placemaking and the need for a new social contract between companies …
Innovative financial-services company Monty Finance was founded in Lebanon and is headquartered in London. It now has a direct bank – MyMonty – that’s on a mission to “bank the unbanked”, offering solutions for those underserved by traditional institutions. While its successful emergence from the Middle East certainly gives it …
Back in 2009 in Dublin, the CEO of Web Summit co-founded what is now one of the world’s largest technology conferences. Its sister event, Toronto’s Collision Conference, is the fastest-growing technology summit in North America and it returned last month, in person for the first time since 2019. Cosgrave looks …
We meet the three founders and CEO of Nobu Hospitality at Nobu Hotel London Portman Square. The 250-key property is part of an operation that boasts 50 restaurants and 27 hotels, operating and in development, across five continents. They discuss what makes a great welcome, how talented people ensure a …
Chairman Laurence Geller explains how his experiences in real-estate investment, luxury hospitality and philanthropic giving helped prepare him to tackle the most important challenge of his life: reimagining and transforming care for those suffering from dementia. See [omnystudio.com/listener](https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.
Renowned designers and leather-makers Anya Hindmarch and Bill Amberg discuss the new Leather Truthfully campaign, its mission to explode myths about the industry and its role in a sustainable economy. Plus: Akshat Jain of family firm 100Hands on his passion for crafting the world’s finest shirts at their state-of-the-art workshops …
Meet Stuart and Cedar Anderson, the father-son duo who are the co-founders of Flow Hive, a revolutionary product that has reshaped the honey-extraction process and offers critical support to bees. See [omnystudio.com/listener](https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.
Gyve Safavi and Mark Rushmore are the founders of the innovative toothbrush brand that champions great design, accepts no compromise when it comes to performance and has established market-leading sustainability credentials. Plus: María Mendiluce of the We Mean Business Coalition. See [omnystudio.com/listener](https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.
Meet Måns Ulvestam and Karl Rosander. They founded Acast and are the brains behind Sesamy, a business on a mission to “redemocratise” access to copyrighted content in the digital realm. The founding principle? You only pay for what you want and you consume it however you wish. Or as Ulvestam …
‘The Entrepreneurs’ welcomes on board the co-founder of global chauffeur service Blacklane and the founder and president of airline Sky Alps. Jens Wohltorf set out on the Blacklane journey more than a decade ago in Berlin, while Josef Gostner’s airline is earlier in its ascent but covering some beautiful ground …
Launched in 2015, the Italian swimwear brand seeks to capture the elegant spirit of the Italian seaside in the 1960s. Founder Anna Laura Hoefer, an economics graduate from Milan’s Bocconi University, saw an opportunity in the market for elegantly tailored bathing trunks for men after a friend in Italy’s fashion …
Tomos Lewis speaks to the founders of three independent businesses in Toronto, all of whom opened their first bricks-and-mortar shops since the onset of the pandemic. Exploring the value of physical retail are Martha Sharpe of Flying Books; Krysta Oben and Nicole Campbell of the Grape Witches natural-wine retailer; and …
We delve into the inviting pages of the transport-focused June edition of Monocle magazine and explore a beautifully conceived and executed electric bus service that is keeping Toshima, Tokyo moving – with a smile. All aboard! See [omnystudio.com/listener](https://omnystudio.com/listener) for privacy information.