Monocle 24: The Entrepreneurs

We visit Louis XIV’s favourite candle maker to see how they’re plying the wax trade in the 21st century, meet a radiologist-turned-designer who explains the medical influences on her work, and ask how a little email newsletter in Paris became big business.

We visit Louis XIV’s favourite candle maker to see how they’re plying the wax trade in the 21st century, meet a radiologist-turned-designer who explains the medical influences on her work, and ask how a little email newsletter in Paris became big business.

We meet the inventor of a new silicone-based material, visit a business in East London that’s teaching people how to build electronics and chat with a man who thinks applying Stanislavski’s theory of theatre to business could improve customer experience.

We meet the inventor of a new silicone-based material, visit a business in East London that’s teaching people how to build electronics and chat with a man who thinks applying Stanislavski’s theory of theatre to business could improve customer experience.

We meet the mind behind Wantful – a service to find the perfect gift – and look at the upper echelon of the hairdressing industry, while Gillian Dobias visits Paperworld in Frankfurt.

We meet the mind behind Wantful – a service to find the perfect gift – and look at the upper echelon of the hairdressing industry, while Gillian Dobias visits Paperworld in Frankfurt.

We meet the head of the family-run Benetton company, speak to the director of the International Trade Centre about her mission to represent small businesses worldwide, and visit a company using a novel approach to fight malware.

We meet the head of the family-run Benetton company, speak to the director of the International Trade Centre about her mission to represent small businesses worldwide, and visit a company using a novel approach to fight malware.

We meet a Düsseldorf-based Sri Lankan shirt maker, visit a Greek grocery store for the blind, and chat with the man perfecting sourdough bread in London.

We meet a Düsseldorf-based Sri Lankan shirt maker, visit a Greek grocery store for the blind, and chat with the man perfecting sourdough bread in London.

We hear from a caviar expert sourcing her stock from China, visit Cairo to meet the man making a profit by paying people to recycle, and we find out how one company in Mumbai is selling yoga to a younger generation using a western model.

We hear from a caviar expert sourcing her stock from China, visit Cairo to meet the man making a profit by paying people to recycle, and we find out how one company in Mumbai is selling yoga to a younger generation using a western model.

Best of 2012: From the founder of Oliver Peoples to a brewing operation in the West Bank and to a bell-maker in Berlin, we bring you the interviews that inspired, the discussions that made you think, and the moments that made you laugh in 2012.

Best of 2012: From the founder of Oliver Peoples to a brewing operation in the West Bank and to a bell-maker in Berlin, we bring you the interviews that inspired, the discussions that made you think, and the moments that made you laugh in 2012.

On this special Christmas edition of The Entrepreneurs, we discover a Roman business finding inspiration from rummaging through the past, and head to Warsaw to meet three entrepreneurs using an abandoned factory to create a far-from-traditional Christmas market.