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Bombas

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11/03/21 • 29 min

Randy Goldberg is the co-founder and chief brand officer of Bombas, the New York-based sock-maker founded in 2013. Using its one-for-one model, Bombas has to date donated more than 40 million garments to homeless shelters and charities across the US. The company has expanded into making other essential items such as T-shirts and underwear. And recently, the brand has launched in the UK, its first market outside the US.

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Irene Forte Skincare

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10/20/21 • 30 min

Irene Forte is the founder of beauty label Irene Forte Skincare. A native of Italy, Forte has worked with skincare expert Francesca Ferri on the formulations, using natural ingredients from her family’s organic farm in Sicily, including prickly pear, lemon and hibiscus. Just a few years since an exclusive launch with Net-a-Porter, her products are now carried by more than 20 top retailers, including Liberty London and Nordstrom.

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Eureka 265: Frinj Coffee

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10/08/21 • 11 min

Jay Ruskey is the founder of Frinj Coffee, a company he started on his family’s Santa Barbara farm with the aim of helping to make California the next speciality coffee growing hotbed. In 2002 the farmer and agronomist planted a trial crop of coffee in hope of proving that coffee could thrive in warm, tropical climates. To date he’s helped to grow more than 3,000 mature coffee trees.

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Eureka 264: Love Bonito

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10/01/21 • 11 min

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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Eureka 262: Fettle

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09/20/21 • 12 min

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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Palisociety

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09/08/21 • 29 min

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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Taika

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09/03/21 • 13 min

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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Ananas Anam

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09/01/21 • 29 min

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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Eureka 259: Out of the Valley

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08/27/21 • 14 min

Rupert McKelvie is the founder of Out of the Valley, a cabin design and manufacturing company based in Devon, southwest England. The idea was born of necessity: he built his first cabin as a place to live. Today his team creates bespoke cabins for use as studios, garden offices, saunas and wilderness retreats.

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Eureka 269: Plum Play

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11/05/21 • 11 min

Paul Schaffer is the managing director of Plum Play, a leading UK brand in the active-play category that makes outside toys for children. The company was founded by Schaffer’s parents more than 30 years ago and exports to over 50 countries, with offices in the UK, Hong Kong and Australia. Schaffer has been working hard to help the brand grow and evolve, while living up to the values of the company his parents built.

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How many episodes does The Entrepreneurs have?

The Entrepreneurs currently has 388 episodes available.

What topics does The Entrepreneurs cover?

The podcast is about Entrepreneurship, Podcasts, Business and Careers.

What is the most popular episode on The Entrepreneurs?

The episode title 'Claude Cormier' is the most popular.

What is the average episode length on The Entrepreneurs?

The average episode length on The Entrepreneurs is 20 minutes.

How often are episodes of The Entrepreneurs released?

Episodes of The Entrepreneurs are typically released every 2 days, 5 hours.

When was the first episode of The Entrepreneurs?

The first episode of The Entrepreneurs was released on Apr 9, 2021.

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