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From founder to investor: navigating the shift

Making the mental leap from building a business to managing a portfolio may not be easy. Here’s how to embrace the investor mindset after a successful exit.

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An entrepreneur on a continual path of career changes

François-Laurent Renet is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist. The Swiss-based former French special forces soldier explains why, for him, there has never been a more exciting time.

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Understanding the ripple effect of entrepreneurship

After selling her AI-driven recruitment platform Golden Bees in 2023, Fariha Shah refocused her time to support, mentor and invest in a new generation of innovators. For her, entrepreneurship is about building systems, creating impact and opening doors for those who haven’t had a head start.

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Supporting the next generation through investment and philanthropy

Entrepreneur Martin Port says he just can’t stop working, despite two successful multimillion-euro exits. Not interested in the trappings of wealth, British-born Port now focuses on investment, building his latest start-up, supporting the next generation and charity work – with the help of his wife.

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A retirement plan with a difference

Since selling his jewellery business, Italian luxury veteran Andrea Morante has blended entrepreneurship and his passions.

Entrepreneurship · 17 Jul 2025

Navigating a business sale

Making a success of a business sale demands careful consideration, strategic planning, and a willingness to embrace change. Managed well, it can be the opportunity of a lifetime.

Entrepreneurship · 08 Jul 2025

Louis Debouzy — Building a community for entrepreneurs post-exit

When Louis Debouzy sold his first business, he felt empty and directionless. So the French entrepreneur set up a club for people in a similar position – and has now launched a new investment club.

Entrepreneurship · 23 Jun 2025

Bringing a different view to engineering startups

George Katiniotis quit the corporate world and started a new life as a multiple entrepreneur and investor. He now grows startups and early-stage engineering companies.

Entrepreneurship · 11 Jun 2025

Applying business skills to philanthropy

When Gordon Morrison’s family construction business was sold, he became a philanthropist and real estate developer. Applying his business acumen and experience to his charity work has allowed him to make a significant difference.

Entrepreneurship · 24 Jan 2025

Championing the art of simplicity

Many of today’s travellers no longer seek entertainment when leaving the city, but rather artful simplicity, silence and seclusion in nature – which is exactly what Stefan and Teresa Hinteregger provide at their alpine retreat, FORESTIS, in the Italian Dolomites, where they’re redefining luxury.

Entrepreneurship · 03 Dec 2024

Virgilio Martínez and Pía León ― High cuisine

Central in Lima is regularly rated as one of the best restaurants on the planet. We speak to founder Virgilio Martínez and his wife Pía León about how they support communities in the Andes, what keeps them motivated, and how cooking is always a family business.

Entrepreneurship · 02 Dec 2024

Recycling and refurbishing electronics for circular economics

Founded 20 years ago in Germany, AfB is steadily growing to meet the demand of the billion-dollar global refurbished electronics market, with a focus on two key aspects, to be a ‘social and green’ IT company and to hire people with disabilities.

Entrepreneurship · 08 Nov 2024

Bringing circular economics to the built environment

When he founded his Amsterdam-based architecture practice in the early 1990s, Thomas Rau was at the forefront of sustainable, carbon-neutral buildings that, decades later, led him to develop ‘circular architecture’ – temporary structures whose materials can be dismantled and reused. This means the building has the potential to be circular. Whether it is a circular building ultimately depends on its handling in the future.

Entrepreneurship · 02 Oct 2024

Ryuichiro Masuda ― Onwards and upwards

The fifth-generation owner of one of Japan’s most storied and revered family-owned sake breweries isn’t sentimental about tradition; in fact, he’s bringing new ideas and innovations to a centuries-old craft.

Entrepreneurship · 05 Jun 2024

Boosting sustainability startups in Asia

For three decades Mark Inkster has kept a close eye on sustainability – long before others in the business world. So, he knew when the time was right to launch Asia Sustainability Angels, which invests in innovative startups developing the technologies necessary for our environmental transition.

Entrepreneurship · 08 Apr 2024

Tony Beltramelli - Using AI to disrupt how digital products are designed

The co-founder and CEO of Uizard took an early interest in machine learning and has built one of the world’s leading design tools powered by AI. Now he’s trying to cut through the noise and scale in a market that is constantly shifting.

Entrepreneurship · 21 Feb 2024

Moove - On the move: the company setting a course for global growth and profitability

The mobility fintech company provides vehicle financing for drivers on platforms like Uber. Ladi Delano, one of Moove’s co-founders, talks us through the genuine societal problems the business was built to resolve and unpacks his ambitious plans for the future.

Entrepreneurship · 29 Jan 2024

Kyungsun Chung - Forging a new path and building a long-term legacy

Instead of following the more traditional route, the scion of the Hyundai family has dedicated his career to ESG investing and creating positive change for the world. Yet the apple never falls too far from the tree.

Entrepreneurship · 23 Aug 2023

Securing the future of autonomous technology

Since TTTech was founded in Vienna, Austria, 25 years ago, it has grown to be one of the most significant privately held high-tech companies in Europe whose products you use every day, but that you may never have heard of.

Entrepreneurship · 09 Mar 2023

Sumanta Talukdar is changing the way we grow crops

Sumanta Talukdar, founder and CEO of the UK-based agri-tech business Gardin, is setting out to make farming more efficient in terms of energy, profitability, and consumer satisfaction.

Entrepreneurship · 08 Mar 2023

Zuriel Oduwole - The young woman forcing world leaders to put girls first

She began making films and advocating for girls’ education when she was just nine, and has since built up an international movement. Meet Zuriel Oduwole, the 20-year-old advocate with a global agenda.

Entrepreneurship · 24 Nov 2022

How to create a sustainable luxury hotel

Daniel Lauber is the founder of the Cervo Mountain Resort, a contemporary luxury hotel high in the Swiss Alps which uses geothermal energy and recycled materials and works closely with small local suppliers for food and drinks.

Entrepreneurship · 22 Nov 2022

The market intelligence firm reporting from the trenches of the business world

Searching information about companies and industries used to be a laborious, manual process. But AlphaSense’s machine learning and search algorithms have changed all of that for good.

Entrepreneurship · 10 Nov 2022

Innovate while investing responsibly

Sander Slootweg, co-owner and managing partner of Dutch investment firm Forbion, believes profits come with responsibilities.

Entrepreneurship · 20 Oct 2022

How a data company is changing cities around us for better

From an Alphabet project to a nationwide company working with the federal government, Replica is well on its way to becoming the go-to platform for anyone working with the built environment.

Entrepreneurship · 12 Oct 2022

Michael Gronager on why he’s building ‘picks and shovels’ for the crypto industry

The co-founder and CEO of Chainalysis, the blockchain data company, has secured large investments from private markets and is using them to sustain a rapid rate of growth.

Entrepreneurship · 09 Sep 2022

Multi-Generational Wealth - MVC Group

Giordano Cremonese joined his parents’ garment business back in 1972 and in the subsequent years led the company to soaring new heights.

Entrepreneurship · 23 Mar 2022

How to balance the environmental and social

José Soares dos Santos, Non-Executive Director of a major family-run retail and distribution company in Europe and South America, on the delicate decision-making processes of leading in both social and environmental responsibility, and the potential of the new marine economy.

Entrepreneurship · 07 Mar 2022

Creating a leader in the blue economy

Coming from a family that owns a food retail and distribution business, with more than 4,500 stores in Europe and South America, José Soares dos Santos has made it his mission to take a leadership role in sustainability and social governance.

Entrepreneurship · 13 Jan 2022

This conscious fashion brand is striving to revive India’s indigenous crafts

Manjushree Saikia founded Ura Maku in 2018 as a counter to some of the worst aspects of the modern fashion industry.

Entrepreneurship · 15 Apr 2019

Style and status are hallmarks of high-end brands

In conversation with David Dubois