Meet the VIB podcast presenters — then charge your earbuds for 30 June
Brutally honest, refreshingly unpretentious, and allergic to taking themselves too seriously: say hello to the two founders fronting Very Important Business (VIB) — and to a first episode with an MBE-shaped twist.
The wait's over. VIB (Very Important Business) — the podcast for founders and entrepreneurs that lays out what running a business is _really_ like — has announced its launch presenters.
Fronting the show are Carl Partridge and Emily Bendell. Carl is an ex-Capital Radio broadcaster and former comedy writer turned two-time tech founder. Emily is the founder & CEO of Bluebella, the multi-award-winning lingerie brand. One has built a global retail business; the other is on his second tech company — and they're united by a love of being brutally honest, unpretentious, and a cast-iron promise to never take themselves too seriously.
Each week, Carl and Emily are joined by an engaging line-up of top founders, industry experts and investors for top tips, genuinely funny anecdotes, and war stories around hiring, firing, raising funds and more. It's business, without the B.S.
First episode: 30 June — "Business Awards: are they worth it?"
The first episode lands on 30 June on all major podcast platforms, and it tackles a question every founder has wrestled with: are business awards actually worth it — or just pay-to-play with a nicer trophy?
Our first guest will be Rajeeb Dey MBE: serial entrepreneur (Learnerbly, Hutora) and, notably, winner of one of the biggest awards going! As well as the serious stuff, we get to the questions that really matter: how do you actually get an MBE — and did he meet the Queen (and, if not, was it a dice-roll on one of her sons? 👀)
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Very Important You: Be in the show
Got an awards war story — the crappest thing you ever 'won', or the cheekiest hack to dodge pay-to-play? We want to hear it:
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