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person2016–present

Steven Bartlett

Disciplines:
entrepreneurship
venture capital
podcasting
marketing/social media marketing

Summary

British entrepreneur who co-founded Social Chain, joined Dragon's Den, and created The Diary of a CEO — one of the most downloaded podcasts in the UK — whose format of long-form interviews with business leaders and thinkers closely parallels Modern Wisdom.

Core Contribution

Built the UK's most commercially successful self-improvement and entrepreneurship podcast — creating the British equivalent of the Joe Rogan/Chris Williamson long-form interview format — and demonstrated that a young British entrepreneur could build a global media platform.

Notable Works & Achievements

Happy Sexy Millionaire

Historical Influences

Gary Vaynerchuk Tim Ferriss

Intellectual Lineage

British Entrepreneurship Social Media MarketingUK Podcast Medium

Contemporaries & Peers

Chris Williamson Rob Moore James Smith

Minds Influenced

UK podcast ecosystem British entrepreneurship community

Intellectual Posterity

The Diary of a CEO Flight Studio

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