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📈 The Career and Ventures of Steven Bartlett

Podcast: AI Agents

This episode examines the rapid rise of Steven Bartlett — from teenage dropout to one of Britain’s most visible entrepreneurs — and the ecosystem of influence he built around business, media, and personal branding.

This episode explores:

• Early life and leaving university

• Founding Social Chain and disrupting digital marketing

• Scaling, selling, and stepping away from CEO life

• The Diary of a CEO podcast and its cultural impact

• Personal brand as a business asset

• Venture investing, authorship, and boardroom roles

• Public vulnerability, discipline, and self-optimization culture

• Criticism, credibility debates, and influence economics

• The new archetype of the entrepreneur as content creator

A portrait of modern entrepreneurship — where storytelling, visibility, and mindset are as valuable as the companies themselves.

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