Business awards — are they worth the bother? ...genuinely useful for your startup, or just pay-to-play with a nicer trophy? And what's it actually like to receive an MBE? Carl and Emily are joined by Rajeeb Dey MBE - serial entrepreneur (Learnerbly, Hutora) and, as it happens, winner of one of the biggest gongs going.

They get into the serious stuff: whether awards actually build a business. And then the questions that really matter: how do you actually get an MBE, and did he meet the King?

Also - Founder Fails: the story of a terrible accident at a VC pitch meeting, Founder Diaries, Listener Feedback, and more - all with the usual promise to never. Ever. Take ourselves too seriously.

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The Very Important Business Podcast. Every week, two founders give you the unvarnished truth about what it's really like running a business. With Carl Partridge - broadcaster and two-time tech founder, and Emily Bendell - founder and CEO of Bluebella.

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