Business Class Podcast
Hosted by Business Class
Advice and candid vlogs for early-stage entrepreneurs on how to build a personal brand and navigate the messy reality of growing a business.
A hybrid podcast combining solo, advice-driven episodes with weekly vlogs that show the unvarnished reality of being a young founder. Vicky Owens offers blueprints for personal branding and monetization, then contrasts it with candid vlogs about anxiety, messy cars, and the stress of a busy schedule. The show is both a practical guide and a real-time case study of the host building her own media empire.
“Its blend of formats is unique: polished, airplane-themed interview and solo episodes provide frameworks, while weekly YouTube vlogs offer a raw, behind-the-scenes look at the host's life. This duality of aspirational success (like attending Forbes events) and relatable struggle (discussing burnout) sets it apart from more uniformly polished business shows.”
Who hosts this show
Vicky Owens is a social media strategist and founder of the agency Socially Speaking Media. She hosts Business Class to share her own experiences and provide actionable advice for new business owners who are still on the path to success. The podcast serves as an extension of her personal brand, where she documents her journey of scaling a business with over 250,000 followers online.
Credentials & credits
- Founder, Socially Speaking Media
- Forbes 30 Under 30 - Europe - Media & Marketing (2026)
- Forbes Business Council Member
- Awarded Top 100 Marketers of 2024
Other ventures
- Socially Speaking Media (Agency)
- The Academy (Social Media Masterclass)
- Founder's Table (Event Series)
- Public Speaking
What kind of podcast
When new episodes drop
- 01
- 02How to get OPPORTUNITIES from your personal brandJun 22, 2026 · 45 min
- 03WEEKLY VLOG : Creator retreat, podcasting & honest chatsJun 17, 2026 · 29 min
- 04Mia McGrath : The blueprint to building a SUCCESSFUL personal brandJun 15, 2026 · 27 min
- 05WEEKLY VLOG : I took over SXSW, how I plan my content, comparison mindset and more!Jun 10, 2026 · 25 min
- 06
- 07
- 08The BEST lessons I've learnt in business | giffgaff broadband boss academyJun 2, 2026 · 12 min
Notable episodes
- 01Mia McGrath : The blueprint to building a SUCCESSFUL personal brand
A live interview from SXSW that breaks down exactly how a creator grew a massive following in under a year, covering process, mindset, and monetization.
- 02How to get OPPORTUNITIES from your personal brand
A solo episode where Vicky Owens details her own strategy for using a personal brand to generate press, speaking gigs, and business growth.
- 03WEEKLY VLOG : FORBES PARIS EVENT!!! Disneyland, strategy calls and founders table event
This vlog exemplifies the show's hybrid model, mixing high-status business events (Forbes 30 Under 30) with personal life and candid reflections.
What you'll be asked on this show
Vicky opens interviews by clearly stating the guest's achievements and the interview's goal, such as uncovering the 'blueprint' to their success. She builds rapport by sharing her own parallel experiences as a creator, creating a peer-to-peer dynamic rather than a simple Q&A. Her questions move between practical, process-oriented topics (e.g., 'What does a typical week look like?') and deeper, mindset-focused inquiries ('How do you deal with hate comments?'). This approach allows her to extract both actionable tactics and the personal challenges behind a guest's success story.
The show alternates between several formats: solo episodes where Vicky shares specific strategies, guest interviews, and weekly vlogs. A strong travel and aviation theme ('Business Class', 'Takeoffs and Departures') is used in branding, sound design, and even the interview set, which resembles an airplane cabin. Vlogs are more informal and capture a mix of work, travel, and personal reflections.
Questions Business Class keeps coming back to
10 cataloguedIf you're going on this show as a guest, expect some version of each of these. Each note explains when Business Class reaches for it.
personal
3- Q.01
“How does it feel to have grown so fast?”
She often asks this opening question to gauge the guest's emotional reaction to their recent success.
- Q.02
“What has been the hardest part of building this for you so far?”
A question asked towards the end to surface the primary struggles behind the success story.
- Q.03
“What would you say is a career highlight?”
This question serves to end the interview on an inspirational and high-note, focusing on proud achievements.
process
2- Q.01
“What does a typical week look like for you right now?”
This question is used to ground the conversation in the practical realities of the guest's content workflow.
- Q.02
“How do you manage brand deadlines alongside your organic content?”
Focuses on the business mechanics and operational challenges of being a professional creator.
craft
2- Q.01
“How long did it take you to figure out what works and find your unique style?”
Asks this to explore the evolutionary process and iteration behind a successful brand.
- Q.02
“What do you do when you hit a block or run out of ideas?”
This question targets the guest's specific methods for overcoming common creative hurdles.
controversy
1- Q.01
“How do you manage knowing what to share and what not to share?”
She uses this to probe the delicate balance between transparency and privacy for public figures.
mindset
2- Q.01
“How do you deal with things like hate comments or people picking flaws in what you're saying?”
A follow-up question that digs into the mental resilience required to be a creator.
- Q.02
“How did taking a social media break help you when you came back?”
This explores the counterintuitive benefits of stepping away from the content grind.
Signature segments
- · Weekly Vlogs
- · Takeoffs and Departures (Segment)
- · Airplane-themed branding and set
- · Answering Business Dilemmas (Segment)
- · Founder's Table Events
Topics covered repeatedly
Who gets booked here
The show books fellow content creators and entrepreneurs, particularly those who have achieved rapid growth or built a strong personal brand. Guests like Mia McGrath are invited to deconstruct the specific strategies and mindset behind their success.
- Mia McGrathon Mia McGrath : The blueprint to building a SUCCESSFUL personal brand
- Grace Andrewson I built the biggest podcast in the WORLD in my 20's : Grace Andrews, Diary Of A CEO podcast
Where to find this show
Audience & reach
Sponsors are brands targeting entrepreneurs, creators, and young professionals. Observed sponsors include productivity tools (Planoly), and lifestyle/wellness products (Perfect Ted, giffgaff), aligning with a founder-focused audience.
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People also ask
- What is Vicky Owens's real name?
- Her full name is Vicky Owens.
- What is the format of the Business Class podcast?
- It's a mix of formats: solo episodes with business advice, interviews with other entrepreneurs, and informal weekly vlogs documenting her life as a founder.
- Who is the podcast for?
- It's designed for early-stage business owners, content creators, and entrepreneurs looking for actionable advice and relatable stories.
- What is Vicky Owens's company?
- She is the founder of Socially Speaking Media, a social media and virality agency.
- Is the podcast still active?
- Yes, the podcast releases multiple episodes per week, including vlogs and solo/interview episodes.
Built from the show's public RSS feed, YouTube, the host's own websites, and the cited sources below. Computed and AI-extracted fields are labelled. Facts only — no private info, no fabrication, no transcripts republished.
Sources & how this page was built
This page is AI-assisted, grounded in the public sources cited below, and host-verifiable. We publish facts only; we do not republish transcripts. If anything here is wrong, the host can claim and correct the page above.Model: gemini-2.5-pro · high confidence
- [01]Vicky Owens - Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe 2026forbes.com
- [02]Vicky Owens - Forbes Business Councilcouncils.forbes.com
- [03]Socially Speaking Media - Official Websitesociallyspeakingmedia.com
- [04]Business Class Podcast - Buzzsproutbuzzsprout.com
- [05]How to Build Multiple Income Streams Like This UK Business Owner - QuickBooks UKyoutube.com
- [06]Vicky Owens's Personal Websitesociallyspeakingmedia.com
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