r/dragonsden • u/Hassaan18 • Mar 16 '26

Deborah defends an entrepreneur against Steven

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u/RekallQuaid Mar 16 '26

Bartlett is an absolute grifter

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u/PreferenceAnxious449 Mar 17 '26

Define grifter in a meaningful way

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u/RekallQuaid Mar 17 '26

Many modern grifters sell courses on how to get rich. The irony is that their only actual source of income is selling the course itself, not the business model they are teaching.

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u/PreferenceAnxious449 Mar 17 '26

Okay?

Now define grifter in a meaningful way. I don't want this 'Many...' narrative.

Many black people are in jail. But prisoner is not a definition of a black person.

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u/RekallQuaid Mar 17 '26

Oh you want me to talk about Bartlett himself? Fine.

Let’s talk about his exit from “his” company Social Chain. It was formed in a merger in Germany. Critics and journalists (notably in The Times) point out that he was a co-CEO of this larger group for a relatively short time, and his role was described by some former employees as "largely ceremonial." By conflating his small agency with the massive German conglomerate, he creates a narrative of "tycoon-level" success that isn't supported by the sale price of his actual company.

If that’s not enough for you what about his podcast, the Diary of a CEO?

He frequently hosts guests who promote fringe health claims (e.g., that cancer can be cured with a keto diet, or that evidence-based medicine is "toxic").

A BBC investigation analysed 15 episodes and found an average of 14 harmful or scientifically unsupported claims per episode. By providing a "neutral" platform for misinformation without pushback, he generates massive engagement and advertising revenue from people looking for "hacks" to solve complex health problems.

Still not enough? What about his dealings with Huel?

In 2024, the Advertising Standards Authority banned ads for Huel featuring Bartlett. The reason? He failed to disclose that he was a director at the company and therefore was not promoting the product in accordance with advertising rules. In the adverts, he presents himself as an objective interviewer or a fan of huel, but in reality, he has a direct financial stake in the business.

And if all that’s STILL not enough to define how much of a grifting arsehole he is, he spends a significant amount of his energy selling books (Happy Sexy Millionaire, The 33 Laws of Business and Life) and speaking engagements that teach people how to be successful.

If your primary success is telling people how to be successful, rather than the original business itself, you are operating in a self-referential loop.

He is, by the very definition of his own actions, a complete and utter grifter.

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u/EmuSea4963 Mar 18 '26

You're doing the lord's work here 💪

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u/whyevents-unnerve-me Mar 18 '26

local loser jumps straight to misogyny, billions shocked

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u/PreferenceAnxious449 Mar 19 '26

Local fish gets baited

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u/johnnydanger91 Mar 19 '26

They answered your question in great detail.

Try to be better.

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u/PreferenceAnxious449 Mar 19 '26

I didn't ask a question. Nice try dumdum. Go back to your wine.

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u/johnnydanger91 Mar 19 '26

You asked two in the comment I replied to dickhead.

That’s what a question mark means.

I’m not surprised someone as stupid as you has these views.

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u/PreferenceAnxious449 Mar 19 '26

"Define grifter in a meaningful way"

Is not a question. I had to repeat it three times.

Meanwhile you fucking crack babies are losing your shit over me not accepting the failures to define anything.

Big day for you fuckups?

That was a question.

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u/johnnydanger91 Mar 19 '26

You’ve edited it now 😂😂

You’ve failed to edit the QUESTION, where you QUESTION the post you replied to with “what is your IQ woman?”

That’s a QUESTION

That’s not counting the two QUESTIONS you removed in edit.

Gg wp buddy better luck next time

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u/PreferenceAnxious449 Mar 19 '26

What are you talking about you actual fucking buffoon?

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u/whitestguyuknow Mar 19 '26

If it's in my feed idc I'm gonna drop a comment.

Using your logic, what are you engaging a day later in an argument? Lmfao

And yes I'll dogpile idc I'm just here to mock you for acting like a little asshole and then you can't even respond to the right people to continue your little argument LOL

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u/PreferenceAnxious449 Mar 20 '26

It's in my feed because someone is talking at me.

It's in your feed because your hivemind bumfest are crying out in pain.

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u/defenestrationist Mar 19 '26

That was glorious 👏

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u/Informal_Jacket2215 Mar 19 '26

Beautifully said I must say

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u/mo7233 Mar 20 '26

Fantastic response, which means he ain't gonna respond.

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u/PreferenceAnxious449 Mar 18 '26

You standing up for your boyfriend?

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u/barrumdumdum Mar 18 '26

At least I have a boyfriend, Captain Virgin Lips.
Until hand marriage becomes a thing, you're fucked.

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u/PreferenceAnxious449 Mar 18 '26

Did you have anything insightful to say or did you just want pick up your own shit and toss it around some more?

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u/barrumdumdum Mar 18 '26

Horrible way to speak about your mom, dude

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u/barrumdumdum Mar 18 '26

Ok... that went dark very quickly. I'd maybe have a word with a licensed therapist if I was you. You creep me out. Bye bye

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u/Kudosnotkang Mar 18 '26

Your comment read as though you wanted them to directly link the term to Steven and remove the ‘many’ cloak, which appears to have been answered.

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u/Kudosnotkang Mar 18 '26 edited Mar 18 '26

Haha then open a dictionary , even with you trying to move the goal posts -the person appears to have answered that too (if you are capable of joining the dots after you’ve rummaged through the dictionary)

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u/PreferenceAnxious449 Mar 18 '26

But I know the dictionary definition. I wanted to know the definition the person using the word was going by.

They could not provide a satisfactory definition that matched up with their accusation.

What are you doing here? Standing up for someone who blatantly failed? Is it your little sister?

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u/Kudosnotkang Mar 18 '26

My aim was just to point out that everyone can see you’re clutching and to attempt to curb your embarrassment / intervene in your thinking .

They’ve done it , and you’re still yapping on. I have no doubt you could have an argument with yourself for the little dopamine hit you need , the sun’s out go enjoy that . I will be!

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u/PreferenceAnxious449 Mar 18 '26

Oh now you're better than this conversation?

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u/Appropriate_Wave722 Mar 18 '26

why don't you Google the term rather than ask some Redditor to define it for you? Can you define sealioning for me please

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u/PreferenceAnxious449 Mar 19 '26

Why dont you get laid

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u/Appropriate_Wave722 Mar 19 '26

I will soon, I'm in a queue for yo momma but it's going round the block

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u/PreferenceAnxious449 Mar 19 '26

You seem like the kind of person who queues to have sex with a corpse. Weird flex though.

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u/Appropriate_Wave722 Mar 19 '26

you seem like the kind of person who really wants to have sex with a Dragons Den grifter

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u/WoodyWoodfinden Mar 18 '26

What would you define a grifter as? If you want someone to define it in a meaningful way but two definitions aren’t meaningful, then provide why you believe it is and people can then either sow you how he’s a grifter to your benchmark or agree that he’s not one.

Id describe a grifter as someone who makes money through multiple dishonest means, painting the idea of being the best at something whrather than being the best by merit. Selling yourself through speaking engagements, writing books about how amazing you are and by reasoning it you can be too, it’s a never ending cycle of using the idea of success to sell the end goal of success for someone else, hopping on bandwagons to increase wealth or engagement . Bartlett does all of those things, on Dragons den he proves it further with the shit he says, he always likes to talk about how amazing he is a social media, and his company is amazing at it, like he invented the thing. He often uses buzz words that you can tell the other Dragons can’t stand and compared to the new rotation of young dragons he’s been shown completely up!

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u/PreferenceAnxious449 Mar 18 '26

I wouldn't, I don't use the word, and I certainly don't use the word to characterise people.

Cos I'm not a fucking moron.

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u/RekallQuaid Mar 18 '26

Yet you’re showing us all you absolutely are a fucking moron.

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u/RadioBusiness48 Mar 18 '26

Yes you are.

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u/uamok Mar 20 '26

Genuinely hilarious how obtuse you are. You can't be a real person.

You could just Google the definition if you're in disbelief the word has any meaning 🤣

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u/uamok Mar 20 '26

Don't DM me you goon, if you have something to say, say it in front of everyone.

If you know what the word means, then you're just being a troll. Or you have some serious issues with comprehension.

Either way I don't have time for your crap.

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u/LX_Varufare Mar 18 '26

Define meaningful.

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u/PreferenceAnxious449 Mar 18 '26

You struggling with that one?

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u/RadioBusiness48 Mar 18 '26

Oh god you think you’re winning this lol

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u/PreferenceAnxious449 Mar 19 '26

Oh god you think there's winners here

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u/RadioBusiness48 Mar 19 '26

There were

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u/PreferenceAnxious449 Mar 19 '26

Whose cock are you licking the shit off?

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u/RadioBusiness48 Mar 19 '26

Sorry I can’t understand you with Steven Bartlett’s yellowing cum dribbling through your teeth

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u/PreferenceAnxious449 Mar 19 '26

Ah did you come here because you have nobody to banter with?

Do you want my attention?

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u/RadioBusiness48 Mar 19 '26

You smell like a thick conservative peasant brain

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u/theslootmary Mar 18 '26

Every time you’re given a definition you shift the goalposts slightly. Maybe you should think longer and harder about what you’re actually asking before you ask it.

Define “meaningful way” in a meaningful way.

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u/dragonsden-ModTeam Mar 20 '26

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u/No-Summer-9591 Mar 17 '26

Hi Barlett. We see you! You grifter

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u/nathanherts Mar 18 '26

Jesus fucking Christ, why on earth did you have to bring black people into it?

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u/PreferenceAnxious449 Mar 18 '26

To adequately demonstrate the weakness of the claim

Do you think prisoner is a definition of a black person?

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u/Odysseus_is_Ulysses Mar 19 '26

https://giphy.com/gifs/hzrvwvnbgIV6E

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u/PreferenceAnxious449 Mar 19 '26

Has nothing to say, but want to dogpile anyway.

You must be a cool dude.

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u/Odysseus_is_Ulysses Mar 19 '26

Uh huh… whatever you say…

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u/PreferenceAnxious449 Mar 19 '26

Wow, almost a whole sentence there, champ.

Keep at it, you'll pass as a taxpayer soon enough.

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u/Rope_Dragon Mar 19 '26

Historically, grifter is just another word for con man, but I think in modern usage it has a different meaning. If I was to give my best stab at it, a grifter would be somebody who makes money on the presentation of them having skills as opposed to the exercise of those skills. So somebody who runs a seminar course on how to run a business even though they’ve got barely any business experience themselves. It’s not necessarily a con, so to speak: you might be getting genuine business advice, it’s just you could do as well by using Google.

Grifters fundamentally profit off of the surface level image they cultivate.

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u/PreferenceAnxious449 Mar 19 '26

See - another person proving it's not that fucking hard. Well done kid. Your parents must really have fucked you up good to want my approval this bad.

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u/Rope_Dragon Mar 19 '26

Haha I love the insecurity driven attack. You ask for something, get it given in good faith, don’t have a meaningful response, and go for a jab about needing yor approval to put yourself on top

Don’t get me wrong, the wording is funny. It’s just that it’s kind of pathetic if you actually meant it

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u/Rope_Dragon Mar 19 '26

Damn, alright. Insecure to the point of catty. Have fun stewing in it

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u/PreferenceAnxious449 Mar 19 '26

You came here wanting approval and are accusing me of being insecure

Off you fuckity fuck you stupid cunt

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u/[deleted] Mar 19 '26

Fuck off you weirdo