Series Two

B2Education Unpacked

The Education Growth Podcast

Series One interrogated the gap between how businesses sell into education and what happens when products land in schools. Series Two goes deeper — into the money, the gatekeepers, the proof, and the reckoning.

18 November 2026
Ten episodes · Weekly · Recorded September–October 2026

Ten confirmed guests. Four blocks. One question running through all of it: what does it actually take to build, fund, sell, and sustain an education business that works?

Series Two brings in the people who control the money, the people who decide what gets taken seriously, the people who measure whether any of it works — and one person who has to live with the consequences of every decision the previous nine made.

Hosted by Stella James, founder of Seventh Sibling. Recorded at EdCity Studio, London, and Devon, September–October 2026.

10
Confirmed guests across four blocks
4
Thematic blocks building on one another
18
November 2026 — first episode drops

The Series Two Lineup

Ten episodes across four blocks. No guest names until launch — just the conversations that matter.

Episodes 1–3

The Deal

What happens when education businesses change hands, get funded, and scale.

Episode 01
The money behind education — what it takes to fund, acquire and scale an education business in the current market.
Coming November 2026
Episode 02
What investors actually look for — and why most EdTech pitches miss the point entirely.
Coming November 2026
Episode 03
Scaling internationally — the decisions that define whether an education business can cross borders.
Coming November 2026
Episodes 4–6

The Gatekeepers

The people who shape what gets bought, funded, and taken seriously.

Episode 04
Policy and procurement — how decisions made in Westminster shape what gets bought in schools.
Coming November 2026
Episode 05
The trade body view — what the sector's gatekeepers see that individual suppliers don't.
Coming November 2026
Episode 06
The procurement reality — what actually determines whether a product gets a serious hearing.
Coming November 2026
Episodes 7–9

The Proof

Does it actually work — and how would you know?

Episode 07
Evidence and learning technology — what research actually says versus what suppliers claim.
Coming December 2026
Episode 08
Accountability at scale — what happens when education technology meets serious scrutiny.
Coming December 2026
Episode 09
The research gap — why the evidence base for EdTech is still not where it needs to be.
Coming December 2026
Episode 10

The Reckoning

The person who signs the cheque.

Episode 10 — Series Finale
After ten episodes of deals, gatekeepers and proof — what does the person who actually controls the budget make of all of it?
Coming January 2027

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