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Aspire with Emma Grede

What You Don't Know About Brand Beckham

Aspire with Emma Grede

E13 Media

Entrepreneurship, Business, Society & Culture

4.6874 Ratings

🗓️ 5 May 2026

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Victoria Beckham is one of the most famous women in the world. But behind the headlines is a business story that took nearly two decades to build. She entered fashion with every reason to be dismissed. A Spice Girl. A celebrity. A public figure trying to be taken seriously in an industry that rarely gives second chances. The skepticism was loud. The losses were public. And at one point, she lost control of the company that carried her own name – but she building anyway.  Over nearly two decades, Victoria rebuilt her business piece by piece. Through financial pressure, shifting perceptions, and the quiet work of proving she belonged. Today, her fashion business is profitable, her beauty brand is scaling, and the narrative has finally caught up to the work. In this conversation, Victoria sits down with Emma to talk about what it really took to get here — the financial pressure, the imposter syndrome she carried for years, and the moment she decided to put Victoria back into Victoria Beckham. She opens up about building alongside David, what their partnership actually looks like behind closed doors, and why she refuses to feel guilty about following her dreams. And for the first time, she reveals that Harper — who has sat in on product development meetings since she was tiny — is starting her own brand.  Victoria shares: What it felt like to lose control of her own company and rebuild from inside it Why staying close to the creative saved the business when nothing else could How she and David have built alongside each other without disappearing into one another The Diane von Furstenberg advice that changed how she thinks about guilt What Harper's brand pitch revealed about legacy, motherhood, and what it means to raise a family of builders What have you stayed committed to longer than anyone expected? Drop it in the comments. What would you build if you stopped listening to the noise? Drop it in the comments — we're reading. And subscribe to Aspire with Emma Grede so you don't miss what's next. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

I am so excited to share my debut book with you or Start With Yourself, which is available now.

0:06.5

You might have seen the headlines, you might have seen the social, but this book is exactly

0:10.5

what I intended, a conversation that will make you think, and it's a blueprint for anyone

0:15.6

who wants success without the toxic positivity. Start with yourself is about self-leadership because wherever I go,

0:22.4

women ask me how I got to where I am. But what you really want to know is how you can get there.

0:28.2

So I'm doing what I do best, sharing and navigate keeping what's works for me in the hope that you

0:33.6

can borrow from a philosophy that has served me so well. The truth is, I'm not an expert.

0:39.0

I've just lived it. I've made the mistakes. I've had the failures and I've learned what actually

0:43.3

works. It takes a lot. It takes the most. And this book is for anyone who's tired of feeling

0:48.9

like a passenger in their own life. It's about taking responsibility for your thinking,

0:53.9

managing your emotions and getting

0:55.6

clear on your ideas and then knowing your next step. It's about picking yourself up after failure,

1:02.2

being accountable, but also forgiving yourself, pushing for wins and never ever apologising for

1:08.0

your ambition. It's also about challenging the rules that you've been told.

1:12.2

There is no perfect time. Balance isn't the goal. Alignment is and there's nothing wrong with

1:17.0

you wanting more. I'm precisely sure that the reason I've been so successful is so I can share

1:22.4

it with you. Start with yourself. My debut book is available now. Visit emmagre.com to purchase the book,

1:29.0

also available on Amazon, your favorite audio platforms and all good bookshops.

1:44.0

You will not want to miss this week's episode of The Aspire podcast with the one and only Victoria Beckham, who is finally, after all these years, running the type of business that she dreamed of.

1:55.5

But it didn't come easy.

1:56.9

And what's exciting about today is that Victoria has real honesty about what it actually took

2:02.1

and the failures that she come across along the way. Stay tuned, you are going to hear her story

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